York's Model of Joint Partnership working (co-production)
How we developed the Joint Partnership model
In York, City of York Council and NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group hosted a series of engagement workshops with all stakeholders who are involved in children and young people’s lives. The objectives included:
- facilitate activities
- explore the meaning of Joint Partnership
- to establish common definition of Joint Partnership
- to address keys challenges and successes you may face
- to provide information and tools that can be used every day
- to understand how to measure impact and success of Joint Partnership
- develop a York-wide model
The process involved beginning with a survey to measure:
- individuals understanding of the term and concept of Joint Partnership
- how Joint Partnership is used
- current tools to support Joint Partnership on the workplace from a personal and organisational perspective
An exit poll at the end of the workshops demonstrated an increased awareness; however, it was clear that further guidance was required especially around tools and methods to implement Joint Partnership.
The engagement events then went on to consult with participants regarding their own experiences, ideas, perceptions and barriers about joint partnership. Common themes were then identified and collated as follows:
- honesty
- culture
- resources
- relaunching the ideology
- communication
- barriers
The following words illustrate the rich feedback from those involved in the sessions:
- embedded
- alongside
- meaningful
- vision
- engaging
- can-do
- empowerment
- partnership
- child centred
- collaboratively
- awareness
- together start to finish
- equal partnerships
- joint working
- objectives
- listen
- influence service design
- clear expectations
- respect
- holistic
- utilising expertise
- partnership working
- genuine partnership
- productive
- engagement
- new ideas
- sharing knowledge
- not just feedback
- representative
- honesty
- producing
- agreement
- celebrating achievements
- listening and respecting
- improving outcomes
- involved from the start
- communication
- relationships
- sharing power
- views
- input
- doing with not to others
- effective communication
- working with all people
- imagination
- active voice
- working together
The definition of Joint Partnership:
In practice, Joint Partnership (co-production) involves people who use services being consulted, included and working together from the start to the end of any project that affects them. When Joint Partnership (co-production) works best, people who use services and carers are valued by organisations as equal partners, can share power and have influence over decisions made.