ASC Working Principles

034 The contributions of residents who use services and their carers are integral to the way social care is designed and approved with a high prevalence of wide engagement and co-design activities.

035 Local services make social, leisure and learning opportunities widely accessible to all. Most are well adapted to meet the diverse needs of people who use services.

043 Local Partners and Communities work together to improve outcomes for people.

049 Commissioners engage with residents who use services, carers, partners and service providers to help shape the market to improve outcomes and good value.

050 Effective commissioning is person-centred and outcome focused, well led, and promotes a sustainable and diverse market; There are mechanisms in place to identify and respond to un-met community needs.

051 Partnership agreements are widely used and improve outcomes to deliver agreed local priorities.

053 Commissioners work closely with providers, frontline staff to innovate and improve quality to achieve excellent value.