Achieving Better Outcomes Commissioning in Childrens Services Every

Achieving Better Outcomes Commissioning in Children’s Services

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Children Act 2004 LA, PCT S 31, Health Act 1999 Districts, SHA, LSC, Probation, YJB, Police, Connexions S 10 Duty to Cooperate, Children Act 2004 Other partners including Providers, Children and Young People, Parents, Community “Other partners or persons” 10 i(c) Children Act 2004 4

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning (ASCL) Act 2009 ASCL Act 2009 builds on Children Act 2004 by: requiring every area to have Children's Trust Board giving the Board responsibility for preparing and monitoring the implementation of the CYPP extending range of statutory Children’s Trust partners to include schools, colleges and Jobcentre Plus

What do we mean by… The Children’s Trust: the sum total of co-operation arrangements and partnerships between organisations from governance to front line delivery Children’s Trust Board: a statutory body with responsibility for developing the Children and Young People’s Plan and monitoring its implementation The Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP): the agreed joint strategy of the partners in the Children’s Trust on how they will co-operate to improve children’s well-being (the five outcomes) Commissioning: the overall process by which all relevant services should be planned, investment decisions agreed , delivery ensured and effectiveness reviewed.

Statutory Children’s Trust partners Existing statutory partners New statutory partners • Strategic Health Authority • Maintained schools • Primary Care Trusts • Academies • District councils • City technology colleges etc • Local police • Non-maintained special • Youth Offending Team schools • Local probation board • Pupil Referral Units (Short Stay • Learning & Skills Council for Schools) England & Connexions (functions • Further education institutions soon to be transferred • Jobcentre Plus to local authorities)

The Children’s Trust Board will have a specific role: • develop the CYPP • monitor the implementation of the CYPP • prepare an annual progress report on implementation The Board PREPARES and MONITORS the Plan but does not deliver it – this is the responsibility of partners individually and together

The Children’s Trust Board and commissioning The Children’s Trust Board has a distinctive role within the commissioning cycle and will: • provide a high level strategic framework for commissioning through the CYPP • agree a common vision, principles and standards which will inform local commissioning • agree and establish across the partnership an understanding of the commissioning process between the partners

Timeline 2009 2010 Nov Royal Assent Children’s Trust consultation begun (13 Nov) 2011 Jan March New Children’s Trust guidance published and CYPP regulations laid (March 2010) Children’s Trust consultation closed (29 Jan) April 2012 April Jointly owned Children and Young People’s Plans published (April 2011) Statutory Children’s Trust Board in place (April 2010)

The Commissioning Support Programme Overarching aims: ● To support a step change in commissioning capacity and capability in order to improve outcomes for children and young people locally ● To work in partnership with Children’s Trusts to bring about required organisational change to improve effectiveness of commissioning at all levels ● To provide support and challenge for Children’s Trusts (all people working within and for Children’s Trusts) ● To provide a vehicle to share great practice across Children’s Trusts; thereby accelerating the pace of change nationally 11

Our offer of support is comprehensive Completion of Self Analysis and Planning Exercise UNIVERSAL OFFER OF SUPPORT – OPEN TO ALL THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMME Capability building: Commissioning training; professional development – from Spring 09 Communities of practice and special interest groups– immediate/as required Leadership development – from Spring 09 On – line community of practice – from February 09 Regional/sub-regional conferences e. g Market Development/Provider conferences – from April 09 INTENSIVE BESPOKE SUPPORT – OPEN TO ALL DURING THE PROGRAMME Support Agreement Developed Explore Prepare Deliver Sustain Adhoc support required to address specific local issues will be woven into the overall support plan for each Children’s Trust. . 12

Supporting Commissioning ● Across government, commissioning is seen as an important process for securing better outcomes and meeting budget pressures. ● The challenge now is to mainstream commissioning, professionalise our workforce, and ensure that services are fundamentally redesigned around children and young people. ● The commissioning support programme has worked closely with hundreds of commissioners to develop Achieving Better Outcomes: Commissioning in Children’s Services. It is designed for everyone who needs to know about commissioning – from Members and chief execs to team managers and providers.

Contents ● ● ● What is Commissioning? Achieving Better Outcomes A. Commissioning Governance and Frameworks B. Commissioning Activity C. Commissioning Capacity and Competencies

What is Commissioning? ● Commissioning is the process for deciding how to use the total resource available for children, young people and parents in order to improve outcomes in the most efficient, effective, equitable and sustainable way.

Achieving Better Outcomes

A. Commissioning Governance and Frameworks 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The commissioning process Commissioning principles Strategies and plans Relationships between levels of commissioning Governance

The Commissioning Process

Governance Note – governance arrangements are different in all local areas

Strategies and Plans What do you want to achieve in the whole local area, for the whole population? What do you want to achieve for Children, Young People and their Families? What are the priorities? What are the high-level resources? How are you going to run the commissioning function? What is the overall approach, rules of the game, process and principles? How are you going to meet the intentions and priorities set out in the Children and Young People’s Plan, using the Commissioning Framework?

Relationship between levels of commissioning National Regional Sub-regional Local area or strategic Service or practice Individual

B. Commissioning Activity 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Commissioning mechanisms Optimising resources Whole system design Targeting Data and intelligence Performance management

Mechanisms, Resourcing, Whole System Design and Targeting

C. Commissioning Capacity and Competencies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Commissioning team Base all decisions on improving outcomes Leadership Innovation Managing change The culture supports organisational learning and partnership working 7. Senior-level commitment and support

Commissioning Team (1) ● Engaging and drawing on the experience of local community leaders and community partners ● Engaging and drawing on the experience of local leaders from schools, hospitals and other locally based agencies ● Engaging with children, young people and their families ● Collaborating with providers ● Mapping resources ● Specifying and measuring outcomes

Commissioning Team (2) ● ● ● ● Managing knowledge and assessing needs Prioritising investment Shaping and managing the markets Promoting improvement and innovation Securing procurement skills Project and change management Managing and leading the children’s services system Making sound financial investments

Questions

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