Commissioning services for children and young people
This page provides information and links about commissioning services for children and young people.
What is commissioning?
Commissioning is the systematic process of specifying, securing and monitoring services to meet identified and prioritised needs, including both immediate and anticipated needs. Statutory guidance issued under the Children Act 2004 require local authorities and other key agencies to develop an integrated approach to delivering services to improve the well being of children and young people. This involves setting up a joint commissioning framework for all partner agencies collectively to consider:
- how services can be specified to address identified needs most effectively in an outcome-focused way
- how best to allocate and utilise collective resources of all kinds in order to secure those services
- and what agreements, contracts and monitoring arrangements need to be put in place in order to ensure effective delivery and influence future planning activity.
In keeping with the guidance and expectations set out by Every Child Matters and the Children Act 2004, Lambeth Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS) has established a Strategic Commissioning Unit (SCU) to bring together commissioning activity in CYPS and other partner agencies including the Primary Care Trust (PCT).
The Strategic Commissioning Unit has embarked on a programme of commissioning, and has recently completed exercises for Early Years services and for universal youth services.
The SCU news webpage is brought to you on behalf of the CYPS sections working with providers aiming to bring their services for the development and wellbeing of young people in Lambeth and elsewhere. As well as important news you will find links to important sections like the procurement webpage, Young Lambeth site and access to important documents like the Contract Management Framework and Business questionnaire.
Current commissioning opportunities
The Children and Young People Services (CYPS) – Strategic Commissioning Team is pleased to invite you to apply for the Holiday Activities Programme funding. Please note that the delivery of holiday provision for Summer 2010 will take place between Monday 26 July and Tuesday 31 August 2010.
For more information and bidding forms go to our SCU latest news section.