Investing in Stockport Preventative Commissioning Strategy Part 2
What we’ll cover Context and expectations Commissioning principles Timeline - phasing with description of service areas When organisations will hear about decisions
The objective We want every adult in Stockport to be able to say: “I am living well and safely in my own home in my own community”
How can we make this work? Reducing budgets, increasing demand = step change for all sectors We need to change our commissioning behaviour Within the voluntary and community sector we are looking for: –innovation & expertise –partnership & collaborative behaviour –Adaptation – learning – adjusting
A new commissioning relationship We’ll express commissioning requirements in outcomes not detailed specs In response, we’ll all need to think differently and more creatively We will work together, but we expect the ideas and approaches increasingly to come from you We need to tap into your expertise like never before and you need to tap into each others’ by working together and sharing skillsWe need to tap into your expertise like never before and you need to tap into each others’ by working together and sharing skills
A new commissioning relationship Commissioning will promote social action, peer support, user-led activity, community capacity building Want innovation and will support those willing to do things differently Not commissioning anything static – flexibility, adaptation and on-going improvement need to be the norm We all need to balance aspiration with realism and maintain an open dialogue
Commissioning timeline PHASE 1 Nov 2014 – Spring 2015 New ‘Targeted Prevention’ for vulnerable adults service Advocacy case-work Domestic Abuse PHASE 2 Spring/Summer 2015 – Autumn 2015 Support for: Carers Older people People with disabilities
Targeted prevention for vulnerable adults: what will it include? To provide proportional information and advice To engage the most hard to reach Offer support for independence and reduce demand on health and social care services Ensure a proactive approach to managing risk positively To support community capacity building and grow social action To develop housing solutions for the most excluded To deliver sustainable outcomes and a community based safety net
Framework Expect providers to deliver a ‘core’ offer which will be agreed by all parties to the contract Service will also be expected to add value to the core offer by levering in new resources and developing innovative solutions and approaches, which might include: –General collaboration/trading with wider providers e.g. who are not formally party to the contract –Additional growth of community capacity –Resource generation
Outcomes The general outcomes expected of providers include securing solutions with service users which: -Reduce the need for more intensive support and increase the numbers of people living independently -Improve inclusion, engagement and reduce social isolation -Improve living environments to reduce known risks and increase personal resilience -Support better access to services to increase life chances and wellbeing e.g. housing, employment and health
Advocacy case-work Want to develop an integrated system to deliver independent advocacy, to include: o Mental health o Care Act advocacy requirements o NHS complaints o General advocacy for complex social care cases
Domestic abuse We are seeking a whole Council approach to commissioning domestic abuse support Combining existing budgets and resources
Phase 2 Need to think through the local offer for carers in light of the Care Act requirements The ageing population: need to make sure we focus on the right issues for our preventative offer Also need to consider the best options for low-level support to enable people with a wide range of disabilities to remain independent
In practice… next 6 months Services for whom contract reductions and renegotiations are needed or which will be decommissioned will be advised by end of November For the 3 service areas in phase 1 commissioning, provider / market preparation will commence from mid- November Specific market event on 28 November for providers interested in the ‘targeted prevention’ service
In practice… next 6 months Aim to have phase 1 services largely in place by April 2015, recognition that this may extend beyond April for targeted prevention service Medium-term – next 6-12 months Council develops & discusses new preventative models of support for carers, older people and people with disabilities Recommissioning launched Spring/Summer 2015
Questions and comments welcomed