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Corporate Assessment and Joint Area Review briefingThurrock Council2 November 2006
Gary Hammersley and Meena Randhawa
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Agenda• Overview of CA and JAR• How they link together and key differences• The teams and who is in them• What are we looking for• Timeline• Self assessments• More about the weeks we are here• Practical matters• AOB
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Corporate Assessment
• Ambition• Prioritisation• Capacity• Performance Management• Achievement
CPA Category4 Stars3 Stars2 Stars1 Star0 Stars
Children & young people
Social care
(adults)Environment CultureHousing Benefits
Use of Resources
• Financial reporting• Financial management• Financial standing• Internal control• Value for money
Level 1 services Level 2 services
Fire*
* Fire service assessment – applicable to those 16 councils with responsibility for fire and rescue
Direction of travelImproving strongly
Improving wellImproving adequately
Not improving adequately OR Not improving
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Corporate Assessment themesWhat is the Council and its partners trying to achieve?• Ambition• PrioritisationWhat is the capacity of the Council, including its work with partners,
to deliver what it is trying to achieve?• Capacity• Performance ManagementWhat has been achieved?• Achievement
– Sustainable communities, including transport – Safer & stronger communities– Healthier communities – Older people – Children and young people (JAR)
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Joint Area Review themes
Every child matters outcomes:• Being healthy• Staying safe• Enjoying and achieving• Making a positive contribution• Achieving economic wellbeing
Plus:• Service management
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Service management
Four themes same as corporate assessment:• Ambition• Prioritisation• Capacity• Performance management
Which must include judgements about:• Management of resources • Value for money• Capacity to improve
– Council
– Area
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Our aims
• To make it one process as much as possible• Reduce duplication and repetition where we can• If we work together we can jointly manage the process
to make it easier and reduce the burden
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Connections between the JAR and the CA (1)
Joint Area Review• Being healthy (1.1 – 1.6)
• Being healthy (1.1 – 1.6) • CYP are provided with a safe
environment (2.2)• Can access a range of
recreational facilities (3.6)• Participate in decisions and
support the community (4.3)• Reducing anti-social
behaviour by CYP (4.4)
Corporate assessment• Promoting healthier
communities (5.4)• Drugs and alcohol (5.3)• Accident reduction and
making people feel safer (5.3)
• Ambitions for the local environment (5.2)
• Building stronger communities (5.3)
• Reducing anti-social behaviour (5.3)
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Connections between the JAR and the CA (2)
Joint Area Review • Families helped to maximise
economic well-being (5.1)• YP 11-19 helped to prepare
for working life (5.2)• Regeneration addresses
needs of CYP (5.4)• YP have decent housing (5.5)
Corporate assessment• Sustainable economy and
labour market (5.2)
• Sustainable economy and labour market (5.2)
• Sustainable economy and labour market (5.2)
• Ambitions for local housing market (5.2)
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Connections between the JAR and the CA (3)
Joint Area Review Service management:• Ambition • Prioritisation • Capacity • Performance management For example:• Partner organisations know
how well they and each other are performing against planned outcomes (6.4.B)
Corporate assessmentCA Themes:• Ambition• Prioritisation• Capacity• Performance management
• Do the council and partner organisations know how well they and each other are performing against planned outcomes? (4.2)
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Differences between JAR and CA
Joint Area Review• Inspection of AREA• Service type inspection –
similar to old LEA inspection• Bottom up – case tracking,
neighbourhood study, analysis of documents and wide variety of outcome measures
• Interviews with senior staff towards end of process
Corporate Assessment• Inspection of COUNCIL• High level – how whole
council is doing• Top down – corporate
documents, wider range of councillors and senior officers; service info needed and used as examples
• Briefing from senior staff at beginning of process
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Composition of CA team
• Team leader (AC) – Gary Hammersley• Team member (AC) – Sarah Stevens• Peer member – Cllr Gareth Barnard (Bracknell Forest)• Peer officer – Trevor Pugh – LB of Richmond• Joint inspector (0.5) (AC)- Barbara Deacon-Hedges• Project Support Officer – David Tilley
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Composition of JAR team (variable)
• Lead Inspector (CSCI) - Meena Randhawa• Deputy Lead Inspector (Ofsted)- Kathryn Burdis• Team Inspector (Ofsted)- Nick Henwood• Team Inspector x 2 (CSCI)- Anna Lis, Helen Nys• Team Inspector (ALI)- Nick Gadfield• Team Inspector (HC)- Sue Fraser Betts• Joint Inspector (0.5) (AC) – Barbara Deacon-Hedges• Enhanced Youth Inspector (Ofsted) - Tony Noonan
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Role of Joint Inspector
• Member of both teams
• Take lead on one area of CA (e.g. older people and healthy communities)
• Take lead on service management in JAR
• Ensure relevant evidence from either team is passed over to the other team
• Facilitate communication and shared/joint working between members from the two teams
• Participate in both teams’ meetings
• Contribute to consistency of evidence and judgements across teams
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What are we looking for?
• Guided by KLOEs: CA and JAR• CPA – The Harder Test• How things are now rather than plans for the future• Work with partners• User focus• Needs of all the community• Outcomes for users and citizens, do they recognise
the difference?• Consistency vs. good isolated examples
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TimelineNovember 2 set up meeting
November 28 CA self assessment to be returned with docs
December 4 JAR self assessment to be returned
December 18 analysis week – split over 2 weeks due to Xmas
Jan 10 initial progress update from analysis week
Jan 22 – 2 Feb onsite field work weeks (weekly progress update)
Feb 5- 16 report writing
Feb 27 consistency panels
March 7 draft reports to council
March 21 re-draft after comments from council
April 18 final reports with council
April 23 feedback meetings – CA and JAR
May 14 publication of reports
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Self assessments
• First indication of what area/council is like• Use the KLOEs and guidance provided• JAR self assessment covers Thurrock and the
neighbourhood area so need to think about how it will be compiled
• ‘Tell the story’ around service delivery• Outcome focussed, evidence based• User focus• Self score• Be candid
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Analysis week – split over 2 weeks
• Tour for CA and some JAR members – 8th Jan• Neighbourhood study for JAR – field work week 1• Contextual briefing for CA (some JAR members may
attend)18th Dec pm:– Evidence provided by council/area– Evidence from other sources
(reviews/inspections/PIs/PAF/surveys)
• JAR case file review• Opportunities for observation?• Progress update at end of second part of analysis
week setting out: – Initial views from JAR and CA
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On-site weeks • Informal morning meetings with CEO and Dir
Children's Services• Neighbourhood tour for JAR - first day of week 1• Further analysis of documents• Interviews• Focus groups• End of day team meetings to review evidence
gathered and test emerging views• May cancel some interviews as line of enquiry closed
down• May ask for others to explore further• Progress report at end of each week (interim and final)
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Quality Assurance / if there are problems?
• Both the CA and JAR will be Quality Assured during the inspection
• Quality Assurance visits will be arranged to meet the Council while we are on site
• If you have any concerns or queries at any stage please liaise with the team leaders through your managers
• The Quality Assurance leads are also available if required
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Questions?