Achieving Better Outcomes

1. Achieving Better Outcomes Commissioning in Children’s Services

2. Every Child Matters… 5 years on 2

3. Every Child Matters… 6 years on 3

4. Children Act 2004 LA, PCT S31, Health Act 1999 Districts, SHA, LSC, Probation, YJB, Police, Connexions S10 Duty to Cooperate, Children Act 2004 Other partners including Providers, Children and Young People, Parents, Community “Other partners or persons” 10i(c) Children Act 2004 4

5. 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

6. 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.

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

8. 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

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. Our offer of support is comprehensive Explore Prepare Deliver Sustain Capability building: Commissioning training; professional development – from Spring 09 Support Agreement Developed 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 Completion of Self Analysis and Planning Exercise UNIVERSAL OFFER OF SUPPORT – OPEN TO ALL THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMME INTENSIVE BESPOKE SUPPORT – OPEN TO ALL DURING THE PROGRAMME Adhoc support required to address specific local issues will be woven into the overall support plan for each Children’s Trust.. 12

13. 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.

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

15. 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.

16. Achieving Better Outcomes

17. Achieving Better Outcomes

18. A. Commissioning Governance and Frameworks • The commissioning process • Commissioning principles • Strategies and plans • Relationships between levels of commissioning • Governance

19. The Commissioning Process

20. Governance Note – governance arrangements are different in all local areas

21. 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? Strategies and Plans

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

23. B. Commissioning Activity • Commissioning mechanisms • Optimising resources • Whole system design • Targeting • Data and intelligence • Performance management

24. Mechanisms, Resourcing, Whole System Design and Targeting

25. C. Commissioning Capacity and Competencies • Commissioning team • Base all decisions on improving outcomes • Leadership • Innovation • Managing change • The culture supports organisational learning and partnership working • Senior-level commitment and support

26. 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

27. 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

28. Questions

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