How to commission Learning Together
What to consider before you commission a Learning Together review.
Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013) has brought in new requirements for local safeguarding children board to comply with specific principles of a systems approach to organisational learning. Guidance to support safeguarding adults boards is likely to follow a similar direction of thinking. No particular model of a systems approach has been made mandatory. Boards are therefore free to choose what approach to use.
Learning Together provides a range of options depending on what you need - whether it’s to build capacity or to access independent experts to lead specific commissions.
Now that there is more flexibility to decide what type of case review you need to support your local learning and improvement activities, it is important to make the right choice and that you are clear about the benefits.
A Learning Together review will:
SCIE’s Learning Together approach includes the following elements:
SCIE take very seriously their responsibility to ensure high quality, facilitated reviews. . Included in the cost is the provision of additional scrutiny and support for the lead reviewers through supervision and oversight of the analysis and findings. This ensures that the finished report is faithful to systems thinking and fit for publication where required.
All SCIE reports will summarise the systemic issues and findings from the case in order that learning can be integrated in a range of learning and improvement activities.
What to consider before you commission a Learning Together review.
Flexible options to meet your needs and budgets.
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I commend this Learning Together report for its robust analysis and transparency. The report attempts to move beyond a description of what happened and when, and addresses the fundamental questions of why certain decisions and actions were taken, based on the situation at the time, rather than looking back with hindsight.
Independent Chair, Local Children’s Safeguarding Board, North East Lincolnshire