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Making the Business Case for Shared

Lives

Sian Lockwood OBEChief Executive

Community Catalysts

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Putting the business case together: The initial pitch

Initial pitch

National evidence of quality and savings

Current position of the Scheme savings already

generated

Local authority challenges that Shared Lives couldaddress

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The national quality argument

Shared Lives schemes have the highest proportion ofservices rated either good or excellent (86%)

84% of standards were being met or exceeded in these

services

Shared Lives schemes had made greater improvementsin the previous 12 months than any other type of

registered service

Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) 2009: The State of Social Carein England 2007-08, (p.76-7)

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National evidence of savings

Evaluative study funded by Improvement and EfficiencySouth East

Key messages:

10 new long term arrangements generate pa savings ofbetween 23,400 (older people) and 517,400 (learningdisabilities).

A new scheme for 85 people costs 620k over 5 years,

with savings of nearly 13m (reduced use of more costlyalternatives).

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Evidence of value of the current service

Current savings generated by the service

Current number of jobs plus projection of numbers of

new jobs Evidence of social capital (numbers of informal

connections; involvement in local community activities;community presence)

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Evidence of the need for investment

Unmet demand (waiting list etc)

Potential new demand (projections from commissioners)

Cost of alternative provision (evidence from

commissioners) Local authority priorities and challenges (JSNA etc)

Ability to meet new demand (waiting list of potentialcarers)

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Putting the business case together: next steps

Get lead commissioners + finance and economicregeneration in a room to look at options and agreepriorities

Agree what is possible (if anything) within currentcapacity

Set (realistic) targets for years 1, 2 and 3

Agree additional resources needed to deliver targets

Work with finance to develop simple invest-to-savebusiness plan