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Provider Conference April 08. Mark Janes. Last Year. Providers are critical to the success of this programme. Clarity in communication. Listening. Honesty openness. Users and carers at the centre of the partnership. Continuous improvement. Changing the pattern of provision
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Provider Conference April 08 Mark Janes
Last Year Providers are critical to the success of this programme. Clarity in communication. Listening. Honesty openness. Users and carers at the centre of the partnership. Continuous improvement Changing the pattern of provision Removing ineligible funding. Focus on need. Shift to floating support where appropriate Redistribution of money from some client groups to others. Five year strategy.
Members Overview Group Service User Reference Group Commissioning Body Budget Strategy Group Young Peoples Group AccommodationServices Older People Offenders group Programme Development Group Provider Forums
Audit Commission • Have inspected Supporting People in Hertfordshire twice. • In May 06 they found the programme to be poor with promising prospects. • In Jan 08 they re-inspected and remain critical of some aspects of the programme. Discussions with the Audit Commission have been taking place through March and the report will be with the County Council in April.
Designing SUPPORT Understanding need for SUPPORT Buying SUPPORT Monitoring SUPPORT Commissioning Cycle
Priorities • Are now embedded and driven by the strategy and the improvements needed identified by the Audit Commission. • Work plan is reviewed at each Commissioning Body. • All is dependent on the strength of the partnerships to deliver. • Strategy.
Supporting People Strategy • Adopted by all partners in summer of 2007. • Five Year Strategy. • See Easy Guide.
Priorities 08/09 • Older people. • Substance misuse. • Homeless services. • Offenders. • Physical disability. • Domestic Violence/Abuse. • Mental health. • Service user involvement. • Move on. • Contract / Service reviews. • Diversity
Finance • Hertfordshire County £21,000,881 now confirmed. • VFM will break even. • £2 million in retraction over next three years. • 2% inflation for 08/09. Figure for subsequent years not agreed. • £1.4 million investment fund. • Reducing administration grant over next three years. • Possible removing of ring fence in 2009.
Service user • Service User Reference Group met for first time in December 07 and in April 08 with Commissioning Body members. • We are involving service users throughout the commissioning cycle • Having your say. • Need. • Specification. • Deciding who to buy services from. • Monitoring. • Communication • Service level.
Safeguarding • Adults and Children • Lead Officer now sitting on the Adults Safeguarding Committee • On-line training pack • Service review • Serious concerns about establishments
PerformanceIndicators • Summary information. • Outcomes 2 quarters. • Long term no data yet. • Benchmarking Performance Indicators. • Service targets for April 08.
“Having Your Say” • Satisfaction & Dissatisfaction with support • Comments about support
Quality Assessment Framework • Summary at mid January 08 • Information that has been used to establish quality score. • Overall QAF d,c,b,a. • Five services moved to overall score of d. • So overall an improving picture.
Today • 08/09 • Provider involvement critical. • As we have money to invest in housing related support, what should we buy? • How should we approach this process? • What should we not do?