1 Annual Review and Evaluation of Performance 2013-14 This - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Vale of Glamorgan Council Scrutiny Committee on Annual Council Reporting Framework 2013-2014

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Annual Review and Evaluation of Performance 2013-14 This presentation summarises the key areas

• f progress and areas for improvement - as

identified in our annual evaluation of the performance of the; Vale of Glamorgan council

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Summary

• The director’s annual report highlights the

successes and challenges and sets out the council’s priorities for 2014-15.

• Measured against National Strategic

Indicators (NSIs), there is some variability in the council’s performance although

• verall it is considered to be good.

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Summary

• Continues to provide strong leadership

and planning in social services.

• Clear and robust financial plans in place.
• Increasing demand for services is leaving

a number of services under pressure.

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Shaping Services

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Adult Services

• The council has developed good initiatives

and these provide a good foundation for joined up commissioning in the future.

• Delayed transfer of care.

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Children’s services

• Children and Young People’s

Commissioning Strategy’.

• Priorities include maintaining effective

partnership working with all agencies.

• Promoting stability and permanency for

looked after children.

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Getting Help

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Adult Services

• Good range and availability of

domiciliary care services.

• Carers Support Officer.
• Waiting lists + and -.

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Children’s Services

• Preventative strategies.
• Emotional and Mental Health needs
• f looked after children.
• The Youth Offending Service.

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The Services Provided

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Adult Services

• There is a range of services provided by

the council.

• Council-managed services are developing

more resilience through increased integration and partnership working.

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Children’s Services

• ‘Families Achieving Change Together’

(FACT).

• There has been an increase in the number
• f foster carers with the focus on providing

placements for respite, sibling groups and children with especially complex needs.

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Effect on people’s lives

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Adult Services

• Progress in implementing the ‘Integrated

Discharge Service (IDS)’ model.

• The placement advisor.
• Monitoring of contracted services by the

local authority is shaped by a policy and procedure.

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Children’s Services

• Merging Cardiff and Vale Local

Safeguarding Children’s Boards.

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Children’s Services

• Need to improve rates of statutory health

assessments, personal education plans and percentage of young people formerly looked after known to be engaged in education, training or employment.

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Capacity

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• Effective plans for managing the financial

challenges it faces.

• Social services workforce plan 2013-2017
• Contract monitoring.
• Work continues with Cardiff council and the

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

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Providing Direction

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Providing Direction

• The findings from the peer review exercise

concluded that there was good chairing at scrutiny, good relationships between

• fficers and members, and that party

political considerations did not impinge on effective scrutiny.

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Providing Direction

• The council continues to provide strong

leadership in social services.

• The council continues its lead role in

improving regional working.

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