Joint planning and commissioning: effective practice case studies
Case Study: Commissioning substance misuse and family support services
(Staffordshire), August 2008
This case study describes how the Staffordshire Drug & Alcohol Action Team
partnership re-commissioned their young people's substance misuse service
in 2006-07.
Commissioning Support (About us: A5 Flyer)
The Department for Children, Schools and Families offers free commissioning
support to Local Authorities.
Effective Practice in Commissioning in Children's Services (March
2007)
A summary of effective practice case studies on commissioning.
How
to be Successful in Commissioning Children's Services
A useful portfolio of commissioning case studies published by the Regional
Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships.
The case studies below provide a range of examples of effective practice in commissioning, and will be of interest to anyone who is involved in commissioning for children, young people and families.
Recent case studies
Changing
Children's Services in Bournemouth Borough Council
Procurement
of Housing for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (Hillingdon)
Driving
up Performance Through Better Commissioning (Bedfordshire)
Focusing
on Prevention (East Riding)
Preparing
the Way for Pooled Budgets (Sandwell)
Developing
a code of practice to work with the Third Sector (Plymouth)
Procuring
Children's Residential Services from the Independent
Sector (Sheffield 0-19+ Partnership)
Developing
an 'Outcomes Based' Commissioning Approach (Birmingham Children and
Young People's Board)
Commissioning
Children's Centres (Hertfordshire Children's Trust
Partnership)
Maximising
Procurement Expertise and Achieving Savings (Essex County Council)
An
Implementation Plan for Developing Joint Commissioning (London Borough of
Waltham Forest)
Developing
Joint Commissioning (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council)
Case studies
Children's
Participation in Shaping Service Models
Competing
Providers for School Support and Business Development
Commissioning
for Prevention
Getting
a Better Deal Assessing Unit Cost and Engaging with the Market
How
to Develop and Embed a Framework for Commissioning Principles across Partner
Agencies
Joint
Planning and Commissioning: The Framework in Action - A Brighton and Hove Case
Study
North
East Regional Commissioning Unit - A Model
Planning
and Commissioning Multi-Agency Service Delivery
Procuring
Services for Children and Young People
Sub-Regional
Placement Commissioning
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This page was last updated on 21 August 2008
