SCIE Practice guide 11: The participation of adult service users, including older people, in developing social care
Review - External evaluation
External evaluation can be undertaken in a number of ways by commissioning:
- Organisations that undertake research or consultancy.
See Practice Examples for Leonard Cheshire and Lewisham Community Empowerment Network.
- Peer evaluation by people from outside the organisation from a similar sphere of work.
See Practice Example for Alzheimer’s Society and Threshold.
- Membership of a wider network or quality assurance accreditation scheme, such as Investors in People, can also form a way of ensuring that steps are taken to review progress.
See Practice Example for People in Action (Leeds).
