Set out a clear plan and expectations from the start
Encourage ownership and equal power to influence and have an equal voice for all in shaping ideas and action
Be accountable and do what is promised
Communicate and listen
Partners will:
Listen with care
Respond with sensitivity, being open and transparent
Share information in ways that includes and is understood by all
Actively seek feedback and act upon
Value and include
Partners will:
Recognise and value the differences in every individual and family
Base our plans and proposals on lived expertise
Treat everyone with respect and consistently address barriers for inclusion
Partners may be silent but must still be valued
Trust
Partners will:
Create and protect safe spaces so children and young people can share their views and ideas
Ensure everybody has the opportunity to express their views and be heard
Ensure everyone’s contribution is equally valued
Our Charter for Co-production
Who are the Partners?
We are families, carers, children and young people and people who work with them.
In designing our Charter for Co-production, local people of Torbay were asked what was important to them. Consideration was also given to the Four Cornerstones of Co-production (Genuine Partnership 2019).
In line with the wider Torbay SEND strategy, the charter underpins our commitment to working together so that every child and young person has the very best opportunities now and in the future.
This is only a start of a journey, and everyone has a part to play in influencing, implementing and embedding Co-production.
Building Trust will be a first step and ‘We will do what we say we are going to do’.
Privacy, confidentiality and choice is respected in Co-production.
