Working together to develop local community services Welcome To learn how to improve childrens outcomes through the local authority parents and the Voluntary and Community Sector working together to deliver childrens centres or childrens centre services ID: 242067
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What can we do differently?
Working together
to develop local community servicesSlide2
WelcomeSlide3
To learn
how to improve children’s outcomes through the local authority, parents and the Voluntary and Community Sector working together to deliver children’s centres or children’s centre services.
Aim of the daySlide4
Local Authority
Perspective on community run servicesSlide5
4Children National Programme
Lessons in working together Slide6
Two year national programme
Who have we worked with?
20 Local Authorities and VCS lead agencies
Why?
To discover barriers faced by the local VCS in being commissioned for children’s centres and their services.
What have we done?
National survey on commissioning barriers
Rolling survey on attitudes to barriers
5 provider surveys
Training manual for VCS children centre managers
5 focus conversation workshops
Strategic report on mutuals
21 activity workshopsSlide7
We learned that Partnership overcomes barriers if:
Process
Content
Allow time for acceptance of ‘blank page’ approach
Agree a clear message and repeat!
Get decision makers and participants to ‘tell it as it is’
Build consensus on what the challenge is before discussing ‘solutions’
Use balance of ‘structured’ and ‘open’ conversation methods
Challenge and celebrate commissioning/
procurement practiceSlide8
Q & A PanelSlide9
Focused conversation Slide10
Feedback and discussion Slide11
Networking and Lunch