Ref Key Feature Tick the appropriate box High level leadership & strategy 1 Leaders develop & maintain a high-level strategic commitment to improving efficiency & value a b c d e for money, including social entrepreneurialism 2 Strategy includes outcomes & performance targets relating to value for money & efficiency a b c d e 3 The organisation establishes the capabilities (knowledge, competencies & capacity) required a b c d e to achieve efficiency & value for money, including those relating to process improvement techniques, collaborative working, strategic commissioning & management options 4 Leaders collaborate across the organisation and with partners (including commercial a b c d e organisations), thinking & working outside of traditional organisational boundaries to improve efficiency & value for money 5 Leaders are actively involved in key strategic partnerships with commissioning responsibility a b c d e (e.g. health, adult social care & children’s services) and proactively develop these relationships 6 Leaders build the capacity within the commercial sector and civil society to develop the a b c d e opportunities for collaborative delivery models for the services 7 Leaders actively investigate innovative organisational & partnership models & working a b c d e methodologies to enhance efficiency & value for money 8 Leaders proactively identify the need for major change to improve efficiency & value for money a b c d e and act quickly & effectively to take opportunities 9 Leaders establish ways of assessing, challenging & improving efficiency & value for money a b c d e and are personally involved in this activity Strengths Areas for Improvement Performance measurement & improvement for value for money & efficiency 10 The organisation’s balanced set of performance measures includes those which measure & a b c d e predict value for money and monitor operational efficiency (in line with strategy – see 2) 11 Data relating to these performance measures is captured on time at regular intervals a b c d e 12 a b c d e The data is collated to show historical performance trends & performance against internal
Ref Key Feature Tick the appropriate box High level leadership & strategy 1 Leaders develop & maintain a high-level strategic commitment to improving efficiency & value for money, including social entrepreneurialism a b c d e 2 Strategy includes outcomes & performance targets relating to value for money & efficiency a b c d e 3 The organisation establishes the capabilities (knowledge, competencies & capacity) required to achieve efficiency & value for money, including those relating to process improvement techniques, collaborative working, strategic commissioning & management options a b c d e 4 Leaders collaborate across the organisation and with partners (including commercial organisations), thinking & working outside of traditional organisational boundaries to improve efficiency & value for money a b c d e 5 Leaders are actively involved in key strategic partnerships with commissioning responsibility (e.g. health, adult social care & children’s services) and proactively develop these relationships a b c d e 6 Leaders build the capacity within the commercial sector and civil society to develop the opportunities for collaborative delivery models for the services a b c d e 7 Leaders actively investigate innovative organisational & partnership models & working methodologies to enhance efficiency & value for money a b c d e 8 Leaders proactively identify the need for major change to improve efficiency & value for money and act quickly & effectively to take opportunities a b c d e 9 Leaders establish ways of assessing, challenging & improving efficiency & value for money and are personally involved in this activity a b c d e Strengths Areas for Improvement Performance measurement & improvement for value for money & efficiency 10 The organisation’s balanced set of performance measures includes those which measure & predict value for money and monitor operational efficiency (in line with strategy – see 2) a b c d e 11 Data relating to these performance measures is captured on time at regular intervals a b c d e 12 The data is collated to show historical performance trends & performance against internal a b c d e