Tees Valley PilotProgramme consultation

Elaine Willis, VCS lead associate, FPM

• Build on relationships and understanding between VCSOs and commissioners through a shared process of learning, support and challenge

• Help you to develop service quality, value for money and evidence based early intervention mental health services for CYP&F

• Bring national expertise and information • Learn from you and share with others• Identify and respond to capacity building needs

• Workshop programme (5 sessions) – to be discussed • VCOs will each have access to 1:1 coaching conducted by

telephone or Skype for the lead person or appropriate other• Participants will have access to up to 2 action learning sets• Each school cluster lead (or appropriate other) will have

access to 2 sessions of 1:1 coaching conducted by telephone or Skype.

• Each school cluster will be supported through 2 workshop sessions linked to the topics covered in the main programme and enabling the relevant workshop learning to be tailored to fit the needs of each school cluster.

Workshop 1Joint

commissioner, schools and VCS

workshop

Agree programme

content

PM only

Workshop 2Commissioning

and delivery system

AM:VCSOsSchoolsCommissioners

PM:VCSOs

Workshop 3The current

environment for CYP MH servicesAM:VCSOsSchoolsCommissioners

PM:VCSOs

Workshop 4Value for money;

QA and outcomes

AM:VCSOsSchoolsCommissioners

PM:VCSOs

Workshop 5Joint

commissioner, schools and VCS

workshop

Action plans for progress

AM only

Schools clusters:

Workshop SC1

Schools clusters:

Workshop SC2

Action Learning

Sets

1 to 1 individual support for VCSO’s and Schools

Electronic learning environment; access to tools, materials, sign-posting, templates, etc via the BOND

website

TIME

• Will this content meet needs?• Discussing and responding to our suggested programme• Structure of sessions, balance of input/discussion?• Input from participants e.g. commissioners, TEWV

CAMHS, VCSOs?

• The commissioning system for early intervention mental health support in Tees Valley: what are the component parts? How do they fit together? How are resources allocated across the tiers of services?

• Who are the commissioners and what are their roles – NHS; Local Authority; schools?

• What are their priorities? What do they want and need from VCO providers? • What do the VCOs offer • What do VCOs need to do, to be commissioning ready

VCSOs• Developing the strategic agility to cope with rapid change and austerity• Developing flexible business models which are responsive to the current

environment• Developing approaches to marketing and positioning to enable VCOs to

operate successfully and gain funding from a variety of sources• Action planning session: commissioners and schools

• The current policy and funding environment – key features, trends and developments including:

• IAPT• Payment by results (NHS and across wider government)• Schools – pupil premium, development of clusters and academy chains• Public Service environment • The implications of this environment for service providers and commissioners• New ways of working together to avoid fragmentation and maximise current

opportunities – cooperatives, mutuals, franchising, consortia etc

VCSOs• The challenges to VCOs posed by the current environment • Responding to the challenges in Tees Valley• New ways of working together – consortia and cooperatives

• Action planning – commissioners and schools

• Demonstrating quality and outcomes: • Quality standards for CYP mental health support services • An introduction to the proposed BOND Accreditation framework• Cost benefit analysis of EIMH support services • Ensuring access for marginalised groups of young people inc cultural

sensitivity• Implications for VCOs, commissioners and schools

VCSOs• Gathering and using evidence to demonstrate effective outcomes • How can we link our evidence effectively to the range of different

commissioner outcome frameworks and other funding opportunities• Demonstrating added value through being a VCO• Demonstrating the cost effectiveness of our services.

• Action planning session: commissioners and schools

The final workshop will bring together all the pilot participants to •Share progress on plans and actions as a result of the pilot •Share information between commissioners and VCO providers•Clarify the commissioning and procurement cycles for services over the next year•Clarify the support and further activity that will be taking place between July and October•Discuss further collaborative work in Tees Valley and developments planned by commissioners (NHS Tees and the local Authorities) and any other relevant local plans.

• 15.5.12 – BOND reception event (evening)• 16.5.12 – Workshop day 2;• AM – All participants (Commissioners, VCSOs, school leads)• PM – VCSO’s• 31.5.12 – Workshop day 3;• AM – All participants (Commissioners, VCSOs, school leads)• PM – VCSO’s• 20.6.12 – Workshop day 4;• AM – All participants (Commissioners, VCSOs, school leads)• PM – VCSO’s• 12.7.12 – Closing joint workshop AM; • All participants