The CSED programme helps councils in England with social services responsibilities (CSSRs) to identify and develop more efficient ways of delivering adult social care.
CSED was first established in June 2004 by the Department of Health to support the implementation of the recommendations of Releasing Resources to the Front Line - the Independent Review of Public Sector Efficiency, led by Sir Peter Gershon.
Increasingly, the work of CSED is directed towards identifying efficiencies that will support the sustainable transformation of adult social care, the policy direction set out in ‘Putting People First’.
CSED aims to help councils bring about the transformation of services in the most efficient way possible, so that users get the maximum benefit.
CSED operates through the regions to help councils achieve local efficiency gains. Our regional implementation managers, backed-up by our national subject matter experts, are working in partnership with Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships, Joint Improvement Partnerships and Deputy Regional Directors, as their regional operations and initiatives develop.
Over the course of 2009, CSED will continue to offer advice, guidance and coaching to councils across the country.
Via the regional structures, CSED also provides specific intensive implementation support where councils need significant additional capacity to progress their efficiency agenda.
In addition to implementation support via the regions, CSED works with council partners to identify and develop the range of potential efficiency solutions and tools accessible to all councils responsible for delivering adult social care.
As well as offering tools and approaches for more effective working practices and processes, better commissioning and improved service planning, the programme highlights examples of efficiencies that support sustainable transformation.
Closer collaboration between councils and local partners to pool resources, greater focus on prevention and early intervention and easier access to advice and information for local people are all areas with potential to create efficiencies, make better use of the money in the system and, most importantly, improve services.
The CSED team offers councils access to a range of skills and expertise including social care delivery, commissioning, business process re-engineering, technology, finance and data management and analysis.
Efficiency solutions span the full breadth of care and support management, from re-ablement and crisis response services to demand forecasting and better buying.
Current CSED efficiency solutions with supporting tools and case studies, include:
More information on how CSED works with councils to achieve sustainable efficiency improvements in adult social care is available on the CSED website.
