The Commissioning Support Programme has developed a range of training offers to meet the needs of all stakeholders working across children's services. There are three offers which can be described as follows:

Commissioning Development Programme - a suite of training materials designed to help all stakeholders in children’s services better understand commissioning. This is open to commissioners, providers, senior managers, practitioners and voluntary sector providers. The training materials expand the 18 modules of the Achieving Better Outcomes: Commissioning in Children’s Services document and can be used in a bespoke way to suit the needs of different audiences. The materials are freely available to download and be used by anyone. The Commissioning Support Programme can provide a one-day event to give people advice on how they can use the training materials with others within their own organisations. This offer is non-accredited.

Commissioning Skills Training - this is a course designed specifically for commissioners within Children's Trusts to help them deliver commissioning skills training locally to their colleagues. This course is potentially accredited and includes an option for commissioners to initially deliver the programme to their Trust jointly with the Commissioning Support Programme.

Lead Member Workshops - a programme of support for Children's Services Lead Members within Local Authorities sponsored by the DCSF. These workshops will be jointly delivered by the Commissioning Support Programme and the IDeA.

Click on one of the links below to learn more about each offer and sign up.