On this page you can download the training
materials for the Commissioning in Children’s Services Development
Programme.
The development programme takes the form of a
set of eighteen modular power-point presentations, and each one is
linked to one of the eighteen components of effective commissioning
described in the
Achieving Better Outcomes: Commissioning in Children’s Services
document.
The programme aims to help leaders,
commissioners, providers and the communities involved in children’s
services to develop a shared understanding of commissioning and the
essential components that make it work. We have grouped these
components, and the eighteen modules, into the following
sections:
A – Governance and frameworks
B – Commissioning activity
C – Capacity and competencies
Below you can download the eighteen modules
individually or as three separate ZIP files containing the
materials grouped into each of the three sections above.
Download instructions for the development
programme materials
here.
These materials will be regularly be updated
in response to your experiences of using the materials to deliver
local development programmes. To make sure that you are aware of
the latest developments and to gives us your feedback please join
the
online group dedicated to the Commissioning in
Children’s Services Development Programme. The group is aimed
at those using the materials, so they can discuss their ideas and
provide support to colleagues to ensure that local training
programmes are really effective. Your feedback on the materials
will help us with the development of future versions or
supplementary materials.
Download ZIP files
Section A - Governance and frameworks
Section B - Commissioning activity
Section C - Capacity and competencies
Download individual
modules
0 - Introduction to commissioning **Updated 15/06/10**
Governance and frameworks
A1 The commissioning process **Updated 15/06/10**
A2 Commissioning principles **Updated 15/06/10**
A3 Strategies and plans
A4 Relationships between levels of commissioning
A5 Governance
Commissioning activity
B1 Mechanisms
B2 Optimising resources
B3 Whole system design
B4 Targeting
B5 Data and intelligence
B6 Performance management **Updated 15/06/10**
Capacity and competencies
C1 Making it happen
C2 Base decisions on outcomes
C3 Leadership
C4 Innovation
C5 Managing change
C6 Culture
C7 Senior commitment
