Making Two Tier Work in Gloucestershire 18 May 2009 Anne - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Anne Brinkhoff, Improvement Manager, Improvement Services Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) Jane Burns, Assistant Chief Executive, Gloucestershire County Council

Making Two Tier Work in Gloucestershire 18 May 2009

The Story

• Talking shops
• large, inclusive and

unwieldy GSP

• only did what others

didn’t/wouldn’t

• dominance of some

themes and some local LSPs

• no authority for

decision-making

• no rules of

engagement/”norms”

• no clear accountability
• no place for joint

vision

No “give and take” or “benefit of the doubt”

Our review

• new jobs of LAA and SCS – are we fit for

purpose?

• new gaps emerging e.g. the importance of

the environment

• tackle behaviours as well as structures
• small governance group
• helped by Tavistock Institute

• new vision - via

SCS

• clear roles and

responsibilities

• joined-up
• inclusive and

better engagement

• no hierarchy

Gloucestershire Conference

• “partnership of

partnerships”

• reps from

thematic, district LSPs and sectoral partnerships

• forward looking
• long term

• place for collective

decision making

• organisations
• elected and non-

elected leaders

• all 7 councils
• independent Chair

• make things

happen

• organisations and

partnerships

• chief executives /

chief officers

• All 7 councils

Cotswold LSP

• two key functions

– strategic influencer – deliver local Community Strategy

• effective

representation at the right levels

CDRP Environment Health and Well-being Economy and Skills Children and Young People Thematic Chairs Group Management Board GSP ABG CSEB Thematic Partnerships Gloucestershire Conference

Thematic Partnerships

• Co-ordinating strategy and delivery of key themes

across the County

• County and District level
• Gloucestershire Children and Young People’s

Strategic Partnership

• Gloucestershire Health and Community Wellbeing

Partnership

• Gloucestershire Safer and Stronger Communities

Partnership

• Gloucestershire First (economic)
• Gloucestershire Environment Partnership

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

CONFERENCE

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

CONFERENCE

GSP Gloucestershire Strategic Partnership GSP Gloucestershire Strategic Partnership 6 LSPS (Local Strategic Partnerships) 6 LSPS (Local Strategic Partnerships) 6 LSP CYP Thematic sub- groups (local CYPSP’s) 6 LSP CYP Thematic sub- groups (local CYPSP’s) CYPSP BOARD (Chaired by GCC lead member for CYP) CYPSP EXECUTIVE GROUP CYPSP PROGRAMME BOARD DISTRICTS NETWORK (Chairs of the 6 LSP CYP Thematic sub groups and district officers) DISTRICTS NETWORK (Chairs of the 6 LSP CYP Thematic sub groups and district officers) CHANGE FOR CHILDREN PROJECTS

(With Project Boards)

CHANGE FOR CHILDREN PROJECTS

(With Project Boards)

GSCB (Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board) GSCB (Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board) YJP (Youth Justice Partnership) YJP (Youth Justice Partnership) Participation Steering Group Participation Steering Group Workforce Development Steering Group Workforce Development Steering Group Commissioning Forum Commissioning Forum CYPSP COMMISSIONING BOARD 14 – 19 Strategic Group 14 – 19 Strategic Group Schools Forum Schools Forum District Youth Council and Youth Forum

D i s

Gloucestershire CYPSP Governance Structure

What has gone well?

• LAA process, sign-off and progress
• GOSW “acclaim”
• strategic
• LAA performance management
• Area Based Grant - Shifted Resources
• SIDP and Joint Core Strategy
• JSNA/MAIDEN
• local
• single domestic violence project
• community safety projects
• skills targets
• less
• happy VCS

“noise”

• pump priming and PRG
• attendance!

Ongoing Challenges

• “organised” chaos
• some don’t want their “roles” and

“responsibilities”

• good communications
• building and maintaining relationships
• collective versus organisational accountability
• economic downturn

Our learning

• 80 : 20 pragmatism not perfection
• always “work in progress”
• needs to dovetail with organisations’

business planning

• people make it work
• give people benefit of the doubt