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Agencia sponsors Annual Policing and Justice Conference 2012: Special delegate rate available

Agencia sponsors Annual Policing and Justice Conference 2012: Special delegate rate available

About the Police and Criminal Justice Conference

With the Police and Social Responsibility Bill gaining Royal Assent in September 2011, this conference will provide delegates with one of the first opportunities to assess the implementation of key reforms outlined within the Bill, including moving towards elected police and crime commissioners, which aims to improve police accountability.

Speakers include Crispin Blunt MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice and topics include - Driving efficiency in the justice sector, integrated offender management, payment by results scheme and the progress of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill; The adoption of new technologies in policing and justice for a more streamlined and efficient service; Joining up prisons and probation for better sharing of information to ensure that fewer people reoffend; The new role of Police and Crime Commissioners and how they will work with Chief Constables and police forces across the country; Taking a local approach to policing and justice – understanding different local issues and providing local police, justice; Tackling gang culture in the UK; Providing offenders with pathways into sustained employment; Reshaping justice to have more focus on victims of crime; How to strike a balance between effective punishment and reform.

This link has more details: http://govknow.com/event-detail.html?id=81&info=overview

Agencia is hosting a “Commissioning in the justice sector: addressing the challenges” workshop at this conference

The introduction of elected Police and Crime Commissioners this autumn is likely to lead to a reshaping of the arrangements under which some policing and community safety services are delivered.  Whilst ‘outsourcing’ of some crime and policing functions is not new, the transition from Police Authorities to Police and Crime Commissioners will require the development of new governance, procurement and performance measures for Police Forces and Local Authorities.

‘Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders’ set out Government plans for the introduction of commissioning models for the delivery of offender management services.  This represents a significant departure from the way in which services have been delivered through Probation Trusts and reflects the recent reshaping of services in parts of the health and social care sectors.  This workshop will provide an active learning opportunity to debate and explore the practical challenges and potential solutions for the sector, touching on:

  • What are we trying to achieve through commissioning?
  • The importance of specifying what we are commissioning
  • Separating commissioning from provision; structural change
  • Commissioning for efficiency, cost reductions and outcomes
  • Achieving quality improvement : securing cost reduction
  • Shaping the provider market
  • Migrating to payment by results
  • Governance issues; lessons learned from the NHS
  • Achieving financial incentives for commissioning organisations
  • Working with boards and senior teams in leading change

About Agencia’s Commissioning Expertise

Agencia has played a key role in supporting a number of organisations to develop commissioning frameworks, new governance structures and payment by results models.  We can offer specific expertise in:

  • Defining new commissioning intentions within revised budgets;
  • Assisting in interpreting the public procurement legislative framework and understanding the commercial sensitivities relating to engagement with the market;
  • Engaging with service users, the public and stakeholders to define the quality agenda; undertaking formal consultations on disinvestment /reinvestment proposals;
  • Facilitating improved levels of understanding and trust across participating public, private and voluntary sector organisations;
  • Designing evidence-based joint or integrated commissioning models and approaches across local government and the NHS.
  • Developing new delivery models in public services, including shared service arrangements and social and commercial enterprises.
  • Assisting in translating outcomes into specifications;
  • Implementing remodelled commissioning requirements;
  • Achieving significant and cashable budget savings;
  • Ensuring corporate, governance and risk management both throughout transition and in procurement;
  • Ensuring contracting processes are transparent and fair; facilitating the involvement of the broadest range of suppliers where appropriate;
  • Supporting potential provider organisations (including those from the third sector) in advance of new services being commissioned so that they are equipped to compete;
  • Performance monitoring of quality and financial benefits achieved;
  • Obtaining feedback from service users, communities and providers in order to review the effectiveness of the commissioning process in meeting local needs.

If you would like to discuss attending the conference or you would like to know more about the services we offer and our expertise please contact Steve Pitts at Agencia on 01482 649900 or stevepitts@agenciaconsulting.com

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