Vale of Glamorgan Council Scrutiny Committee on Annual Council Reporting Framework 2013-2014 1
Annual Review and Evaluation of Performance 2013-14 This presentation summarises the key areas of progress and areas for improvement - as identified in our annual evaluation of the performance of the; Vale of Glamorgan council 2
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 overall it is considered to be good. 3
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. 4
Shaping Services 5
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. 6
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. 7
Getting Help 8
Adult Services • Good range and availability of domiciliary care services. • Carers Support Officer. • Waiting lists + and -. 9
Children’s Services • Preventative strategies. • Emotional and Mental Health needs of looked after children. • The Youth Offending Service. 10
The Services Provided 11
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. 12
Children’s Services • ‘ Families Achieving Change Together’ (FACT). • There has been an increase in the number of foster carers with the focus on providing placements for respite, sibling groups and children with especially complex needs. 13
Effect on people’s lives 14
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. 15
Children’s Services • Merging Cardiff and Vale Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards. 16
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. 17
Capacity 18
• 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. 19
Providing Direction 20
Providing Direction • The findings from the peer review exercise concluded that there was good chairing at scrutiny, good relationships between officers and members, and that party political considerations did not impinge on effective scrutiny. 21
Providing Direction • The council continues to provide strong leadership in social services. • The council continues its lead role in improving regional working. 22
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