Social Value: The Social Value in Health and Care programme in Salford

In Salford, social value will be… Social – people, culture, interactions… Environmental – the place in which people live, the planet, use of resources… Economic – money flow, financial resources… Meaningful to Salford’s citizens More than just the Social Value Act More than just financial transaction Part of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy – championed by the Health and Wellbeing Board Examples: local employment, good working conditions, minimising carbon footprint, building community resilience

Social value aims: To support the achievement of Social, Environmental and Economic wellbeing for Salford’s citizens To support the City Plan and embed aspects of it into partners’ commissioning plans and all public sector procurement To support the delivery of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy To maximise the benefit from investment of the ‘Salford Pound’ Social value is underpinned by co-operative values and will be linked with the Mayor’s Employment Charter

Social Value in Health and Care (SVHC) Successful bid to national Social Enterprise UK Health and Social Value programme, funded by Department of Health 4 areas across the country Objectives: To support local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and health and wellbeing board partners to commission for social value; and Improve VCSE organisations' understanding of their own impact in terms of social value, and how they articulate it Diagnostic, expert learning and action planning sessions held – clear proposition now ready for approval

Planning the programme Multi agency working group - City Council, NHS, voluntary, community sector and social enterprise, Salford Community Leisure, University and housing providers, Railway tracks – develop commissioner and provider arrangements along side each other Recognition that there are 3 parallel ‘levels’ that we need to work at: Strategic Commissioning and procurement Providers Work should be concurrent and linked – interdependent Social value is in the whole commissioning cycle

Action Plan 5 key areas of work: Social Value Charter for Salford Testing of ideas and practice Toolkit of information, advice and guidance Training and awareness raising Evaluation and understanding

Social Value Charter Multi agency agreement – City Partnership, driven by the City Plan Consistent approach to the application of social value across Salford Social value will be central to service provision / expenditure of public money regardless of who the provider is All organisations who commit to this charter will be expected to: EMBED SOCIAL VALUE: Adapt policies and governance arrangements to emphasise the role social value will play in services DELIVER SOCIAL VALUE: Implement social value through their commissioning and procurement processes from assessment of need through to advertisement and pre qualification questionnaires, specification, evaluation and contract compliance. DEMONSTRATE SOCIAL VALUE: Evidence how and when they have introduced social value into service delivery and the impact that this has made.

Other work to support the Charter Testing ideas at every stage of commissioning cycle, different types of contracts, different partners Toolkit - a practical set of tools for both commissioners and providers, covering all stages of the commissioning process Increase knowledge of Social Value amongst the Health and Wellbeing Board, CCG Governing Body, Integrated Commissioning Board etc Programme of awareness-raising and training for commissioners and procurement staff Evaluation - Are we making a difference for Salford and its residents through social value? Is what we are doing helping us make that difference?

How will this be delivered? Partnership group in place, led by core group from City Council, CCG, CVS and social enterprise 5 task and finish groups – participation from all sectors Action plan led by SEUK until July 2014 Work will go beyond initial SVHC programme Commitment received from Health and Wellbeing Board members, and others Support from City Partner Group meeting April 2014 – request to report back to July meeting

Recommendation This is an opportunity to promote the Living Wage, better employment conditions, increased employment and training opportunities, increased community resilience, reduced carbon emissions, purchasing from local suppliers, purchase of Fair Trade products and reduced wellbeing and health inequalities, for example. The City Mayor is asked to endorse the programme of work around social value approve the Health and Wellbeing Board’s proposal for a Social Value Charter lead engagement across the City, with Councillors, and the whole Salford Partnership.

Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 ‘An Act to require public authorities to have regard to economic, social and environmental well-being in connection with public services contracts; and for connected purposes.’. Prior to starting procurement: –The authority must consider— –(a)how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area, and –(b)how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement. Requirement to engage – with the market and with the people who might benefit