Co-Pro Self Assessment

Co-production & involvement audit

A self-assessment tool to measure your organisation’s co-productive ways of working.

How to use this tool

Rate your progress on the statements below across the 5 core areas. Use the slider to select a score.

1. Assets

You value all participants and you build on their strengths and resources.

1: No action yet

2: Made a start

3: Making progress

4: Doing well

5: Excellent

1. You acknowledge that everyone (including staff and people you support) has skills, strengths, knowledge or experience to contribute.

1 5 ?

2. You find ways to use and develop their assets, which builds their confidence and capacity further.

1 5 ?

3. You demonstrate that you value everyone’s contribution, and you ensure everyone’s voice is heard.

1 5 ?

What would help you to improve in this area? (Optional)

2. Networks

You develop networks of mutual support.

1: No action yet

2: Made a start

3: Making progress

4: Doing well

5: Excellent

1. You help people become part of supportive peer networks.

1 5 ?

2. You help people to make connections with communities, groups or other networks.

1 5 ?

3. You use these networks to make positive change happen.

1 5 ?

What would help you to improve in this area? (Optional)

3. Outcomes

You do what matters for all people involved with a focus on outcomes.

1: No action yet

2: Made a start

3: Making progress

4: Doing well

5: Excellent

1. Your work is shaped around what matters to the individual.

1 5 ?

2. You focus on creating good outcomes (the difference in someone’s life) more than on outputs (what you did and how often).

1 5 ?

3. Your monitoring and evaluation systems are built around these good outcomes.

1 5 ?

What would help you to improve in this area? (Optional)

4. Relationships

You build relationships of trust, reciprocity and equality by sharing power and responsibility.

1: No action yet

2: Made a start

3: Making progress

4: Doing well

5: Excellent

1. You take time to build connections, trust and understanding.

1 5 ?

2. You respect each other’s perspective and the value everyone brings to the table.

1 5 ?

3. You ensure your approaches, systems and structures enable and encourage the sharing of power.

1 5 ?

What would help you to improve in this area? (Optional)

5. Catalysts

People are change makers, as an organisation your role is to enable this.

1: No action yet

2: Made a start

3: Making progress

4: Doing well

5: Excellent

1. You see your role as enabling people to change, not just delivering services.

1 5 ?

2. You help people to build the life they want by enabling them to take action.

1 5 ?

3. You work in partnership with the people you support to co-commission, co-design, co-deliver and co-evaluate your services.

1 5 ?

What would help you to improve in this area? (Optional)

Co-production & involvement audit

How to use this tool

1. Assets

2. Networks

3. Outcomes

4. Relationships

5. Catalysts

Your audit results

Score breakdown (average out of 5)

Summary

Your reflections