Devon County Council

Managing the Social Care Market Together

What's in it for Providers? Most social care services such as care home and home care agencies are delivered by independent providers.  Devon County Council is committed to working with these providers to help manage the social care market, whether or not we contract with them.

In order to do this effectively, in response to the views expressed by providers, we have set up the Provider Engagement Network where Adult & Community Services regularly meet independent sector partners to discuss relevant issues, such as contracting arrangements and demographic trends.

Our first meetings take place in:

• East, Mid and Exeter Locality - Friday 5th December 2008, 9.30 - 1.00 at the Gypsy Hill Hotel in Exeter
• North Locality - Tuesday 9th December 2008, 9.30 - 1.00 at Clinton Hall, Merton, Okehampton
• South and West Locality - Monday 15th December 2008, 9.30 - 1.00 at Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh
• Countywide Group - Wednesday 28th January 2009, 9.30 - 1.00, venue to be confirmed

How the Network will work

Terms of Reference for Locality Groups (20KB - pdf help) and County Group (19KB - pdf help)

Provider Chair role, process, and expressions of interest

At our first Forums we will be discussing the following issues:

• Strategic Commissioning - the way in which we plan for the future and purchase services from you.  Our Lead Officer is Jennie Stephens, Assistant Director, Strategic Commissioning, supported by Mark Allyn (Learning Disability), Giles Gardner (Physical/Sensory Handicap), Paul Collinge (Older People), Ian Pearson (Mental Health), Clare Cottey (Carers), Alison Golby (Housing), Max Sillars (Supporting People), Denise Brabin (Contracts/Procurement), Paul Grimsey (Vulnerable Adults), Jenny Richards (Multi-Disciplinary Teams)
• Workforce Planning and Development - Devon Care Training is a consortium set up to provide support and training to providers. The Lead Officer is Piers Tetley, supported by Katy Kerley and Eoghan Kelly.  See a profile of Devon's provider workforce.  
• Personalisation What's it all about? See our diagram (408KB - pdf help), and link to the Modernisation Programme which describes how we are transforming social care services. You will find detail of our new personal brokerage service to offer packages of care tailored to meet the needs of indivuals. Our Lead Officer is Graham Varley.  Take a look at service user/carer/patient stories here.

How well do you know Devon?  - test your social care knowledge with our fun quiz!

Contact us - Mailboxes have been set up for you to contact us with any questions, comments or feedback, but first check out your area on our operational map

North Locality - northprovidersgroup@devon.gov.uk

South and West Locality - southprovidersgroup@devon.gov.uk

East, Mid and Exeter Locality - eastprovidersgroup@devon.gov.uk