Co-production Toolkit and Framework

Co-production means working together as equals. By working together, we make the best use of our resources and strengths. We find ways of doing things, which benefit our community.

Adult Social Care

In Adult Social Care we ensure people affected by disability and frailty have the opportunity to take part in and influence what happens to them. When co-production is done well, people will feel heard and that we have listened to their experiences, hopes and dreams to have a good life. In practice, it enables people who use services to work together with:

• those that commission

• those that provide services

from the start to the end of any project which may affect service users or those who may draw on similar types of support to them.

Co-production is an overarching principle that also includes the aim of ‘personalisation’. People who are eligible for support, can work together with professionals to develop exactly the right care. They choose the activities and equipment to help them achieve their goals and live the lives they want.

Principles of co-production

‘Nothing about you, without you’

• Assets - We will treat people as assets

• Capabilities - We will build on people’s capabilities

• Mutuality - We will develop reciprocal relationships with people

• Blur roles - We will blur boundaries between delivering and receiving services

• Networks - We will encourage and provide help with peer support networks

• Catalysts - We will facilitate working with people to develop their own support and to maximise their independence and reach their full potential

We have produced a People Commissioning Co-production Framework. It helps explain why we are doing co-production. It also explains about what co-production will look like and how we will measure the impact, to see that co-production is working.

There is also a toolkit to help you work to the framework.