1 Fame Readiness Self- Assessment Tool Roger Vaughan Centre for Social and Business Informatics University of Newcastle upon Tyne

2 The meaning of readiness There are no ‘green field sites’ Wide variation in ‘where we are now’ Different aspirations Different understandings of ‘possible’ and ‘desirable’ Differences of available ‘technology’ and current ‘practice’

3 The meaning of readiness The emphasis is on self assessment Our working assumption is that self assessment is an important part of a learning process. Long term evaluation of outcomes achievement starts at partnership formation.

4 The dimensions of readiness Against all of the FAME building blocks. In each building block assessed through a series of statements.

5 Drivers for Learning and Development Leadership External stakeholder results Achieving user outcomes? People Processes Policy and Strategy Partnership and resources Internal partnership results: Working effectively Drivers for Partnership SuccessResults

6 Scaling progress On a scale of 1 -4 what does 4 mean to your partnership for each building block? Can you rate where you are? – evidence? At different participation levels (service users, service delivery, corporate commissioning)?

7 Scaling progress 1No progress – this issue has not been addressed yet 2Some progress – but greater understanding of the issue/resource availability would help 3Real progress is being made But some way to go 4We are confident we have completed/achieved this

8 Using the self assessment process Facilitated workshops either at each level or with a cross section of levels? Collection of evidence – surveys? Action plan arising from EFQM question on each building block? Defining intermediate outcomes with an emphasis on participation?

9 Outputs Radar chart Action plans - what would getting to the next rating mean? Learning inherent in the process and further learning identified Preparation for the business case. Preparation for the partnership agreement including resource commitments.

10 Self assessment tool There is an excel version on the FAME web site We are working on linking the readiness statements to parts of the generic framework text.

11 Sample RAT statement Scoping Statement and Business Case development –Leadership A small ‘promotional group’ has been formed, drawn from key agencies to take the lead in establishing the scope of the project

12 Link to Framework text If a new partnership has to be formed it will need to be championed by a small promotional group to bring the partnership into being. This group will have the following tasks: –Mapping the environment of the partnership –Putting forward its intended outcomes, researching the legal and policy framework –Identifying the proposed multi agency practice –Describing the appropriate level of information sharing –Proposing the partnership membership and governance arrangements

13 FAME Academy - RAT Workshops To get early adopters started Working with 2/3 staff from each FAME partnership Preparatory work prior to workshop Dry run to show how to use the RAT 2/3 February 2005 Newcastle 8/9 February 2005 London