This resource is aimed at commissioners charged with meeting the new duties to provide advocacy under the Care Act. It helps commissioning officers in councils to think through their new duties and understand...
A joint SCIE & TLAP guide to co-production in social care and how to develop co-productive approaches to working with people who use services and carers.
This framework was written by The University of Birmingham to support the implementation of the Care Act. It outlines 12 standards of high quality person-centred and outcomes-focused commissioning.
Anyplace council's mental health commissioners have always understood the importance of quality assessments to check the quality of providers and their services: "We have always had a strong focus...
Anytown council's social care commissioning manager wanted to work more closely with people who use services throughout the commissioning process. She knew that previous commissioning work had not involved...
NHS Wakefield District and Wakefield Council's Joint Public Health Unit piloted an asset and co-production approach as part of the programme reviewing their Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). ...
Council officers in Localtown were asked to develop a Market Position Statement for adult social care and support. It needed to be developed and agreed quite quickly. Council officers did not feel that...
Three neighbouring councils in an urban area pooled their budgets for day care. Commissioners created the new service specification by combining elements of the previous three local contracts. Information...
Commissioners in Everytown needed to re-commission a failing mental health day service. Previous day service contracts had been focused on the activities and outputs that the service had to provide but...