Patchwork presentation from CityCamp Brighton, March 2012

1. Working Together Better
Paul Brewer, Children’s Commissioning Team
@pdbrewer

2. Disconnected Professionals

3. Incomplete professional networks

4. Missed opportunities

5. Using tech to connect people

8. The application
www.patchworkhq.com

9. Signing up for the pilot
• Health visitors
• Educational Psychologists
• Youth workers
• Neighbourhood policing
• General practitioners
• Schools
• Community mental health workers
• And working on many more ….
www.patchworkhq.com

10. Intended outcomes
• Earlier intervention
• Intelligent and complete picture of service users (and
multi-agency teams)
• Visibility of subtle changes in circumstances across a
number of agencies
• The most complete picture of “the team around the child”
• More time to prioritise relationships with clients
• Relationships between practitioners enhanced
www.patchworkhq.com

11. @pdbrewer
Getting good stuff done
• What problem are you solving?
• Find good people to work with – mix of skills
• Find a way to get started
• Make something useful quickly (don’t get caught up)
• Prototype or foundational step
• Think about who you need to talk to next
• Be open about problems and failure
• Keep an eye on funding opportunities!

12. Good luck with your project!
Tweet me @pdbrewer
Email me at Paul.brewer@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Or catch me for a chat over the weekend
Follow the project atwww.patchworkhq.com