Social value in social care

Hello commissioning and procurement colleagues and wider stakeholders!

If you are keen to increase social value models to deliver care services and would find support useful, Cwmpas has created resources for you to use. Our guidance and resources are aimed at commissioners, procurement managers and key stakeholders. We’ve collaborated with commissioners to create the resources that reflect the realities, challenges and aspirations faced in growing social value models to deliver care services.

Below is a list of webinars, presentations, reports, and a step-by-step guide, all aimed to support you to promote and invest in social value models of delivery. Our resources are divided into four sections:

Supporting care commissioners and procurers to promote social value models of delivery
How to redesign care services to grow social value for people and communities
How to use ‘reserved contracts’ to procure and invest in social value models
Rebalancing care homes services in Wales: Social enterprise and co-operative models and approaches

If you are keen to discuss our resources further, then please do contact Donna Coyle, Co-operative Care Project Manager, on donna.coyle@cwmpas.coop.

1. Supporting care commissioners and procurers to promote social value models of delivery

Supporting care commissioners and procurers to promote social value models of delivery

Rationale and guidance for commissioners and procurers addressing fundamental questions

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Presentation: commissioning

Collaborative exploration of the transformational agenda of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act

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Presentation: procurement

Create an environment in which social enterprises, co-operatives and charities are more likely to flourish.

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Case study

Furzy Park is an area of Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire where two men with learning disabilities receive 24/7 support in their rented accommodation.

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Report authors explain how their recommendations can be implemented by care commissioners and procurers, on specifying, scoring and measuring the outcomes they want from a service against the five principles of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act.

Part 1

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Part 2

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2. How to redesign care services to grow social value for people and communities

Think piece

Exploring how to move from commissioning time and task domiciliary care services to an outcomes-based approach, while reviewing the options for change and examples of successful innovation in Wales.

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Step-by-step guide

Our five-step guide will show you how to use the principles of Social Services and Well-being Act to increase social value models of delivery.

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Guide to better tendering

The main focus of this guide is on how to promote Social Value Models of Delivery through the tendering processes.

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Conversations with a commissioner and service managers to learn about the steps taken to create social value service models

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Sally Beech, Strategic Commissioning Manager (Promoting Independence), Adult Services, Powys County Council

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Sharon Frewin, Senior Manager for Community Inclusion and Debbie Edwards, Complex Needs Co-ordinator, Adult Learning Disabilities, Carmarthenshire County Council

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Sharon Frewin, Senior Manager for Community Inclusion and Debbie Edwards, Complex Needs Co-ordinator, Adult Learning Disabilities, Carmarthenshire County Council

3. How to use ‘reserved contracts’ to procure and invest in social value models

Presentation

Reserving contracts under either Regulation 20 or Regulation 77 allows contracting authorities to work with businesses with a social purpose (delivering social value).

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Case study

MTIB, focused on supporting disabled and disadvantaged people to move closer to and into sustainable employment.

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Reserving Contracts with Businesses with a Public Service Mission

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Reserving a contract under either Regulation 20 or Regulation 77 means only those businesses that meet the relevant social value criteria may tender

4. Rebalancing care homes services in Wales: Social enterprise and co-operative models and approaches

Guide 1

Crucial reading for care home staff seeking different delivery models, and for local authority and Local Health Board commissioning teams wanting to fulfil duties to promote social value models of delivery, as set out Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act

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Guide 2

Hold discussions with current care home-owners thinking of a social enterprise or co-operative model to secure a sustainable future for their service

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Guide 3

Advice for social enterprises, co-operatives, local communities and charities considering running a care home in their area

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