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Public Social Partnerships Project

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

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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

PSPs Commissioners Suppliers Market

• Is there a market?
• Are the suppliers capable of

delivering change?

• Who are the public sector

commissioners?

• Do partnerships have the

potential to succeed?

Determining when PSP is Appropriate

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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

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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 3rd

sector suppliers

• Inform private sector of potential to work in partnership with 3rd sector

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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

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PSP Pilots

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

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PSP Pilots

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

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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

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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

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PSP Model –Initial, High Level Findings Success factors

• Strong commitment from all partners
• Equal partnership
• Willingness to change
• Business-like approach from both

sectors

• Innovation in service design
• Ambition
• Communication across partners
• rganisations
• Enthusiasm

Inhibitors

• One partner taking dominant/passive

role

• Poorly defined scope of project
• Traditional service design
• Lack of dedicated personnel
• Cultural differences
• Resistance to change
• Lack of trust
• Total reliance on volunteers

It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it!

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Further Information

www.pspscotland.co.uk

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