Local strategic engagement
Navigating the maze
Housing related support: A guide on engaging with and influencing local governance and commissioning structures
Launched at Sitra's Localism conference on 13 July, this guide is primarily for providers to support them in understanding local decision making structures and navigate where best to engage with these structures. Such engagement should then enable effective influencing of decision making on the commissioning and governance of housing related support services. It can also usefully support local authority personnel and other stakeholders including health (Primary Care Trust, Strategic Health Authority) personnel in providing examples of governance and commissioning structures, effective engagement and demonstrating the value of housing related support services.
Members of Local Strategic Partnerships should also find this helpful in understanding their responsibilities in making strategic decisions regarding the provision of services to meet the needs of the people with multiple disadvantages in their locality.
Download summary and resources (pdf)
Action checklists
To accompany Navigating the maze, Sitra has developed four Action checklists to be used by providers (but may also be useful to commissioners), identifying actions to be taken in order to secure effective engagement with local strategic decision making structures.
Download Operational checklist (pdf)
Download Strategic checklist (pdf)
Download Fontline checklist (pdf)
Download Provider Forum checklist (pdf)
Report on provider's local strategic engagement
In order to gain a better understanding of how providers and service users were engaging with the local decision making structures, including the Local Strategic Partnerships, Sitra sent out a questionnaire in the period December 2009 to February 2010 to providers of housing related support.
This report details the responses to the questions asked, provides analysis and draws some conclusions that should inform the work of providers of housing related support as well as second tier voluntary organisation like Sitra. Commissioners will also be interested in the responses.
