By Catriona Williams, Children in Wales, at WCVA's Annual Conference 2013.

1. ‘Quiet tide’ or Revolution?
The Social Services & Well-being (Wales)Bill
 www.wcva.org.uk  0800 2888 329  help@wcva.org.uk

2. • The Bill – where it’s got to
• What are the game changers? what do we want to achieve
• Opportunities – where can we achieve
together?

3. ‘With this bill, I am legislating for a clear, new
direction for social care in Wales.
In order to improve outcomes for people and
develop the sustainability of the sector, major
changes need to be made to the legislative
framework for social services. We need to work
with our partners to ensure people’s well-being is
at the heart of the services we deliver.’

4. Wellbeing
Statement
• http://imatterwales.org.uk/

5. Young views
• The UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child
• Children’s Rights Measure
• ‘Looked after’ children and young people
involved in first model of a national
outcomes framework’

6. The Bill
• Introduced January 2013
• Stage 1 – general principles approved
• Stage 2 - timetabled Government
amendments with detailed consideration
by committee & AMs opportunity to vote
• http://www.senedd.assemblywales.org/ieLi
stDocuments.aspx?CId=227&MID=1771

7. Work to get
here
• Independent Commission
• Sustainable Social Services: a
Framework for Action
• Partnership Forum
• Social Services Leadership Group
• Alliance of Alliances/ CDS Ref Group

8. Key
Statements
• Advocacy – additional duty for LAs
• Assessment & eligibility – focus on
advice, assistance & prevention in
community to enhance wellbeing
• Prevention & early intervention – people
at the centre; duty on LAs to provide a
range of preventative services

9. Wellbeing
Statement
• http://imatterwales.org.uk/

10. Wellbeing
Statement
Entitled to and responsibility for • You can have a say about things that happen.
• You get support to have a job if you can work.
• You feel safe.
• You can meet people and do things you enjoy.
• You have enough money to live on.
• You get support to do things on your own.

11. Opportunities
Citizen Panel
National Outcomes Framework
‘Deflect’ from acute
Integration of Health & Social Care better outcomes for the person
Locality networks & role of GPs
Dewis public portal

12. Co-producing
Investing in community WHOLE capacity and
community INITIATIVE:
person led
service user led
community led
mixed vol and staff
Integrated services
direct payments
co-production enablers
self help
consortia
co-operatives
social enterprises
community owned/led assets

13. Engagement
Participation Cymru - National Principles
for Public Engagement in Wales
Making the Connections
Community Voice projects

14. Engaging
children
• Children are not mini adults!
• They have varied needs and aspirations
• Avoid the 7 main pitfalls
• National Children’s Participation Standards

15. Early
Intervention
WCVA’s Wales Wellbeing Bond
£millions to redesign or create new third sector
public services at the national, regional or
local authority level
Collaboratives/service packages
Enterprising Communities and Making
the Connections

16. New ways of
working
Empowering users and carers
Develop skills in outcome based
assessment, planning and review with
users and carers
Needs assessments
Effective multi disciplinary work
Developing community resources

17. Alternative
Models
Database of service providers
Intelligent commissioning
Develop model of citizen-directed support
– creative, innovative, responsive services
 greater range of services run by
citizens/service users/carers- social
enterprises & new sources of funding

18. Scrutiny
Develop formal scrutiny – beginning to
work with Centre for Public Scrutiny
Inspection and Regulation White Paper
Develop and support models of citizen
scrutiny
Third sector engagement of citizen voice

19. Opportunities
Are we missing any tricks to
maximise these revolutionary
times?
What else?
Who & what can help?

20. Contact details:
Constance Adams
Senior Policy Officer,
WCVA
cadams@wcva.org.uk
07545513543
Catriona Williams
Chief Executive
Children in Wales
Catriona.williams
@childreninwales.org.uk
 02920342434