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Do you work for VCSE organisation and do you sit on a cross sector board or partnership? If the answer is yes, then you will be interested in the excellent presentation with slide notes by Ross Diamond, Director of Redbridge CVS. "Raising The Voice Of The VCS On Partnership Boards" was delivered by webinar on 24th June 2014 through the London For All programme.
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- 1. Raising the Voice of the Voluntary and Community Sector on Partnership Boards Ross Diamond RedbridgeCVS
- 2. What are “Partnership Boards”?
- 6. What does the Partnership Board want from you?
- 7. What does the Partnership Board want from you? Equal partner?
- 8. What does the Partnership Board want from you? Equal partner?
- 9. What does the Partnership Board want from you? Local knowledge?
- 10. What does the Partnership Board want from you? Box ticker?
- 11. What does the Partnership Board want from you? Fig leaf?
- 12. What does the Partnership Board want from you? Influence on the local voluntary and community sector?
- 13. What does the Partnership Board want from you? Critical Friend?
- 14. What does the Partnership Board expect from you? Guilty bystander?
- 15. What does the Partnership Board expect from you? Calm voice of reason?
- 16. What does the Partnership Board expect from you? Fly in the Ointment?
- 17. What does the Partnership Board want from you? Grit in the Oyster?
- 18. Who do you represent – and what do the people you represent want from you? • Yourself? • Your organisation? • Your sector? • A subset of your sector? • The beneficiaries of your sector? • Service users and carers? •The wider community?
- 19. Who do you represent – and what do the people you represent want from you? Delegate or Representative?
- 20. Who do you represent – and what do the people you represent want from you? • How do they know you represent them? • How do you know what they want from you?
- 21. Who do you represent – and what do the people you represent want from you?
- 24. Background- about JSNA+health and wellbeing boards: Influencing Local Commissioning for Health and Care - Guidance for the VCS And for boards about the VCS http://www.regionalvoices.org/changes Evidence out there the VCS can use http://www.regionalvoices.org/evidence
- 25. The King's Fund webcasts, interviewing commissioners on approaches to integrated commissioning http://bit.ly/1a8I5gu King’s Fund – Health & wellbeing Boards – One year On: http://bit.ly/1o8TZfz Making best use of the Better Care Fund - http://bit.ly/1cmTuWF Kings Fund: Time to Think Differently – Future trends: Kings Fund analysis; what next & future trends timeline (what will affect health care delivery in the future - http://bit.ly/1kw7bcZ PHE: Health profiles – “summary health information to support local authority members, officers and community partners to lead for health improvement" - http://bit.ly/1fKIfhe London health facts: http://bit.ly/1eGOaj5
- 33. Practical Tips 1. Find allies 2. Real vs symbolic wins 3. Try to find out what ‘drives’ other Board members 4. Influence the Terms of Reference 5. Demonstrate your value 6. Demonstrate that you listen, consult and can change your mind 7. Be patient
Editor's Notes
- Tick box? – a less positive eg: some vcs reps are invited because the Board thinks (or is told) they should have them there – without really thinking about why. This can be difficult, but if you can SHOW YOUR WORTH then you can get beyond this stage – if you use the meetings well and demonstrate your value.
- Sometimes VCS reps are included to give the illusion of ‘partnership’ Are you just there to provide “cover” for decisions already made? This is the most dangerous position to be in – esp if you’re expected to accept Corporate Responsibility Are you prepared to take “corporate responsibility” for the Board’s decisions without question: ie without lending credibility to poor decision making processes? Are you prepared to use your integrity to say “No” Remember:– the reason why you are included doesn’t have to limit what you can actually achieve.
- You may be there to help achieve “Buy-in” from the local vcs. If so, this is a powerful position, as you will expect the Partnership to persuade you of their ‘ask’ first…. Or you can use some ‘asks’ to get leverage for other things your constituents want through suggesting practical and relevant changes (I am not suggesting doing dodgy deals): “How can I ask the vcs for that? What about asking them for buy-in to this?”
- “Critical Friend” is a crucial term – often used, sometimes even understood by Partners. EXPLAIN “CRITICAL FRIEND” - RELATE TO “CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY” It is a good role to have – as it shows they expect you to challenge. But you must think of balancing both terms – critic and friend – and showing that you do (and good idea to show friend 1st)
- What does the P Board EXPECT from you? Innocent bystander? Neutral, caught in the crossfire between local authority and NHS? Can be confused by what is ‘really’ being said. This can be the worst case – if whole committee are involved – but otherwise you can find allies involved who want to achieve some of the aims of the Board (that you will have also signed up to)... You can try to find the role of ‘honest broker’ OR referee?! ...
- Calming voice reminding others of the human result of their decisions… can be v powerful – or vv dispiriting! Of course not all Boards will be as dysfunctional as some of this suggests – but they can be!
- Irritant – this can be good or bad: are you the fly in the ointment – or
- Or…. The grit in the oyster that creates the peal? you may have to take time to prove that the irritant (fly) is actually helpful (grit) in the longer term. Tip: Don’t give up on same point – though you may have to be patient before raising it again: Poll 3: Do you feel confident that the other Board members understand your role?
- Who do you represent and what do they want from you What is “representation” – who or what do you represent? Can anyone think of others?
- Are you empowered to give your views or do you have to go back each time for a specific mandate? MPs are representatives – not delegates. Trade Union reps are often delegates – being told precisely how to vote by their members. Do those you are representing know the difference? What do they expect from you?
- WHAT ARE YOUR TOP TIPS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THINGS WE’D LIKE TO DISCUSS?