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SWF – The Potential to Make a Meaningful Difference

SWF – The Potential to Make a Meaningful Difference. Douglas Proudfoot. Recognition of potential. Substantial commitment from major stakeholders and genuine partnership Customer group are some of Scotland’s most vulnerable Many customers would be accessing other services already

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SWF – The Potential to Make a Meaningful Difference

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  1. SWF – The Potential to Make a Meaningful Difference Douglas Proudfoot

  2. Recognition of potential • Substantial commitment from major stakeholders and genuine partnership • Customer group are some of Scotland’s most vulnerable • Many customers would be accessing other services already • Not just about processing a grant application • Opportunity to do much, much more with resource

  3. Supporting Accessibility & Linkages • Number of application channels / customer touch points • Signposting and early intervention (including DWP) • Other sectors involved • Awareness of other services and crossover • Continued link to communications strategies (local, national & DWP)

  4. Joined up Delivery & Alternative Options • Collaborative approach to implementation and ongoing development • Targeted support and advice • Goods alongside grants • Applicant will be customer even if no award • Procurement muscle, ability to make the public £ go further and help more – even more with re-use • Scotland Excel, CRNS, Zero Waste Scotland, Post Office, PayPoint, Allpay & others involved in providing practical delivery alternatives

  5. Scottish Welfare Fund – Accessibility & Delivery Map Accessibility (JOINED UP partnership approach) Verification & Decision making OTHER INTERVENTIONS OR SUPPORT ROUTES No award - grant assistance not part of support provided CIS Checks Identity Checks Scheme Criteria Money Advice Tenancy Support Care Package Prioritisation Resource Availability Charitable Support S12 / S22 / DHP DWP Grant award Grant award Delivery options (JOINED UP partnership approach) National / Local Goods Re-use National Procurement Local Procurement Post Office Food Vouchers Smart Cards Travel Vouchers Pay Point FST Payments

  6. Early issues • STBA / benefit transition / budgeting loans / DWP signposting and “bounce” • Activity levels and spend • Consistency of decision making

  7. Medium Term • Development of draft Bill and supporting regulations running simultaneously with on-going development of interim arrangements • Enhanced supported accessibility, improvement in infrastructure, quality of signposting and support • Opportunities to target locally and cross sector specific areas of take up. • Improved decision making and experience • Iterative improvements in joined up delivery arrangements.

  8. Medium Term • Take more advantage of flexibilities & discretion – reinforced by updated &enhanced national guidance. • Resources (Programme and Delivery), distribution, augmentation of the fund, the costs vs. benefits of being holistic • Movement towards more CCGs as opposed to CGs • Further shared procurement • Reporting & monitoring

  9. Medium Term • 2nd tier review / role of lay members? / reduction of scale? • Fraud prevention & governance • Impacts of other Welfare Reform, UC, direct payments • Addressing consistency of decision making / case sampling and sharing best practice • Maximising our shared advice resources

  10. Longer Term

  11. The longer term • “Interim” scheme will become statutory • 2nd tier review – a difficult area but needs to deliver? • Can we get local collaboration to work consistently? • What happens after 18 September 2014? • Central vs. local? Opportunities for sharing services?

  12. How will we take things forward? • Continue joined up collaborative approach & SG partnership • Develop accessibility arrangements, joined up working and delivery alternatives iteratively across and utilising all the partnerships that we can. • LA visits / case observations / sharing best practice • Fraud prevention but in the context of a “can do” culture • Continuing to update documentation / influence guidance • Shaping the permanent scheme • Development of full monitoring reports • Consultation on draft Bill

  13. Summary • Particularly vulnerable customer group • The SWF is and must be an enabling fund • Small service that can bring together a whole host of supports across all sectors. • Collectively we have the potential to make the scheme successful for the customer… there is plenty to do and roles need to be respected… but shared aspirations and a collective responsibility to deliver.

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