Through conversations and engagements with our market and stakeholders, we have agreed on these values whilst working with our market and partners to deliver a diverse care market:

• To ensure lived experiences of people in Essex truly influence and are embedded in all our approaches
• To promote trust, transparency and honesty
• To communicate, engage and collaborate towards shared goals
• To show respect, objectivity and openness when collaborating
• To promote learning, change and excellence of social care provision

ECC will:

• Publish clear commissioning intentions and provide access to a dynamic market position statement
• Commit to engage and work with ECA and other market forums to provide insight, information and intelligence on existing and up and coming procurements  
• Share information & opportunities on our care provider hub
• Commit to collaborative events /workshops to ensure the Adult with Lived Experience shape future commissioning intentions alongside our providers/markets
• Support our providers to meet their social care skills training, and  support with business skills that can encourage growth and innovation
• Promote the sector as a whole and celebrate success
• Encourage a zero-tolerance mandate around discrimination and abuse with the care providers

Provider & Partners will:

• Invest their time to share insight to collaborate on existing or future markets
• Support good relationships across with health and social care, and other providers in the market
• Think Local, working with other providers in their area to support an effective localised model