Social Services Improvement Agency (SSIA) and the Children’s Commissioning Support Resource (CCSR)
This highly interactive and practical workshop will provide a unique opportunity to explore some of the challenges and solutions involved in promoting the right culture and skills-base to deliver effective collaboration. The session will include a ‘staged scenario’ exercise, leading to a wider discussion that will draw on live examples from a range of innovative collaborative projects in social care across Wales.
Social Services Improvement Agency (SSIA) and the Children’s Commissioning Support Resource (CCSR) Business Biography
Funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, the Social Services Improvement Agency (SSIA) was established in 2006 to support local authorities increase the pace of improvement and promote excellence within Social Services. Working closely with a range of stakeholders, including ADSS Cymru, the Agency runs a comprehensive programme of improvement initiatives at local, regional and national levels aimed at improving the quality and efficiency of Social Services across Wales. Three Regional Improvement Coordinators based in North, Mid and South West and South East Wales, work closely with Directors of Social Services on a range of ambitious collaborative projects that bring councils together to develop joined up models of commissioning and delivery that will help ensure better services in the future.
CCSR is a resource project for Welsh local authorities to assist in the identification of suitable placements for its looked after children population. It is unique in the UK. The purpose of the project is to improve the outcomes for looked after children and by getting the choice of placement right the first time, any child is bound to feel more settled and supported. CCSR gives authorities a range of information about possible placements which allows them to make more effective and efficient decisions about what might be most suitable for a child or young adult in their care. CCSR also helps councils develop models of collaborative commissioning in children’s services, informed by the information generated by the database.