Commissioning values and principles

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Creating shared commissioning values and principles

We are a group of West Sussex County Council People’s Services commissioners and providers who are working together to agree a set of principles and values which will underpin our approach to commissioning. See more on who is involved below.

This is the space we are using to start to think about what good commissioning principles and values for West Sussex would look like. We invite you to join the discussion. Feel free to add your ideas on principles or values which are important to you and your organisation. You can also add comments or like other people’s ideas.

What do we mean by commissioning?

Commissioning is the strategic activity of identifying need, allocating resources, and securing a provider to best meet that need, within available means.

It typically has four key stages as shown in the diagram. Review, analyse, plan, do (commissioning diagram)

You might want to think about what good commissioning looks like at each of these stages to help you think about potential principles and values.

Why principles and values?

We want to improve the way we work together to achieve positive outcomes for people who access care and support.

To achieve this, we need to look at what is driving the commissioning practices (behaviours and actions) Practice, principles and values iceberg that we see. We aim to identify the principles and values which drive good commissioning, then work together to embed them in the way we work.

You don't need to worry too much about whether it is a principle or a value, just try to keep asking yourself why until you come to the core of the idea.

Who is involved

West Sussex County Council departments:

Adults’ Services
Children, Young People and Learning
Education and Skills
Public Health
Communities

Providers:

Age UK West Sussex Brighton and Hove
Aldingbourne Trust
Carers Support West Sussex
Dimensions UK (TBC)
Essex Carers Limited
Guild Care
Impact Initiatives
Shaw Trust
West Sussex Partners in Care

What happens next?

We are asking for ideas until 4 September. We will then pull together the ideas into a list of core commissioning values and principles, which we will all sign up to working towards.

If you have any queries about this information, please contact Louise.Hopton-Beatty@westsussex.gov.uk.

Data Protection/Privacy Notice

West Sussex County Council will use this engagement to collect personal and special category data, the processing of which is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest and in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

The data will be processed in accordance with the 2018 Data Protection Act, the General Data Protection Regulations, and any subsequent data protection legislation. The data we collect will be securely stored and kept for period of up to two years before being appropriately destroyed.

The data we will collect will not be used for any other purpose than that stated without your prior written consent. West Sussex County Council is registered as Data Controller (Reg. No. Z6413427).

For further details and information about our Data Controller, please see the Council's Data Privacy policy (opens in new window) .