DWP has been clear in their focus on service integration and the use of specialist support to deliver the very best outcomes for Work and Health Programme. But how do you integrate provision across large contract package areas and across a number of different customer groups (from the long term unemployed, those with health conditions and early access groups) with smaller than ever volumes? Many Primes (and DWP) are looking at specialist providers and service integration as fundamental elements of the approach.

So, what does that mean for specialist providers and local stakeholders? When is it the right time to come forward and support with the development of offers and how do they get traction with Primes?

This workshop is aimed at specialist providers and stakeholders (and that includes VSO, housing, health, skills and local government) considering what the options are for involvement in Work and Health from service integration to specialist support.

We will consider how you maximise social value and outcomes, deliver services differently and better and look at how the commercial arrangements could work for you. We’ll also share some lessons learnt from a recent project in housing that looked at this very question

Speakers from PublicCo and PA Consulting.

Seminar fees:

ERSA member £90 plus VAT
Standard £180 plus VAT

PA Consulting
PA is a consulting, technology and innovation firm. We define success as achieving exceptional results that have a lasting impact on businesses, communities and individuals worldwide. This principle has remained the cornerstone of our ethos since 1943 – and it continues to underpin everything we do. Our clients choose us because we challenge convention to find new and imaginative answers to their questions. We turn those into the solutions that really work – in practice, not just on paper. Then we roll up our sleeves and get the job done.

PublicCo
PublicCo is a joint venture with the Learning and Work Institute (L&W). The Learning and Work Institute formed in January 2016 from a merger of the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (Inclusion) and the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (NIACE). It is the UK’s leading not-for-profit organisation dedicated to tackling disadvantage and promoting social inclusion. Chris Melvin, has an extensive track record of building and delivering high performing public services. Together, Inclusion and Chris established PublicCo to provide essential consultancy support to organisations delivering public sector contracts.

Some consulting firms treat business sectors as interchangeable, but at PublicCo, we know that this ‘one size fits all’ philosophy is flawed. In effective public service management there are unique drivers of success. Our real-world understanding of ‘what works’ enables us to provide a highly specialist, performance-focused approach to strategic and operational challenges.

Terms and conditions
VAT will be applied at the current rate. Cancellations one month before the course date will be charged at 50%. Cancellations 7 working days or less before course date will be charged at 100%. A substitute attendee is allowed at any time at no extra cost. Seminar subject to minimum and maximum numbers. Minimum numbers to be confirmed 7 days prior to course date. Bookings are managed by Eventbrite and payment can be made via credit/debit card, invoice or cheque. All payments should be settled in advance of the seminar.