Meeting documents
Cabinet
Wednesday, 12th January, 2005
Local Preventative Strategy
To promote the Health and Well-being of Children and Young People
in Bath & North East Somerset
"Delivering Improved Outcomes through Partnership"
Abridged version
5th December 2004
Bath & North East Somerset Children's and Young People's Strategic Partnership
BACKGROUND
The importance of effective joint working between bodies responsible for children and young people is central to the Government's vision for addressing the major factors that stop young people from achieving their potential. Accordingly, in September 2002 Chief Executives of Councils were asked to take a lead in ensuring that all those responsible for planning, commissioning and delivering services for children and young people aged 0 - 19 agree a Local Preventative Strategy from April 2003, including systems for identification, referral and tracking (IRT) of children and young people at risk.
Within Bath and North East Somerset, the responsibility of developing that Strategy has been assumed by the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership - a partnership of local statutory, voluntary and community organisations working with children, young people and families.
The aim of the Local Preventative Strategy is to promote positive outcomes and to prevent children and young people experiencing negative outcomes. The Strategy should cover how services to children and families will be delivered and should identify how the delivery of services will be adjusted to reduce the likelihood of negative outcomes.
The Local preventative strategy (LPS) will establish a framework for services through which effective support can be provided at the most appropriate level and point in time.
The development of a Local Preventative strategy, if it is to effect long term change, will necessarily be an incremental process.
Within the development of the LPS for Bath and North East Somerset, prevention has been interpreted as "the promotion of child well-being by enabling children and young people to develop their full potential, and the promotion of family well-being by enabling parents/carers to meet the overall needs of their children and families".
The concept of well-being covers physical and mental health, protection from harm and neglect, education and training, contribution to society, and social and economic well-being.
The development of the Local Preventative Strategy has been shaped by the Green Paper: Every Child Matters (published September 2003) and the Children Bill (presented to Parliament March 2004 and enacted November 2004), and in particular takes into account the 5 key outcomes identified by children and young people (and the 25 Aims) and the 4 main areas focused upon within the Green Paper. The Local Preventative Strategy seeks to provide a strategic framework for responding to the recommendations of the Green Paper and the Children Bill, with the delivery plans incorporating progress with the collaborative working projects currently being progressed across Bath and North East Somerset. Further it will provide the strategic framework for responding to the agenda , principles and recommendations of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Children published in September 2004.
The Local Preventative Strategy will inform the development of preventative services within the Children's Fund Strategic Plan for 2005-08 which in turn prepares the way for the transition to the Children' Trust in Bath and North East Somerset.
Purpose of Strategy
To improve the well-being of children and young people by creating a shared vision, framework and comprehensive delivery plan that will form the basis for the development and delivery of all services for children and young people in Bath and North East Somerset.
How the Strategy was developed
_ The Government provided guidance for the development of Local Preventative Strategies in autumn 2002. This was considered by the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership and was the focus of its development workshop in February 2003, following the compilation of the required self-assessment of our current position.
_ The self assessment focused upon an analysis of service gaps relating to children and young people: the agreement of shared objectives/priorities and areas for improvement: the development of systems for identification, referral and tracking of children at risk.
_ The self assessment was completed by March 2003 and provided the basis for the development of our Local Preventative Strategy. The self-assessment was evaluated by the Government Office South West.
_ The Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership took the decision to develop the detail of the Strategy through a series of workshops based on an approach known as Qualitative Systems Dynamics (QSD).
_ QSD is a problem-solving tool which is useful in planning and strategic thinking. It involves the construction of a model, called an influence diagram, which helps clarify thinking and enables better decision making based on analysis using simple grammar.
_ Two one-day workshops were held on Friday, 7 November 2003 and Tuesday, 11 November 2003. A large proportion of Children's And Young People's Strategic Partnership members attended these.
· Day One produced an influence diagram of the system we are trying to influence
· Day Two started the process of analysing this. Subsequently the analysis of the influence diagram continued within three working groups by e-mail.
_ All this information was collated and summarised into one document of potential ideas and actions to promote children's health and well-being. These were reviewed and a number of strategic themes identified and actions allocated to these.
_ A half-day workshop on 6 January 2004 reviewed this and started the process of identifying current planning groups that relate to the strategic themes.
_ A further half day workshop on 10 February 2004 developed this further to produce the strategy outlined below.
_ Progress with developing the Strategy has been reviewed by the CYPSP at each of its business meetings from December 2003 .
Vision, Values and Principles
The development of the Local Preventative Strategy has been based upon the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership's vision for children and young people in Bath and North East Somerset and its commitment to work together with children and young people and those that can help them to be:
v HEALTHY
v TREATED FAIRLY AND EQUALLY
v AN ACHIEVER
v INVOLVED
v NEEDED
v SAFE
v YOURSELF
v MOBILE
AND incorporates the 5 key outcomes identified by children and young people in the Green Paper:Every Child Matters :
· BEING HEALTHY.
· STAYING SAFE.
· ENJOYING AND ACHIEVING.
· MAKING A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION
· ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
Values and Principles
To achieve this, we will:
q Ask children and young people what they think
q Explain what we mean and what we are doing
q Listen to them and use what they say to do our best for them
q Recognize their rights
q Recognize their responsibilities
q Promote fairness and equality
q Know enough about them to help them
q Help them to help themselves
q Know how we are making a difference
q Not forget the other things that matter to them.
Further, the development of the Local Preventative Strategy has been based upon the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership's vision, values and principles for working together with parents and carers. These are being determined by the newly established lead group for developing the parenting services strategy and will be incorporated into future versions of the Local Preventative Strategy.
Introduction
This document provides a broad vision for the Local Preventative Strategy and has identified key themes within it. The document is not a blueprint for action. It is, and will always be, a working document that will require, and benefit from, continuous updating and development. The potential agenda was developed locally and is by no means a definitive list nor are the details of existing planning groups. We have sought to identify how our agenda fits in with and is supplemented by the Every Child Matters and the NSF agendas. Lead groups will have the scope to undertake more work on both the potential agenda and identifying more existing groups. The suggested lead group for each delivery plan was proposed by the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership.
The Local Preventative Strategy is an ambitious endeavour that will be developed over the long term, and will effect changes over that period. It will inform our work for the next 5 - 15 years and will feed into the agenda and work programme of the Local Strategic Partnership and Community Strategy. The Local Preventative Strategy will contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Community Strategy which in turn will help to deliver the outcomes for children and young people detailed in this Strategy.
The Local Preventative Strategy represents not only the work and commitment of those agencies and community groups that work directly with children and families, but also the work and commitment of those agencies and groups whose services impact upon children and families.
Individual Service Plans, and partnership plans, should seek to fit in with the strategic directions detailed in the Local Preventative Strategy and contribute to achieving those objectives.
Priorities will be established for the next one, three and five years. Lead groups will develop delivery plans in detail and measures for demonstrating progress, and plans for the participation of children, young people, parents and carers. A common template for delivery plans will be established and progress reported to the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership.
The plans detailed in the Strategy will be progressed at different paces over a range of timescales. Some initial priorities have been established for immediate investment, based upon their significance and the impact they will have upon progressing the overall Strategy. They are as follows:-
· Developing a comprehensive parenting support strategy.
· Developing pathways for children with emotional/behavioural, emotional difficulties.
· Developing pathways for disabled children.
· The participation of children, young people, parents and carers.
The Strategy
The strategy is detailed in three sections:
A. Promoting children's health and well-being (child and family, community and local authority)
B. Preventing ill health and poor well-being
C. Delivering the strategy
A number of strategic directions are included under each section. A summary of existing key groups potentially involved, and a lead group to take forward the production of a delivery plan with contact details of chair of group.
Appendix 1: Glossary of planning groups - this describes existing planning groups and their relationships.
Appendix 2 details the Delivery Plan template.
The Local Preventative Strategy will be available in three versions:-
· Full version.
· Abridged version
· Children and Young People's version.
All three versions will be available in hard copy and on the Council Website.
The document can be made available in a range of languages, large print, Braille, on tape, electronic and accessible formats from Jean Williams, Tel 01225 396289, Fax 01225 396115
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A. Promoting Children's Health and Well-being |
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Strategic direction |
Key groups for planning and delivering strategic direction |
Lead group to produce delivery plan |
Contact details |
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Child and family |
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A 1. Promoting good parenting |
· Parenting Support Service · Sure Start SW Bath · EYDCP · Local Safeguarding Children Board (formerly ACPC) · Community Safety Partnership · Teenage Pregnancy Partnership · Youth Offending Team · Compass |
CYPSP - subgroup. Parenting strategy group |
Sally Churchyard Tel: 01225 396959 Email: Sally_Churchyard@bathnes.gov.uk |
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A 2. Promoting emotional well-being and resilience |
· CAMHS Strategy Group · Children's Fund · Sure Start SW Bath · EYDCP · HIMP · Connexions · Drugs Action Team · Youth Offending Team · Community Cohesion Team / Voluntary Services |
CAMHS Strategy Group |
Mike Bowden 01225 831499 Mike.Bowden@banes-pct.nhs.uk |
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A 3. Promoting life-long learning - Children |
· Education Development Plan review group · EYDCP · Education Management Team |
Education Development Plan review group |
Richard Brock 01225395150 Richard_Brock@bathnes.gov.uk |
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Promoting life-long learning - Adults |
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· Lifelong Learning Partnership · Connexions · Adult and Community Education Team · Learning Skills Council |
Lifelong Learning Partnership |
Chair Liz McIntyre 01225328734 mcintyree@bathcoll.ac.uk |
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A 4. Promoting high quality play, leisure and sport |
· EYDCP · Council voluntary service · Children's Fund · Sure Start SW Bath · Extended Schools initiative · Crime Diversion Partnership · Sports Facilities development group · Play Development Advisory Group · Children's Services Liaison Group · Cultural Partnership(under development) · BANES Sports Development Team · Avonsafe alliance |
Play Development Advisory Group. Crime Diversion Group Sports Partnership for BANES. |
Caroline Howarth 01225 313946 Caroline@bapp.fsworld.co.uk Pending Chair of Partnership Mike King 01761418152 Mike_King@bathnes.gov.uk Alison Baker 01225396097 Alison_baker@bathnes.gov.uk |
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A 5. Promoting healthy lifestyles (eating, exercise, sexual health, drinking, smoking and drugs) |
· Local Strategic Partnership · Sure Start SW Bath · School Nutrition Action Group (SNAG) · Extended Schools initiative · Schools for Health · DAT · Tobacco Action Network · Teenage Pregnancy Partnership · Food Network (Sue Green) · Health Improvement SDIG (Kieran Morgan) · Bath and North East Somerset Commercial Services. · Sports Partnership for BANES. |
Health Improvement SDIG |
Kieran Morgan 01225 831839 Kieran Morgan@banes-pct.nhs.uk |
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Community and Local Authority |
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A 6. Promoting good housing and safe environment. |
· Housing Strategy Group · Supported Living Joint Commissioning Group · Young People's Accommodation Project group · Sure Start SW Bath · Homelessness Partnership · Community Safety Partnership · Supporting People · Avonsafe alliance |
Housing Strategy Group |
Colin Keane 01225477888 Colin_Keane@bathnes.gov.uk |
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A 7. Promoting employment |
· Lifelong Learning Partnership · Connexions · Sure Start SW Bath · Economic Regeneration Team · Economic Development Service · Job Centre Plus · Learning Skills Council |
No formal group at present-Connexions Management Group to act as lead. |
Christine Hounsell 01225 461501 chounsell@connexionswest.org.uk |
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A 8. Promoting financial security |
· Citizens Advice Bureau · Swan Advice Network · Connexions · Legal Services Commission · Job Centre Plus |
BANES Community Legal Services Partnership. |
Jim Viney 01173023188 Jim.viney@legalservices.gov.uk |
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A 9. Promoting the development of accessible, affordable, appropriate and safe transport |
· Community transport liaison group · Transport planning team · BANES and North Somerset Rural Transport Partnership · Public transport liaison group · Walking and Cycling Liaison Group · Joint Local Access Forum · Local Strategic Partnership · Avon safe alliance |
No formal group at present-Rural Transport Partnership |
Initially--- Julie Doughty Community Action 01275393837 Julie@Community-action.org.uk |
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A 10. Encouraging community development |
· Community Safety Partnership · Culture & leisure group · Children's Fund · Sure Start SW Bath · Community Cohesion Unit · The Care Forum · BANES Council for Voluntary Services |
Community Cohesion Unit |
Annalise Elliott 01225 396285 Annalise_Elliott@bathnes.gov.uk |
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B. Preventing Children's ill-health and poor well-being |
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Strategic direction |
Key groups for planning and delivering strategic direction |
Lead group to produce delivery plan |
Contact details |
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B1.Developing structure and processes to promote effective, acceptable, efficient and equitable identification of needs and provision of support. |
· Information Sharing Management Board |
Information Sharing Management Board |
Gail Quinton 01225 394197 Gail_Quinton@bathnes.gov.uk |
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B2. Developing evidence-based, integrated and co-ordinated pathways for prevention, identification, referral, assessment, intervention and support of particular groups of needs with common framework and quality assurance standards and processes |
Lead group for each pathway |
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· Emotional/behavioural difficulties |
· CAMHS Strategy Group · YOT |
CAMHS Strategy Group |
Mike Bowden 01225 831499 Mike.Bowden@banes-pct.nhs.uk |
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· Disabled children |
· Disabled Children Strategy Group · Life Time team · RUH · PCT |
Disabled Children Strategy Group |
Liz Price 01225 477930 Liz_Price@bathnes.gov.uk |
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· Social/communication difficulties |
· ASD partnership |
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· Drugs and alcohol |
· DAT |
DAT |
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· Youth offending |
· YOT Steering Group/Compass |
YOT Steering Group/Compass |
Sally Churchyard Tel: 01225 396959 Email: Sally_Churchyard@bathnes.gov.uk |
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· Children in need/child protection |
· LSCB (formerly ACPC) |
LSCB (formerly ACPC) |
Maurice Lindsay 01225 396289 Maurice_Lindsay@bathnes.gov.uk |
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· Learning difficulties |
· SEN team |
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· Acutely ill children |
· PCT · RUH |
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· Maternity |
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C. Delivering the Strategy |
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Strategic direction |
Key groups for planning and delivering strategic direction |
Lead group to produce delivery plan |
Contact details |
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C 1. Ensuring high quality training for staff working with children and families |
· CYPSP · LSCB Training Management Group · Agency professional groups (eg evidence-based social services, health service, continuing professional development schemes) · LSCB · Sure Start SW Bath Management Board · Regional and national training groups |
CYPSP LSCB |
Maurice Lindsay 01225396289 Maurice_Lindsay@bathnes.gov.uk Stephanie Bailey 01225 731595 Stephanie.Bailey@banes-pct.nhs.uk |
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C 2. Ensuring effective communication of strategy, opportunities and services |
· CYPSP · LSP · HIMP · DAFBY · The Council · Community Safety Partnership · Information Sharing Mgmt Board |
CYPSP |
Maurice Lindsay 01225 396289 Maurice_Lindsay@bathnes.gov.uk |
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C 3. Implementing strategy and monitoring delivery |
· CYPSP · LSP · HIMP · Council |
CYPSP |
Maurice Lindsay 01225 396289 Maurice_Lindsay@bathnes.gov.uk |
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C 4. Adhering to principles |
· Delivery of services - planning groups within services · Delivery of plans - CYPSP |
CYPSP |
Maurice Lindsay 01225 396289 Maurice_Lindsay@bathnes.gov.uk |
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Appendix 1: - KEY -CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Links between Planning Groups and Plans
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Name of Group |
Plan |
Lead Officer |
Link with CYPSP |
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EARLY YEARS DEV'MENT & CHILDCARE PARTNERSHIP |
Development & Implementation Plan |
Early Years Team Leader |
Early Years Team Leader |
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SURE START MB |
Business Plan |
Sure Start Programme Mgr |
Early Years Team Leader |
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CHILDREN'S CENTRES |
Children's Centre(s) Plan |
Early Years Team Leader |
Early Years Team Leader |
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AREA CHILD PROTECTION COMMITTEE |
Business Plan |
Chair of ACPC |
Head of Children & Families Service |
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DCSG |
Disabled Children's Strategy |
Children & Families Planning Manager |
Children & Families Planning Manager |
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CARERS TOGETHER |
Carers Joint Investment Plan |
Strategic Planning Manager Adult Services |
Strategic Planning Officer Children & Families Service |
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HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP BOARD |
Local Delivery Plan |
Assistant Director Planning, Partnership and Public Involvement PCT |
Assistant Director Children's and Other Services PCT |
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LOCAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP |
Community Strategy |
Corporate Director |
Corporate Projects Manager |
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CHILD & ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES STRATEGY GP |
CAMHS Strategy |
Assistant Director Children's and Other Services PCT |
Assistant Director Children's and Other Services PCT |
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CHILDREN'S HEALTH COMMISSIONING GROUP |
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Assistant Director Children's and Other Services PCT |
Assistant Director Children's and Other Services PCT |
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INFORMATION SHARING PROJECT |
Information Sharing Plan as part of Local Preventative Strategy |
IS Project Manager |
IS Project Manager |
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CHILDREN'S FUND MGMT BOARD |
Business Plan |
CF Manager |
CF Manager |
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YOT STEERING GROUP |
Youth Justice Plan |
YOT Manager |
YOT Manager |
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CYPSP |
Local Preventative Strategy incorporating vulnerable CYP Services |
Head of Children & Families Service |
Head of Children & Families Service |
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CONNEXIONS LDG |
Business & Delivery Plan |
Connexions Development Mgr |
Connexions Development Mgr |
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COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIAISON GP |
Contribute to Local Transport Plan |
Public Transport Planning Team Leader |
Senior Transport Planner |
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No standing group |
Local Transport Plan |
Transportation Planning Team Leader |
Senior Transport Planner |
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DAT |
Young People's Substance Misuse Action Plan |
Drugs Action Team Co-ordinator |
Corporate Cohesion Group Manager |
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COMMUNITY SAFETY PS |
Community Safety Strategy Crime Reduction Strategy |
Community Safety Co-ordinator |
Corporate Cohesion Group Manager |
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY PS |
Teenage Pregnancy Strategy |
Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Co-ordinator |
Children and Family Planning Manager |
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CULTURE & LEISURE GP |
Cultural Strategy |
Head of Heritage Services |
Head of Heritage Services? |
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Sports Facilities Development Plan |
Leisure Services Strategy Manager? |
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Sport Development Plan |
Leisure Services Strategy Manager? |
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LIBRARIES MANAGEMENT TEAM |
Libraries Position Statement/ Library Vision |
Head of Customer Services, Libraries & Information Service |
Lifelong Learning Officer Social Inclusion Manager |
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Housing Strategy |
Head of Housing & Supported Living |
Head of Housing & Supported Living |
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SUPPORTING PEOPLE CORE STRAT GP |
Supporting People Strategy |
Group Manager Housing & Supported Living |
Head of Housing & Supported Living |
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No standing group |
Police Youth Strategy |
District Commander |
Inspector, Avon & Somerset Police |
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EDP REVIEW GROUP |
Education Development Plan |
Assistant Director: School Improvement |
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No standing group |
SEN Inclusion Action Plan |
Head of Service, Inclusion Support |
Head of Service, Inclusion Support |
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No standing group |
Behaviour Support Plan |
Inclusion Manager, Children's Support Services |
Inclusion Manager, Children's Support Services |
Appendix 2 - Delivery plan template
Title: - Strategic direction
1. Lead group - include name & contact details for chair of group and other key groups involved
2. Purpose and introduction (one paragraph)
3. Development process (two paragraphs) including how participation addressed
4. Objectives
5. Approach to be used to address objectives, including how equity addressed and reference to evidence/best practice
6. Success criteria - outcome(s)
7. Links with other strategic directions and delivery plans
8. Action plan (who, what, how, when)
9. Review process & reporting
Maximum 4 sides of A4