News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 5th October 2017

There are several senior management, collaboration job opportunities included in your update this week – I hope it may help you if you are looking for a new role. The jobs rarely have “collaboration” or “shared service” in the title. We want to flag them up to you because they require multi-partner working and therefore your CTPrac™ or CTArc™ recognition may get your CV looked at more closely. The 14th cohort of the Postgraduate Certificate in Collaborative Transformation starts today with a wide range of students from police, fire, councils and NHS. If you want to turbo-charge your CV for the rapidly growing number of collaboration roles across the public sector, the postgrad certificate is a rapid way of achieving that. Here is your collaboration news and job vacancies for the week.  Accessing The Online Toolkit If you have ever wondered what the SSA Online Tools look and feel like, click here to visit our new preview site. You can download free tools, templates and techniques and view information on over 100 other tools. Why not link to a data projector in a room with some colleagues and see if the toolkit could accelerate the scale and pace of your collaborative working? Health & Social Care Pharmacists in GP practices: the role of the medicines management team Steve Hemsley explains how pharmacists in Bay Medical Group’s Medicines Management Team have become instrumental in easing the burden of GP shortages in Lancashire. Read more >>> CCGs hungry to move towards collaborative care models in 2017-18 The majority of CCGs in England are embracing change and intend to contract for a new care model this year, NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC) has today stated. Read more >>> The NICE way of supporting STPS Nicola Bent, programme director of system engagement at NICE, on how her organisation is helping health and care bodies develop sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) at a local level. Read more >>> Devolution Combined authorities need ‘meaningful’ fiscal devolution, progress report says Whitehall should reopen the conversation about ‘meaningful’ fiscal devolution in order to help places attract sustainable investment, says report on the progress of combined authorities. Read more >>>  Would you like to host one of these collaborative skills sessions? Would your organisation like to host, and promote across your locality, one or more of the following collaborative leadership workshops, in return for two free £399 + VAT delegate places? We would rather reward your organisation, than pay a hotel conference centre. Equipping Yourself To Step Confidently Into Collaborative Leadership… A one-day introduction to tools, templates and techniques for managers leading on public sector collaborations (a qualifying postgraduate certificate workshop).   Collaborative Leadership Between Organisations… Unpacking over 20 tried and tested tools, templates and techniques for senior leaders and managers to foster high impact collaborations with partners in councils, health, police, fire, housing and education (a qualifying postgraduate certificate workshop).   Collaborative Leadership Across Communities… Unpacking over 20 tried and tested tools, templates and techniques for senior leaders and managers to support and sustain effective community participation in the development and delivery of services (a qualifying postgraduate certificate workshop). Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk if you would like to informally explore hosting one or more of these workshops and gain two free delegate places. Local Government Shifting public opinion to enable progressive change by 2025 Transformation to meet service demand is key, and is an issue explored in depth in Civica’s Changing Landscape series of reports. Read more >>> Council to vote on restructure that could save £400k a year The exact plans have not yet been revealed, but the authority has said that it could mean savings of over £400,000 a year and will see the development of further shared services between the council and its neighbor, Chorley Borough Council. Read more >>> Account NI Shared Service leads by example At the heart of every large organisation is the need for efficient and seamless services to effectively support the delivery of its organisational objectives. Read more >>> Housing Merseyside housing associations step up to combined authority role Liverpool’s metro mayor Steve Rotheram has offered housing associations a formal role in the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s governance arrangements. Read more >>> Subsidiary merges with Salvation Army Housing Association Chapter 1 became a subsidiary of saha in March this year following the decision to combine the strengths of both organisations in 2016. Read more >>> ICT & Digital New name for Digital Service Standard as update announced The Government Digital Service (GDS) has announced plans to update the Digital Service Standard ahead of introducing a new name for it – ‘Government Service Standard’. Read more >>> Top 10 strategic technologies for Government After nearly a decade of “doing more with less,” government CIOs remain under pressure to further optimise IT and business costs while leading digital innovation in the public sector, according to research conducted by Gartner. Read more >>> Could immersive collaboration tools optimise public sector work? New survey data released this week has confirmed the growing demand for modern, advanced collaboration systems – technology that the public sector is widely adopting. Read more >>>   Collaborative Working Skills Development Turbo-charge your CV with a qualification and CTArc™ recognition The 14th cohort of the Postgraduate Certificate In Collaborative Transformation is now open for student registrations. The six-month, part-time, work-based programme begins in October 2017. Students who successfully graduate from the programme are awarded Collaborative Transformation Architect (CTArc™) recognition by Shared Service Architecture. For details of the programme, fees, student loan support and the time commitment, email dominic.wallace@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk Managing Governance, Risk Management & Control In Collaborative Working – 18th Oct Derby This new one-day seminar unpacks a toolkit for auditors or collaboration project leaders and managers, who have been thrust into collaborative working without any formal training in assurance, governance, risk and control and have found themselves lacking knowledge in these key decision-making areas. Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an information pack. Equipping Yourself To Step Confidently Into Collaborative Leadership – 20th & 24th Oct London This one-day, taster session is for managers who are tasked with the strategic leadership of collaborative working across local government, fire, police, HE, FE, schools, health & social care and housing. Equipped with a collaborative leadership toolkit, this will increase the confidence in their role, no matter who the partners are. Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an information pack. Managing Communications in Collaborative Transformation Programmes – 27th Oct London A new toolkit and one-day seminar, supporting communications and project managers, responsible for multi-partner collaborative project communications, often with limited resources or specialist skills. Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an information pack. 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