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An Introduction to becoming a commissioning organisation

Dr Dorothy Gregson FFPH

Chief Executive Cambridgeshire Police Authority


Today’s talk

• History of APACE guidance• What’s in the guidance• What we’re doing in Cambridgeshire


An Introduction to Becoming a Commissioning Organisation

• First of four intended guidance documents linked to commissioning cycle

• Introduction

• Vision & core principles

• Skills for commissioning

• Collaborative effort APACE, NOMs, LGA and others


Commissioning? Dominant Public sector model

– supports alignment and collaboration with others

Transformational & Transactional – business model and set of processes

Systems thinking – holistic model for change

User centric Outcome focussed Transparent – rational

resource allocation

The process of specifying, securing

and monitoring services to meet

individuals’ needs at a strategic level…


Commissioning Cycle• Understand local outcomes, needs, resources and

priorities.

• Plan to use tax payers money effectively, efficiently, equitably and in a sustainable way, individually and collaboratively.

• Do - Make decisions to secure improved outcomes together

• Review - Monitor service delivery against expected outcomes and recognising that this is not a closed loop but an on-going cycle

U

PlanDo

Review

The Community we serve

Understand


What it means in practice• A commissioning cycle might take

months or years• Stages of the cycle are dynamic

and may overlap• The extent of each stage will

depend upon the complexity and scale of the services being commissioned

• Your commissioning cycle should influence and be influenced by others

• The cycle should be a continuous improvement process


Commissioning TypesStrategic commissioning The Police and Crime Plan

Service level commissioning Traditional goods and services contracts, new grant giving

power, section 23 collaboration agreements.

Co-commissioning or Joint Commissioning CSPs provide a mechanism for co-commissioning, e.g. for

integrated offender management often have aligned budgets, similarly Drug and Alcohol Action Teams and Youth Offending Teams may have aligned or pooled budgets


Commissioning Types

Decommissioning Process of planning and managing a reduction in service activity or

terminating a contract or Service Level Agreement in line with commissioning objectives. It is an important part of aligning services with needs, outcomes and resources, particularly in times of budget

constraint.The recent contract changes for DAAT seen in many areas


FIRST STEPS CAMBRIDGESHIRE


Cambridgeshire Police Authority

Cambridgeshire Countywide Strategic Community Safety

Board

Scrutiny Committee

Finance & ResourcesCommittee

Stakeholder Communications and Engagement

Finance and

Human Resources

Governance

Performance Management

Cambridgeshire Police Authority

Risk Register

Transition Planning Working Group

Victim and Offender Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Working

Group

Partnership Transition Group

Criminal Justice Board

Shadow Health and Wellbeing

Board

Community Safety Partnerships x6

Emerging Police and Crime Panel

Governance and Audit

Committee

Returning Officer’s Operational Election

Group

District Councilsx5

Cambridgeshire County Council

PeterboroughUnitary

Police and Crime Plan 2013


Commissioning

Review

Understand Plan

Existing framework for 2012 plan in placeDeveloping options with partners for 2013 plan

• Police and Crime Plan to technocrat foundation for October 2012

• Full re-write post November 2012

• Embedding into currents YOS, DAAT, CSP planning processes

• Victim and Offender joint strategic needs assessment linking to:

• CSPs assessments• Policing threat risk and harm

assessment• NHS/ LA JSNA

Contracts / Agreements•Policing (the plan and section 22s)•Grants with LAs•Partnerships public sector DAAT, YOS•Private sector procurement•Work CSAS, volunteers

Do


Next Step Cambs• June first draft of victim, offender and witness needs assessment• July /August / Sept discussion on Police & Crime objectives to:

– Partners– shadow Police & Crime Panel– shadow health and well-being board– Understanding contract implications

• October 2012 – link PCC’s manifestos in to the process• Nov 2012 draft Police & Crime Plan for newly elected PCC to consider• Jan 2013 Police and Crime Plan to be considered by partners including

Police and Crime Panel• March 2013 Publication of Police and Crime Plan including how grants will

be used.


Summary…Becoming a commissioning organisation is a journey not an accreditation

Ensure systems and processes are not over engineered, be flexible and responsive to change both internally and externally

Be outward facing, partnership and stakeholder focused, flexible and responsive to the needs of the community,

Invest in your personnel, valuing their skills, developing their capability and empowering them.

A true commissioning and learning organisation actively seeks to involve service users at each commissioning stage so that they become co-designers and co-producers of the positive outcomes which commissioning strives to achieve.

Encourage innovation and do not stifle it.

It is simple – understand, plan, do and review - strive for continuous improvement.

LOCALISM


You Are Not Alone…

www.academyforjusticecommissioning.org

A-Z of Commissioning www.commissioningsupport.org.uk/events--training/csp-events--training/development-programme.aspx

LGA Strategic planning and commissioning across partnerships www.local.gov.uk

NAO Successful Commissioning Toolkit www.nao.org.uk/guidance__good_practice/third_sector/successful_commissioning/

successful_commission_toolkit

NAO Decommissioning Toolkit www.nao.org.uk/sectors/civil_society/decommissioning_csos/home.aspx