How can benchmarking help you?In the current economic environment there’s more pressure on you than ever to deliver greater value for money in adult social care. And we are market leaders in Adult Social Care Benchmarking. We have the technical expertise and experience to help you:

� Understand costs and identify efficiencies

� Measure performance and identify improvements

� Gather key management information and provide assurance

� Network and exchange good practice

Why choose CIPFA?CIPFA is the only accountancy institute dedicated to helping deliver and support public services. We are the market leaders in Social Care Benchmarking and 2012 represented a record membership year with engagement from more than two thirds of local authorities. Make sure you aren’t part of the third that are missing out by signing up in 2013.

‘A very useful report with stacks of useful information.’Richard Trim, Hampshire County Council

Choose from four Adult Social Care clubsIn response to the challenges you’re facing, CIPFA have focused on the key issues in adult social care. Aimed at finance managers, services managers and commissioners, you can choose from four clubs:

1) CIPFA Residential and Nursing Care Benchmarking Club

The club focuses on the costs and services provided to clients in residential and nursing care. The detailed information collected allows costs to be examined by client group, age and type of care. The club follows the approaches developed over the last seven years and puts them in a single dedicated club collecting data for all four client groups.

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Benchmarking Clubs 2013

‘Islington Council have been a member of the CIPFA benchmarking clubs for a number of years and we find the reports produced by CIPFA very useful and help us to identify areas we can consider for efficiencies.’ Trevor Clinch, Senior Finance Officer (Technical), Islington

2) CIPFA Early Intervention, New Approaches & Efficiencies Benchmarking Club

This club looks at the activities undertaken by authorities to actively provide better support to clients and manage their costs. The club therefore has a wide range, covering early intervention, transition from childrens services, the structure of care management teams and many other topics where authorities are looking at how to provide a smarter or more efficient service.

3) CIPFA Self Directed Support Benchmarking Club

This club provides you with the help you need in implementing individual budgets and getting the most out of them. It seeks to answers many of the questions raised at social care conferences and meetings for the last six years, and for which, up to now, there has been little data available.

4) CIPFA Personal Social Services Expenditure Reports – PSS Ex1

Our PSS Ex1 reports give you a comprehensive analysis of the data provided in the PSS Ex1 data set, as released by the Department of Health’s Information Centre. Unlike our standard benchmarking clubs, this analysis requires no workload on your part.

‘The meetings enable best practice and consistency to be discussed across the Council’s returns and is a good platform for support and networking.’Christina Marshall, Senior Accountant, Surrey

What do you get?Join and you’ll benefit from:

� Clearly defined and well-presented questionnaires

� Helpline and e-mail service

� Detailed comparative reports

� Club database, interactive report, collated text questions

� Review meeting

‘At a glance you can see from the report where improvement can be made and this aids decision making in these areas.’ Coral Miller, London Borough of Wandsworth

‘CIPFA Benchmarking… has given members the information required to approve additional income and substantial efficiencies for the Council.’Peter George, Cumbria County Council

How do the clubs work?The Adult Social Care Benchmarking Clubs follow a proven, formula to ensure you get the most from the process. Help is available whenever you need it, and the process is managed by CIPFA Benchmarking to ensure the highest standards. Here’s how they work:

� Each year, a steering committee decides what to benchmark.

� Data is then collected through user-friendly questionnaires.

� Draft reports are sent out allowing quick feedback and for you to check and amend figures if needed.

� The data is validated and sent to you as a final report.

� Review meeting gives you the opportunity to discuss issues in detail with club members from other authorities.

Find out more nowTo view the timetable and prices visit www.cipfa.org/benchmarking to see example questionnaires and reports.

Or get in touch with Benchmarking Team with any questions on 020 3117 1840 or at benchmarking@cipfa.org

‘The analysis provided as part of the CIPFA Benchmarking Club has proved extremely valuable over the past few years. The unit cost and composition analysis has directly contributed to the way we commission services, and the ongoing monitoring reports support our value for money assurance arrangements. The team are always on hand to provide support wherever needed and have been responsive to considering and implementing developments with the dataset.’ Andrew McLean, Commissioning & Partnerships, Lincolnshire

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