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Call for examples of commissioning practice
The Skills Academy is supporting the development of good commissioning in adult social care. We are producing a series of web-based resources for a range of audiences to help us do this. One of these resources will be examples of good practice in involving User and Care led organisations (ULOs). This means, using ULOs to provide information and evidence about what people who use services and their carers want and need locally, as well as commissioning ULOs themselves to deliver services.
We will share this information online to inform other ULOs and commissioners who are designing specifications. This will be a practical, useful resource, providing materials and information to directly support improved commissioning in the sector.
The Skills Academy is working with Spirit Research and Evaluation to find examples of how commissioning organisations have worked with people who use services and their carers.
We are especially keen to find out:
- How views and information about needs have been sought and how the responses have influenced commissioning.
- About examples of user-led organisations being commissioned to deliver services.
- What makes for a successful tender from a user-led organisation.
We would like to hear from:
- Commissioners
- User-led organisations
- Service users
- Carers
If your approach worked, or if it didn’t we would still love to hear from you; learning about a method which hasn’t worked can be as valuable as hearing about an approach that succeeded!
If you have experience or a piece of advice, be it small or large, please email Michelle Spirit who would be delighted to hear from you about your experience, and to explore how this can best be presented to inform others.