How to deliver more social care for less money
Adults' and Children's services face similar budgetary constraints to other local services, and need to make significant savings in back office and non statutory services. The challenge is how to deliver more and better services for less money, and the answer remains - combining management skill and technology to design and implement more effective processes which focus on outcomes not box-ticking. Whether it's personalisation for Adults or a more practice-focused approach to IT for Children's Services, social care processes need to be reworked to minimise waste and make best use of systems, while maximising time spent with vulnerable children and adults.
Socitm Consulting can help in a number of ways:
- Independent and objective reviews of your current processes and information flows, with particular reference to the Munro review. We can suggest quick wins and longer term improvements to how you deliver services, with less emphasis on form-filling and more on inter-agency cooperation
- Assessment of how fit for purpose your ICT systems are, both for existing and upcoming initiatives. We can advise on whether your systems fit, or could be made to fit, and can support you in contract renegotiation or procurement processes where they don't
- Clarification of connectivity issues around GCSX and N3 networks for inter-agency working with the NHS and other local service providers, and advice on wider communication with citizens across a range of channels
Our consultants understand the pressures on you, your colleagues and your organisation, and will recommend achievable changes that make financial and professional sense. I'd be pleased to talk through our track record with social care providers and discuss how we may be able to help. Just reply to this email or call me on 0845 450 2317.