This is 2 one day conferences on the topic of commissioning that I have produced taking place in London on the 17th and 18th of March 2009. Day one is about the fundamentals of commissioning and day 2 is about joint commissioning for children\'s services

1. Produced by
Tuesday 17th March 2009, London
The Fundamentals
of Strategic
Commissioning Providing the best possible service for local people
Expert speakers include:
Mark Upton Janet Beadle
Head of Commissioning & Market Development Programme Director - Well-being and Prevention
Local Strategic Partnerships & Adult and Community Services Directorate
lancashire county council
Performance Directorate
communities and local government
David Griffiths
John Marshall Deputy Director - System Reform
Policy Manager Offender Management Strategy Directorate
Office of the Third Sector, cabinet Office ministry of Justice
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Solihull metropolitan Borough council Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
Specialist Sector Manager, Education and Children’s Service Adults and Health Services
Michelle Whiting Strategic Advisor for Children
Andrew Cozens
learning and Skills council (lSc) Tyne and Wear
commissioning Support Programme
Regional Director of Learning, Planning and Performance
Dorothy Smith Judith Smyth
Expert speakers include:
Improving outcomes, managing budgets and engaging partners
Services
for Children’s
Joint Commissioning
Wednesday 18th March 2009, London
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2. Day One Tuesday 17th March 2009
The Fundamentals of
Strategic Commissioning
Honest,
Commissioning is an essential part of providing services to
your community. It is also a difficult process that encapsulates
frank, did what
far more than just purchasing and sharing. Working with local
government as a colleague, partner or supplier, you need
it promised
to have a solid understanding of how commissioning works
to deliver,
within your sector. Armed with this knowledge, you will be able
to drive improvement across your local economy and benefit
clearly and well
your community.
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Local Government Chronicle is here to provide you with the
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information and advice you need to navigate your way through
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this essential and confusing topic. The Fundamentals of
Strategic Commissioning will offer you a jargon-free, step-by-
step guide through the commissioning process.
A useful course
Attend this conference to hear expert advice on
covering the
issues, including:
fundamental
What is commissioning?
The tools and techniques you need to make the
knowledge
commissioning process work
needed to
How commissioning is resourced
Adapting national guidelines to your local projects
work in local
The next step for commissioning
government
Who should attend this conference?
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All those who feel they would benefit from an opportunity to demystify
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commissioning and procurement within local government, including
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staff from:
Local government Health services
Fire services Police services
Education Voluntary sector
Private sector
Forthcoming Conference:
Partnerships and the
For information about sponsorship opportunities Comprehensive Area Assessment
please contact: Thursday 12th February 2009
Cavendish Conference Centre
Rebecca Burgess on 020 7728 3741 or email
London
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3. Day One Conference Programme Tuesday 17th March 2009
The Fundamentals of Strategic Commissioning
08:45 Designing a commissioning framework
Registration and refreshments 13:50
What needs to be included?
Who needs to manage the process?
09.45 Chair’s opening remarks
How can you ensure that it is designed with enough
Vic Sandel, national Adviser
scope and room for necessary change?
Children and young People
Chris Morgan, Commissioning and Procurement
Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
Strategic manager, learning and Children’s Services
royal Borough of kingston
What is commissioning?
10:00
Why is commissioning important?
Third sector commissioning
14:20
Understanding the terminology of commissioning
Who are the third sector and why should you work
Service-user focussed
with them?
More than a purchasing cycle
Getting started: Providing support and assistance for
Providing quality of life for service users
your third sector partners
Mark Upton, head of Commissioning & market
Instigating third sector working in your organisation
Development - local Strategic Partnerships &
What is a Compact and will it work for you?
Performance Directorate
John Marshall, Policy manager
communities and local government
Office of the Third Sector, cabinet Office
How does the commissioning process
10:30
14:50 Question and answer session
work? Tools, techniques and skills
Who does what?
15:00 Afternoon refreshments
Strategic commissioning – Analyse, plan, do, review
Evaluation and more evaluation
Developing an operational framework Stretching the boundaries of
15:20
Managing the markets
commissioning
Complying with EU regulations
Moving outside your comfort zone
David Griffiths, Deputy Director - System Reform,
Looking beyond the commissioning framework
offender management Strategy Directorate
Aligning your strategies with those of your partner
ministry of Justice
organisations
Janet Beadle, Programme Director – Well-being and
11:00 Question and answer session Prevention, Adult and Community Services Directorate
lancashire county council
11:10 Morning refreshments
What’s next for commissioning?
15:50
Building the skills of commissioners
Commissioning with your partners
11:40
Leaders and leadership within commissioning
What is joint commissioning?
Still closer focus on the needs of your customers
keeping up with the constant changes in your and
Ensuring pro-active commissioning
your partners’ sectors
Andrew Cozens, Strategic Advisor for Children, Adults
Working effectively with different cultures
and health Services
What are Local Improvement Networks (LINks) and
Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
how do you use them?
Roger Harris, head of Strategic Commissioning and
Resources for Adult Social Care 16:20 Question and answer session
Thurrock council
16:30 Chair’s closing remarks and conference ends
How is commissioning resourced?
12:10
Identifying needs and priorities © Emap Ltd 2008. The programme may change due to unforeseen
More than just money: Finding staff and time circumstances. Emap reserves the right to alter the venue and/or
Considering your options: Pooling budgets or budget speakers.
alignment
What is decommissioning and how and why would you
do it?
Service redesign and re-commissioning
Jane Cowell, Regional Director - learning
Planning & Performance
learning and Skills council
North West region
12:40 Question and
answer session
12:50 Lunch
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4. Day Two Wednesday 18th March 2009
Joint Commissioning for
Children’s Services
Varied and
Commissioning is a crucial means by which services for
children and young people will be reshaped, as resources
interesting range
are redeployed and developed. As organisations thrive for
improved service delivery and increased cooperation, action at
of topics that
both national and local level is increasing.
provided a broad
Local Government Chronicle has responded to your need for
view
sharing insights and best practice with Joint Commissioning
for Children’s Services. The more information you have, the K SmiTh
more experience you hear and learn from, the more prepared BolTon CounCil
you will be to deliver a quality service.
Attend this conference to hear expert advice on pertinent
Very informative
issues, including:
and well
Successfully implementing a needs analysis approach
balanced content
Measuring the success of your partnerships using an
outcome based approach
which is highly
Involving isolated communities and end users in the
planning and delivery of services
relevant to my
Overcoming barriers to greater partnership working
needs
Managing your budget effectively to jointly commission
services
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The leARning TRuST
This is an ideal opportunity for you to meet with your
colleagues and partners to learn, discuss and debate the
future of joint commissioning within children’s services.
Leave this event better informed and with a comprehensive
strategy for implementing effective joint commissioning in your
organisation.
Who should attend this conference?
Forthcoming Conference:
Relevant staff from local authorities, PCTs, the voluntary sector and
health and social care providers, including those within: Children’s Services Workforce
Development
Joint/strategic commissioning Children’s services
10th February 2009
Social care Finance
Earls Court Conference Centre
Modernisation and development Integrated services London
Partnerships Commercial development www.lgc-csworkforce.com
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5. Day Two Conference Programme Wednesday 18th March 2009
Joint Commissioning for Children’s Services
08:45 Scenario-based learning: Overcoming
Registration and refreshments 13:25
the main challenges in joint
commissioning
09:45 Chair’s opening remarks
Allan Bowman, Chair you will be given a scenario that may arise throughout
Social care Institute for Excellence (ScIE) the joint commissioning process. In groups around the
Interactive workshop
table, you must come up with an innovative strategy to
overcome these problems.
Effective joint commissioning:
10:00
Challenges will include:
Overcoming the barriers to successful Implementing the strategic framework and process
partnership working Staff retention and motivation
Understanding formalised arrangements including Language and culture barriers
government procedures Aligning and integrating existing resources
Utilising a Children’s Trust model and commissioning Potential clashes in policies and regulation
framework to establish compatible partnership boards frameworks
Brian Grady, Senior Procurement officer To outsource or in-source work?
Devon county council Facilitated by: Carrie Morgan
Senior Development Consultant
cSIP South West
Implementing a needs
10:25
analysis approach
Involving isolated communities and
14:15
Researched based commissioning: Understanding the
end users in the planning and delivery
needs of children and young people in your
community of services
Working in partnership to devise a strategy, fulfil Encouraging participation from the end user –
your market needs and improve outcomes adapting policies to meet their needs
Deciding what you can realistically do in the timescale Moving from theory to reality: Developing a more
set across your partnership joined up process between strategy and delivery
Dorothy Smith, Regional Director of learning Fostering innovative ways to solve existing problems
Planning and Performance Contracting and market shaping for more effective
learning and Skills council (lSc), Tyne and Wear procurement
Patrick Myers, Joint Commissioning Strategic
manager, Children’s Services
10:50 Question and answer session
Dorset county council
11:00 Morning refreshments
14:40 Question and answer session
Measuring the success of your
11:25
14:50 Afternoon refreshments
partnerships using an outcome based
approach - “Turning the Curve”
Managing your budget effectively to
15:20
Using result based accountability
jointly commission services
Identifying key indicators of needs and commissioning
providers that can fulfil those needs Identifying the different ways of utilising your budgets:
Adapting to commissioning for outcomes Is the pooled or aligned budget best for you?
Andrew Cozens, Strategic Advisor for Children, Developing a strategic plan that aligns with your
Adults and health Services budget
Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) Ensuring you are getting the most from your existing
resources in today’s economic climate
Michelle Whiting, Specialist Sector manager
Developing commissioning
11:50 education and Children’s Service
opportunities in the private, voluntary Solihull metropolitan Borough council
and independent (PVI) sectors
Increasing the community awareness and utilisation of
Understanding the DCSF’s
15:45
PVI sectors
Commissioning Support Programme for
Offering guidance through the implementation stages
Children’s Trusts
of the joint commissioning process
Building the right support for smaller providers What is the main purpose of this programme?
increasing accessibility How will you benefit from it?
Janet Crompton, national Commissioning lead What should people expect from this?
Department of Health Social care Programmes What kind of support is the DCSF going to offer and
to whom?
Judith Smyth, commissioning Support Programme
12:15 Question and
answer session
16:10 Question and answer session
12:25 Lunch
16:20 Chair’s closing remarks and
end of conference
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