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Public Social Partnerships Project 1

Agenda What are PSPs? About the PSP project The PSP Pilots 2

What are PSPs? Definition: • Third Sector organisations work with public sector purchasers to design a service • The service is developed to maximise community benefit before being competitively tendered Features of a PSP: • Demonstrating focus on real results through collaboration • Common interest supersedes partner interest • Using "we" when talking about partner matters and treating each other as equal • Mutual accountability for tasks and outcomes • Sharing responsibilities and rewards • Striving to develop and maintain trust • Willingness to change what they do and how they do it 3

Determining when PSP is Appropriate - Is there a market ? Market - Are the suppliers capable of delivering change? - Who are the public sector commissioners ? PSPs - Do partnerships have the potential to succeed? Suppliers Commissioners

PSP Project Delivery Team The Scottish Government Project commissioner and owner PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Delivery consultant, supporting pilots Forth Sector Development Sub-contractor, delivering Social Return on Investment (SROI) element 5

Project Objectives The key objectives are to: Test PSP models in various contexts, in order to deliver social benefits • Provide examples that can be replicated or scaled up • Raise awareness of PSPs with public sector audiences • Establish PSPs as best practice in service design and create a culture of • PSPs Use the learning to establish best model for PSPs to deliver public services • Disseminate learning to potential/actual public sector commissioners and 3 rd • sector suppliers Inform private sector of potential to work in partnership with 3rd sector • 6

Project Achievements to Date • Delivery partnership established • 10 pilots selected in November 2009 • Launch event • Lessons Learned Report from selection phase • Project planning completed • Pilot workshop – SROI and ‘Dragons’ Den’ • SROI forecasts completed • Ongoing support to pilots • Communications beyond the pilots • Newsletters • Events 7

PSP Pilots Titleof PSP Market Region Descriptionof PartnershipAim s AberdeenshireCouncil & Social care Aberdeenshire Deliveryof servicestopeoplewithlearningdisabilities Cornerstone HMPBarlinnie&Theatre Criminal justice& Involvingprisoners, particularlythose withmental Glasgow Nemo culture healthissues, intheatreandthearts. EileanSiar Council &Third Developinga range of services, includingtravel, Transport Western Isles Sector Hebrides transport andground maintenance. Argyll &ButeCouncil & Establishingasocial economyadult respitecare Social care Argyll &Bute ABSEN bureau, offeringamenuof respite services. FalkirkCouncil &Falkirk Lookingat commissioningof all servicestochildren Children&families Falkirk CVS andfamilies. 8

PSP Pilots Titleof PSP Market Region Descriptionof PartnershipAims East RenfrewshireCouncil West of Providingperson-centredservicestopeoplewith Social care &Partnersfor Inclusion Scotland learningdisabilitiesandmental healthissues. Registersof Scotland& Glasgow& Increasingthefair employment of peoplewith Employability HavenProducts Edinburgh disabilities. Renfrewshire Council and Expandingandchanging current PSP, delivering Social care Renfrewshire Renfrewshire CVS services to older people. Transformingcurrent deliveryof servicestopeople AberdeenCouncil &Inspire Social care AberdeenCity with learningdisabilitiesto becomemoreperson- centred. Recyclingfurnitureandhouseholdgoodstoreduce AberdeenshireCouncil & Waste Aberdeenshire wasteandprovideaffordablegoodstopeoplesetting Central &South CVS management uphomes. 9

Focus on Falkirk Pilot • Analysed services: • Gaps and over-provision • Consultation with children and their families • Integrated Children’s Services Plan – eliminate separation of education and social work • PSP pilot: • Framework for commissioning • Closer working with third sector • Cohort of PSP advocates in public and third sector • SROI to be built into service specification 10

PSP in Practice – Falkirk Foster Care Provision Pilot Stage 1 (7 months): • Meetings with existing providers to explain PSP concept • Meetings to develop good practice model for service delivery • Meetings to agree operating mechanisms Stage 2 (12 months): • Run pilot arrangement for 1 year • Quarterly reviews, using SROI • Write specification for services to be tendered Stage 3 (5 months): • Competitive tender exercise: • Fully prepared third and private sectors • Award contract • Contract starts 11

PSP Model –Initial, High Level Findings Success factors Inhibitors • Strong commitment from all partners • One partner taking dominant/passive • Equal partnership role • Willingness to change • Poorly defined scope of project • Business-like approach from both • Traditional service design sectors • Lack of dedicated personnel • Innovation in service design • Cultural differences • Ambition • Resistance to change • Communication across partners • Lack of trust organisations • Total reliance on volunteers • Enthusiasm It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it! 12

Further Information www.pspscotland.co.uk Quarterly newsletter Email: lucia.webster@uk.pwc.com Tel: 0141 355 4107 13