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Moving forward together: integrating workforce strategies in children's services: update Autumn 2009
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Improvement and Development Agency integrated workforce strategy project was designed to explore, with participating local authorities and their partners, the challenges and benefits of tackling workforce issues together. The project results were reported in Moving Forward Together: Joining up Workforce Strategies (March 2009). This additional report, commissioned by the Children's Workforce
Summary of key messages from the older people action learning sets
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The older people action learning sets were set up as part of a shared priority programme focused on improving older people's quality of life. The key points identified are summarised in this paper. It reports a need to think differently about old age, a need for public services to develop a more coherent strategic approach based on a Community Leadership Model, a need to engage better with older people and to rethink what engagement means, the importance of 'whole systems working' and a need for strong leadership to ensure it does not focus solely on health and social care, the importance of clear vision and sense of purpose with shared understanding of what matters for older people in successful partnerships, the importance of 'domains of quality of life' as a framework for developing a whole systems strategic approach, and the need to approach performance measurement differently.
Transforming adult social care delivery support architecture
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Putting People First (PPF) concordat sets out information to support the transformation of social care, as outlined in the Health White Paper, 'Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: a New Direction for Community Services' in 2006. It describes the vision for development of a personalised approach to the delivery of adult social care. PPF concordat is an agreement between central and local government and other key organisations about the direction for adult social care for the next ten years and beyond. It sets out the shared aims and values which guide the transformation of adult social care and aims to improve people's experience of local support and services. It supports partnership working between central and local government, social care professionals, providers and the regulator. PPF is underpinned by four key themes: access to universal services; prevention and early intervention; choice and control; social capital. This paper summarises the national and regional systems in place to support the implementation of the PPF, transformation of social care programme.
Tackling worklessness: mental health and worklessness
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides guidance to local authorities on how to help people with a mental illness find a job and remain in work. It summarises the macro-economic costs of work-related mental illness and outlines the positive health impact of employment and the business benefits of promoting good mental health in the workplace. It introduces the UK Mental Health and Employment Strategy and sets out the employment barriers commonly experienced by people with mental health problems. It provides advice to councils on: individual placement and support; designing effective employability approaches; and promoting well-being in the workplace. It also includes short case studies highlighting good practice.
Child poverty: family friendly work, outreach and support for second earners
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
National programmes to reduce worklessness, particularly amongst lone parents, and the introduction of Tax Credits, had a significant impact on child poverty levels prior to the recession. However, even before the current economic downturn it was clear that the milestone of halving child poverty by 2010 was unlikely to be met and that more personalised support to help parents into, and progress in, work was required which addressed the needs of the whole family. This includes helping non-employed partners of single earners back into work. Two million children now live in households where neither parent has a job, an increase of 170,000 since 2008. To meet this social and economic challenge, local authorities as of April 2010 are now required to conduct worklessness assessments as part of their new local economic assessment duties. This practice guidance highlights councils’ responsibilities to meet the social and economic challenge of children living in households where neither parent has a job.
Adult safeguarding scrutiny guide
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is written for officers and members involved in the Overview and Scrutiny process and for Independent Chairs of Safeguarding Adults Boards who may be requested to participate in the work of Overview and Scrutiny Committees (OSCs). It considers how local arrangements work to safeguard adults in the local authority area and how Overview and Scrutiny Committees can contribute to better safeguarding. The guide first summarises key points and the provides a number of questions that scrutiny reviews of adult safeguarding should cover. Questions cover the areas of: outcomes and experiences of people experiences safeguarding services; vision, strategy and commissioning; service deliver and partnership working. A number of specific areas are then covered in greater depth, including the structural framework for safeguarding adults, and Councillor roles in safeguarding. Key references and suggestions for further reading are also included.
Top tips for all members on improving outcomes and ensuring services are cost effective through better commissioning of adult social care
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Local authorities spend about £18 billion each year on adult social care including £11.6 billion on external providers. Local authorities are under pressure to reduce expenditure on, and the cost of, adult social care. At the same time, services users and carers expect high-quality services. Members need to understand how services can be improved and how they can be delivered more efficiently. This leaflet describes how millions of pounds could be saved each year through more effective and collaborative commissioning, including better procurement of services. This guide, through examining ‘what are the key issues in commissioning adult social care’, and ‘what is best commissioning practice’, provides tips on how a local authority can make savings through better commissioning of adult social care.
London RIEP: developing a personalisation agenda in Harrow
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Place of publication:
- London
The landmark initiative ‘Putting People First’ aims to deliver personalised support to individuals and local populations, irrespective of their circumstances or level of need. This brings about a whole system change: a re-engineering of adult social care services. Individual budgets are central to this and offer a fundamentally different way of assisting people with support needs and of designing and delivering support. Capital Ambition, London’s regional improvement and efficiency partnership (RIEP), agreed a support package with Harrow Council that included support for adult social care and support to vulnerable adults. Through its personalisation agenda, Harrow’s approach is now delivering pioneering action around self-directed support (SDS) and personal budgets (PBs). The resource allocation system (RAS) - the process of converting people’s needs into a (financial) PB which people then direct themselves - has been piloted as part of this approach on the basis that it would develop a number of shared learning opportunities at regional level. Much has been achieved with Capital Ambition’s financial support and Harrow has made significant strides in a short space of time.
How does every child matter to your council?: some practical approaches
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
District councils have new duties introduced under the Children Act 2004. One, safeguarding, is specific, while the other, the ‘duty to co-operate’, is very general. This guide is a series of case studies that serve to illustrate the principles of the new requirements. The featured case studies are not necessarily the perfect solutions to the issues they are trying to tackle. In many cases, the initiative is but a start, and more work and development will be carried out. However the important thing is that a start has been made. Each case study in this guide makes tangible progress towards at least one of the Every Child Matters (ECM outcomes). The initiatives, tackling problems including anti-social behaviour, obesity, employment and transport, are described, assessed, and evaluated. ‘Is anyone better off as a result?’ was a key question.
Integrated multi-agency teams: framework for evaluation toolkit
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This toolkit has been designed to help multi-agency teams to evaluate their progress and to assist them in planning for the next stage. The toolkit is organised in a series of components which have been designed to enable individual teams to adapt the toolkit to meet their individual needs and circumstances. The five components are: team audit; senior managers’ and/or leadership audit; key indicators; service users’ views; case study evaluation. The key issue when using all or part of the toolkit is that it should prompt and inform action by the team when completed. Assessment should not be an end in itself - no matter how good the findings there is always something that can be done better.