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Co-production & involvement audit for organisations (online)

Posted on October 25, 2019 | By Adam Davies | No comments

The Co-production and Involvement Audit is a simple self-assessment tool which helps organisations assess how effective they are at successfully adopting co-productive ways of working. It consists of fifteen action statements, organised in accordance with the ‘five core principles of co-production’ each of which is given a score.

It provides a high-level snapshot of how you are doing, alongside an understanding of what is working, and what needs to be done to keep improving. The Co-production and Involvement Audit’s uses include supporting report writing and formal evaluations, external audits and internal periodic reviews.

This is the online version of the tool. For a downloadable/printable pdf, click here.

How to use this tool:

Select the number matching your progress on each statement (5 principles, 3 statements per principle).
Reflect on what would help you to improve your practice. The comments fields are required too, it’s an important part of the self-reflective process!
Click the button to get a downloadable chart with your scores and reflections.

If you have difficulties reading this on screen, email us for a paper copy to be posted to you, or so we can look for a way to meet your needs.

Assets

You value all participants and you build on their strengths and resources.

	No action yet	Made a start	Making progress	Doing well	Doing as well as you can
You acknowledge that everyone (including staff and people you support) has skills, strengths, knowledge or experience to contribute.	1	2	3	4	5
You find ways to use and develop their assets, which builds their confidence and capacity further.	1	2	3	4	5
You demonstrate that you value everyone’s contribution, and you ensure everyone’s voice is heard.	1	2	3	4	5
Based on your answers, your average score is:

What would help you to improve in this area?

Networks

You develop networks of mutual support.

	No action yet	Made a start	Making progress	Doing well	Doing as well as you can
You help people become part of supportive peer networks.	1	2	3	4	5
You help people to make connections with communities, groups or other networks.	1	2	3	4	5
You use these networks to make positive change happen.	1	2	3	4	5
Based on your answers, your average score is:

What would help you to improve in this area?

Outcomes

You do what matters for all people involved with a focus on outcomes.

	No action yet	Made a start	Making progress	Doing well	Doing as well as you can
Your work is shaped around what matters to the individual.	1	2	3	4	5
You focus on creating good outcomes (the difference in someone’s life) more than on outputs (what you did and how often).	1	2	3	4	5
Your monitoring and evaluation systems are built around these good outcomes.	1	2	3	4	5
Based on your answers, your average score is:

What would help you to improve in this area?

Relationships

You build relationships of trust, reciprocity and equality by sharing power and responsibility.

	No action yet	Made a start	Making progress	Doing well	Doing as well as you can
You take time to build connections, trust and understanding.	1	2	3	4	5
You respect each other’s perspective and the value everyone brings to the table.	1	2	3	4	5
You ensure your approaches, systems and structures enable and encourage the sharing of power.	1	2	3	4	5
Based on your answers, your average score is:

What would help you to improve in this area?

Catalysts

People are change makers, as an organisation your role is to enable this.

	No action yet	Made a start	Making progress	Doing well	Doing as well as you can
You see your role as enabling people to change, not just delivering services.	1	2	3	4	5
You help people to build the life they want by enabling them to take action.	1	2	3	4	5
You work in partnership with the people you support to co-commission, co-design, co-deliver and co-evaluate your services.	1	2	3	4	5
Based on your answers, your average score is:

What would help you to improve in this area?

The 5 things that will help us improve the most are:

Assets

Networks

Outcomes

Relationships

Catalysts

Date of completion: 02/03/2021

(Data notice! We record the data you enter in an anonymised form so that we can check that the tool is working, doing what we intend it to do, and to make improvements. None of the data you enter is identifiable or attributable.)

Category: 07. Evaluation (how to do it) | Tag: audit, Co-production, involvement, online, self-reflection, self-reflective

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