In this report, What Works in SEND researchers at Warwick Business School aimed to advance understanding of the principles and practices that enable effective joint commissioning in local areas, across education, health and social care.
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Strength: Robust
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Breadth of Impact: Promising
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Status: Quality Assured
In this report, What Works in SEND researchers at Warwick Business School aimed to advance understanding of the principles and practices that enable effective joint commissioning in local areas, across education, health and social care. The objectives were to:
- Identify facilitators of effective joint commissioning;
- Identify barriers to effective joint commissioning;
- Explore and understand the journeys of local area SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Partnerships in developing joint commissioning;
- Provide examples of best practice (both in terms of principles and models/programmes) demonstrating how/why they are effective and conditions for effective implementation.
The research presents findings on:
- Catalysts for joint commissioning;
- The fertiliser for joint commissioning and;
- Mechanisms for joint commissioning.
[1] For ease of reading, we use the term ‘SEND’ to refer to disabled children, young people and children and young people with special educational needs.