Title: The Changing Relationship between the Voluntary and Statutory Sectors
1The Changing Relationship between the Voluntary
and Statutory Sectors
- Harriet CainHead of Community Engagement and
Regeneration
2Kensington and Chelsea Voluntary and Community
Sector
- Comparatively robust
- Sophisticated
- Good and improving relations with the local
Authority
3The Changing Landscape
- The strengths of the sector are
- innovation
- addressing the particular and
- localism.
- Unlikely to change - play to strengths
4National Government Stance
- Third Sector Review
- Crucial plank of social and economic regeneration
- Recognition of ability to reach the excluded
and at risk - Potential for public service delivery at grass
roots level - Also brings diverse people together
5Challenges
- Understand and position accordingly
- Area- based regeneration funds have dried up
- National funding more difficult
- Emphasis on partnerships and sub-regional funding
6Opportunities
- However, there are opportunities
- Two examples to illustrate
- The developing Social Care market
- Delivering the Worklessness agenda
7The Developing Social Care Market
- Commissioning more commonplace
- Particularly in Adult Social Care
- Introduction of Direct Payments and Individual
Budgets - This area will grow exponentially with the
ageing population
8The Third Sector
- Third sector providers are being urged to
develop - Innovative services and solutions
- User support and advocacy
- Peer support and brokerage
9Challenges
- Moving towards commissioning difficult
- For both local authorities and the voluntary
sector - Adult Services need networks of providers which
are local, innovative and particular - Commissioners will increasingly engage with
sector to influence, encourage and support the
development of local markets - Voluntary sector should anticipate social care
infrastructure, and - consider setting up consortia
10Worklessness
- A priority for government
- National/sub regional contracts sewn up by big
companies - competitive market - BUT, note the task in hand..
- 1981 Workless households in social housing
30 - 2006 Workless households in social housing
55
11Area and Person Focused Solutions
- Residualistion on estates
- Crime/drug fuelled economy
- Very hard to reach individuals
- Complex and multiple disadvantage
- which requires provision of
- Flexible, customised, intensive and continuing
support - Neighbourhood and/or estate based interventions
12Facilitating Strategic Positioning of the Sector
- Establish a local training providers network
- Link to wider strategic framework LSP
- Public Sector - Voluntary Sector -
Employers/ - Commissioners Training Providers Businesses
13Strategic Partnership FrameworkWorklessness
Aims, Funding and Programmes
Revised Aims and Programmes
KCP
Align and streamline
Learning, Work and Business Sub-Group LSC, JCP,
Connexions etc
Employers / Business Forum
Align and streamline
Voluntary Sector Providers Network
Align and streamline
Brokerage and Pathways into Work
Training, Support and Additional Funding Bids
14Local Services for Local People
- Such an approach can facilitate
- Co-ordinated local provision
- Improved standards and capacity
- Ability to bid against competitors
- A strong advocacy role in relation to e.g. LSC,
LDA - Influence at a local and sub-regional level
15Summary
- Changing relationship between the Voluntary
and Statutory Sectors - Models of best practice
- Partnership working in development