Tees Valley Pilot Programme consultation

1. Tees Valley PilotProgramme consultation Elaine Willis, VCS lead associate, FPM

2. Pilot aims: • Build on relationships and understanding between VCSOs and commissioners through a shared process of learning, support and challenge • Help you to develop service quality, value for money and evidence based early intervention mental health services for CYP&F • Bring national expertise and information • Learn from you and share with others • Identify and respond to capacity building needs

3. The pilot offer • Workshop programme (5 sessions) – to be discussed • VCOs will each have access to 1:1 coaching conducted by telephone or Skype for the lead person or appropriate other • Participants will have access to up to 2 action learning sets • Each school cluster lead (or appropriate other) will have access to 2 sessions of 1:1 coaching conducted by telephone or Skype. • Each school cluster will be supported through 2 workshop sessions linked to the topics covered in the main programme and enabling the relevant workshop learning to be tailored to fit the needs of each school cluster.

4. Workshop 1 Joint commissioner, schools and VCS workshop Agree programme content PM only Workshop 2 Commissioning and delivery system AM: VCSOs Schools Commissioners PM: VCSOs Workshop 3 The current environment for CYP MH services AM: VCSOs Schools Commissioners PM: VCSOs Workshop 4 Value for money; QA and outcomes AM: VCSOs Schools Commissioners PM: VCSOs Workshop 5 Joint commissioner, schools and VCS workshop Action plans for progress AM only Schools clusters: Workshop SC1 Schools clusters: Workshop SC2 1 to 1 individual support for VCSO’s and Schools Action Learning Sets Electronic learning environment; access to tools, materials, sign-posting, templates, etc via the BOND website TIME BOND Pilot Support Programme

5. The suggested workshop programme • Will this content meet needs? • Discussing and responding to our suggested programme • Structure of sessions, balance of input/discussion? • Input from participants e.g. commissioners, TEWV CAMHS, VCSOs?

6. Workshop 2: The commissioning and delivery system how all the parts could work best together • The commissioning system for early intervention mental health support in Tees Valley: what are the component parts? How do they fit together? How are resources allocated across the tiers of services? • Who are the commissioners and what are their roles – NHS; Local Authority; schools? • What are their priorities? What do they want and need from VCO providers? • What do the VCOs offer • What do VCOs need to do, to be commissioning ready VCSOs • Developing the strategic agility to cope with rapid change and austerity • Developing flexible business models which are responsive to the current environment • Developing approaches to marketing and positioning to enable VCOs to operate successfully and gain funding from a variety of sources • Action planning session: commissioners and schools

7. Workshop 3: The environment for CYP mental health services now and how to make the best of current opportunities • The current policy and funding environment – key features, trends and developments including: • IAPT • Payment by results (NHS and across wider government) • Schools – pupil premium, development of clusters and academy chains • Public Service environment • The implications of this environment for service providers and commissioners • New ways of working together to avoid fragmentation and maximise current opportunities – cooperatives, mutuals, franchising, consortia etc VCSOs • The challenges to VCOs posed by the current environment • Responding to the challenges in Tees Valley • New ways of working together – consortia and cooperatives • Action planning – commissioners and schools

8. Workshop 4: Getting value for money: demonstrating quality and outcomes • Demonstrating quality and outcomes: • Quality standards for CYP mental health support services • An introduction to the proposed BOND Accreditation framework • Cost benefit analysis of EIMH support services • Ensuring access for marginalised groups of young people inc cultural sensitivity • Implications for VCOs, commissioners and schools • VCSOs • Gathering and using evidence to demonstrate effective outcomes • How can we link our evidence effectively to the range of different commissioner outcome frameworks and other funding opportunities • Demonstrating added value through being a VCO • Demonstrating the cost effectiveness of our services. • Action planning session: commissioners and schools

9. Workshop 5: Action for change in Tees Valley The final workshop will bring together all the pilot participants to • Share progress on plans and actions as a result of the pilot • Share information between commissioners and VCO providers • Clarify the commissioning and procurement cycles for services over the next year • Clarify the support and further activity that will be taking place between July and October • Discuss further collaborative work in Tees Valley and developments planned by commissioners (NHS Tees and the local Authorities) and any other relevant local plans.

10. Dates of workshops (venue tbc) • 15.5.12 – BOND reception event (evening) • 16.5.12 – Workshop day 2; • AM – All participants (Commissioners, VCSOs, school leads) • PM – VCSO’s • 31.5.12 – Workshop day 3; • AM – All participants (Commissioners, VCSOs, school leads) • PM – VCSO’s • 20.6.12 – Workshop day 4; • AM – All participants (Commissioners, VCSOs, school leads) • PM – VCSO’s • 12.7.12 – Closing joint workshop AM; • All participants