Click to edit Master title style Educational Psychology and Social Enterprise 2011 - 2015.
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Transcript of Click to edit Master title style Educational Psychology and Social Enterprise 2011 - 2015.
Click to edit Master title styleSession outline
• What, why & how
• Technical aspects
• Pros, cons & partnerships
• How we do it
Click to edit Master title styleA social enterprise
does:• Make its money from trading – that
is, selling goods and services• Reinvest its profits back into the
business or social mission• Have a social mission at its heart –
what difference it is trying to make, who it is aiming to help and how it is going about doing this
Click to edit Master title styleA social enterprise does not:
• Exist to make a profit for shareholders
• Exist to make its owners wealthy
• Rely on volunteering or grants to stay afloat
Click to edit Master title styleSocial Enterprise
means• Community Interest Company• No shareholders• Social purpose• Social impact statement• Asset Lock• Annual Accounts
Click to edit Master title styleOur social purpose
“An organisation that will effectively support the application of psychology to improve outcomes for children and young people”:
• Effective application of psychology to assist schools in their work to improve outcomes
• Focus on children and young people with the greatest need
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Our Community Interest Statement (1/3)
Catalyst Psychology will promote and deliver child and educational
psychology services to improve outcomes for children and young
people.
Activities will include consultation; assessment and advice; training and
development; research and evaluation.
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Community Interest Statement (2/3)
The company will develop as a training organisation, offering work placements
to students of psychology who are interested in a career in applied
psychology working with children.
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Community Interest Statement (3/3)
If the Company makes a surplus it will be used for:
1) developing the evidence base for effective interventions;
2) supporting the training of child and educational psychologists.
Click to edit Master title styleBalance of skills
You need to consider where the following skills come from:• Finance – e.g. can read and understand audited
accounts• User experience – representative of stakeholders• HR • PR/ marketing /entrepreneurial (judgment of
risk)• Senior management experience• Legal advice
Click to edit Master title styleEmploying people
• HR – including legal issues• Insurance• Payroll• Pensions• CPD• Supervision• DBS and safeguarding
Click to edit Master title styleGovernance
Building a board of directors – critical to the success of the business:• Individual board members may have
expertise in a number of areas useful to the business
• May have useful contacts• Provide support and feedback• Strategic partnership (e.g. Chair &
CEO)
Click to edit Master title styleChallenges
• Ensuring security of income and employment beyond short term contracts
• Shared frameworks and processes for working with diverse providers of public service are developing slowly
Click to edit Master title styleCollaborative
partnerships
Building collaborative partnerships – works best where there is no actual or potential competition or conflict
• Other EPs
• Other businesses