
About the Course
Uncertain about the key elements to enable effective SPA creation?
This training outlines the key strategic steps, structures, documents, predictable barriers and practical steps to move through the foundational and setup processes smoothly and minimise delays.
Overall Goal
To equip senior leaders with the strategic insight, structural tools, and stakeholder engagement techniques to design and implement a successful, scalable multi-professional Single Point of Access (SPA) model across systems.
✅ Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Articulate the core components of an effective multi-professional SPA setup.
Explore and Evaluate strategic and governance models that enable true inter-agency working.
Identify common barriers and mitigation strategies for implementing SPA.
Draft a scalable SPA project framework including a Minimum Operational Product (MOP).
Plan stakeholder engagement and co-production techniques with service leads, professionals, and families.
Your Trainer
Key Strategic and Foundational Elements Needed to Build a SPA

Joe's spent over 20 years in the trenches of setting up and developing NHS and local authority mental health services.
A Single Point of Access expert having supported the design and setup of multiple access points around the country combining mental health, social care, police, public health and other services.
He'll guide you through it all in a straightforward, relaxed, and confident way.

