An introduction to the commissioning induction framework. The commissioning induction framework has been designed to guide and support you as you step into your new role in adult social care commissioning.
Through this commissioning induction framework, you'll start to develop the confidence, knowledge and tools to navigate commissioning effectively.
Commissioning in adult social care can improve lives and strengthen communities. Commissioning is not just about contracts. It's about values, trust, relationships, and supporting people to live good lives with high-quality, person-centred care.
We all want to live in the place we call home, with the people and things that we love, in communities where we look out for one another, doing the things that matter to us.
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The commissioning induction framework includes:
Co-created with a range of expertise and diverse perspectives, this induction framework includes tips, words of support, and helpful resources from commissioners, people who draw on care and support, providers, and other experts and peers who understand the challenges and highlights of commissioning.
This induction is for you if:
You might also find this induction useful if:
For additional support, take time to discuss this induction framework with your line manager during supervision, or with your team, buddy, or mentor if you have one. These conversations will help deepen your understanding and build confidence in your new role. This induction doesn’t replace your employer’s corporate and local induction. It sits alongside these offering a self-guided induction into the adult social care commissioning space.
Apply the induction framework
During your first three months in post, you can work through the induction framework at your own pace, exploring the questions to create your own induction action plan.
You can revisit the induction for a refresher at any time.
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Use the induction action plan questions to help you put the framework into action. It includes space for you to record what you need to do and when, at every stage of the framework.
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The reflective checklist is a tool you can continue to use during your time in commissioning. It includes a set of questions for you to refer to when you are involved in an initiative or project, or when you have a decision to make.
We’d like to thank everyone who co-created and co-produced this induction. More than 50 people shared their professional knowledge and personal experience to shape the induction and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone who was involved.