Guide to service user involvement and co-production
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How well do you involve your service users in the design and delivery of your services?
The people and families who have direct experience of the Criminal Justice System are a vital source of intelligence about how to make services work best; and being involved can bring many benefits for service users as well as for your organisation.
However, sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start. How do you involve service users in a meaningful way? What is the best method of involvement to suit your organisation and service users? How do you manage the risks involved, and deal with common problems? Clinks’ new guide to service user involvement and co-production is a practical, accessible introduction packed full of practical tools and examples to help you answer all these questions and more.
Whether you have a well-established programme of service user involvement, or are just getting started, this guide can help you develop an involvement approach which places your service users at the heart of your organisation.
Click here to download the guide
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