SC data service configuration: a corporate performance function supporting distinct service areas with their data work (including CSC). Another common approach is to have a specialist performance team shared across adults’ and children’s services, with links to the corporate service. There are also models where (a) dedicated CSC data people all sit in the corporate team, (b) data work happens within the safeguarding service, with minimal interface with any other services, and (c) a significant portion of the work is held within a corporate ICT function rather than a corporate performance/data function. These descriptions don’t account for all the roles discussed earlier. One obvious further question for you to consider is how much of the CMS and reporting infrastructure is owned and maintained by a separate ICT function. This is a critical point of distinction which impacts analytical practice significantly – some CSC-embedded data people have full control over their systems and tools, using IT support only for hardware support and network security; at the other extreme, some must log an ICT support request to get a single field added to a data report, or may rely on their CMS supplier for almost all system maintenance. Bear in mind that these descriptions are neither comprehensive in themselves, nor are they the only models which can work. Source: https://socialcare.wales/cms-assets/documents/scoping-a-professional-development-framework-for-social-care.pdf Scoping a Professional Development Framework for Social Care Analysts, Social Finance / Social Care Wales, 2023 14 Typical performance processes As with organisational structures, local performance processes will vary widely. It’s best to begin by finding out what regular reporting tasks your team supports, and then 