Case studies are drawn from across different
Children’s Trusts to provide you with various practical examples of
how effective commissioning is benefiting children and improving
their lives. The case studies reflect current good practice based
on real situations and cover different service areas, geographical
areas, levels of commissioning and types of problem. They are
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All Case Studies:
- Next Practice in System Leadership – 3E’s Coalition of schools. (39 KB)
3Es is a coalition of six secondary schools in the Midlands and Surrey, formed to implement and further develop the 3Es ethos; a set of beliefs and practices designed to address long term underachievement. Previously failing or underachieving participating schools, report a 20 – 30% improvement in student achievement during the period of their involvement.
- Addressing non-attendance to school with one family (Trafford) (27 KB)
A single mother had been prosecuted several times for her children’s non-attendance at school, and her
secondary-school age daughter was behind her peers in literacy, numeracy and social skills. Although the mother
was co-operative and had good relationships with her two children, the different agencies had failed to make any
difference.
- Addressing the Needs of a Teenage Girl (Bournemouth) (27 KB)
A 16-year-old girl living with her older brother and her divorced mother was experiencing suicidal thoughts. She was in a very low mood, had problems with her body image and had been losing weight rapidly. Although she was a high achiever, she did not know what she wanted to do and needed some career advice.
- Addressing the needs of a teenage girl (Bournemouth) (27 KB)
A 16-year-old girl living with her older brother and her divorced mother was experiencing suicidal thoughts. She was
in a very low mood, had problems with her body image and had been losing weight rapidly. Although she was a
high achiever, she did not know what she wanted to do and needed some career advice.
- Next Practice in System Leadership – Remaking Learning in Barnsley (35 KB)
'Remaking Learning' is an Authority wide programme aimed at transforming lifelong learning in Barnsley using phase three of Building Schools for the Future (BSF) as a catalyst. In the programme, provision in both the primary and secondary phases is being rationalised to create new Primary Learning Centres and Advanced Learning Centres. These will make a new and extended offer to the communities they serve by providing improved access to a range of services including education.
- Driving up performance through better commissioning (Bedfordshire) (665 KB)
Bedfordshire developed a commissioning strategy to focus resources on earlier assessment, intervention and family support. Commissioning capacity was expanded, finance redistributed, new systems and structures created, and choice and sustainability developed.
Real benefits emerge with improved outcomes for children, young people and their families. Numbers of children in care and out of county placements were significantly reduced. Social care moved on from special measures to becoming a leading-edge commissioning service.
- Co-located Services Toolkit: Benefits of and opportunities for co-located service provision (46 KB)
Experience of public service providers so far indicates that co-located services provision can bring a range of benefits and opportunities. These benefits and opportunities can arise for several diverse stakeholders.
- Next Practice in System Leadership – Biddenham Queen’s Park (35 KB)
Biddenham Queens Park (BQP) is an informal collaboration of three schools serving a multi cultural and relatively deprived community on the outskirts of Bedford. The three schools work together with the children’s centre to offer a range of services, including education.The vision that unites BQP is a desire to bring coherence to the experiences of pupils and families in the locality, working together to try to help families to overcome significant barriers.
- Getting a Better Deal – Assessing Unit Cost and Engaging with the Market (Blackpool) (251 KB)
Blackpool faced rising overspend on the costs of residential placements for children. This case study shows how the authority achieved annual savings of 400k by analysing its residential care provider market to establish a unit cost and changing the way it engaged with providers to establish longer-term relationships with them and renegotiate prices on the basis of the unit cost.
- Building Brighter Futures: Next Steps for the Children’s Workforce (967 KB)
A document looking at the importance of people who work with children and young people, and the organisations which represent and support them. By bringing together information from the these various organisations, they can enable that the insurance of future policy of the workforce is ambitious and sustainable. Includes; definition of the workforce and its challenges; an outline of commitments for the next 3 years; ways of improving the quality of skills and practice; and considerations into how people can be supported in intergrated ways.
