Transcript Item 6: CAA Progress Report - East Sussex Strategic Partnership

Area Assessment in East Sussex
July 2009 Emerging Thinking
Purpose of this discussion – open and
transparent dialogue : ‘start of a dialogue’
To start to share the emerging picture
• Current thinking and areas for focus
 light touch tracking of progress
 issues needing further investigation or information
• any issues currently “tagged” red or green - none todate
• issues we are likely to report on this year/ongoing
To hear your views on:
• whether we have hit the right issues?
• gaps in our knowledge and how best to fill
• any particular exceptional or innovative examples you would like to
highlight in these areas?
• any areas you think are of concern that you would welcome some
external challenge on?
Area assessment is about
How well served are people in East Sussex
• by organisations working together to
deliver better outcomes
• how you as public bodies are working
differently and
• what do you need to do differently
Judgements across inspectorates
Year 1 – will be an ‘initial take’
Organisational assessments for councils
and fire and rescue authority ongoing
Evidence sources so far…
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Pride of Place;
Background notes produced by AC;
Scan of public information – websites/ inspection reports;
Discussion with thematic partnership leads & others;
Document review – focussed on ESSP monitoring of
delivery of local priorities;
• Track record of organisational performance including
performance assessments, CPA, Joint Area Review
We are following your agenda: Pride of Place
9 local priorities:
 Economy, jobs and prosperity;
 Transport, access and communications;
 Housing;
 Environment and climate change;
 Education, Learning and skills;
 Health and wellbeing;
 Community safety;
 Community strength and leadership;
 Culture, sports and leisure;
+ Older people;
+ Children and young people .
Pride of Place – measures of success
Pride of Place sets out key countywide tasks for each strategic priority.
3 sets of action plans:
• LAA targets monitored and reported to ESSP;
• Countywide action plan agreed May 2009;
• Local action plans of partners and partnerships
Our current thinking:
• ESSP monitors performance against LAA targets well
• We are not yet clear about what full picture of delivery of local
priorities looks like beyond LAA targets
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How
well do local priorities for
East Sussex express community
needs and aspirations?
Place Survey 2008
Improvements in perception about quality of life issues:
• Satisfaction with local area increasing
• Crime and anti-social behaviour seen as less of a problem
Perceptions of influence static ( declining elsewhere)
Fall in satisfaction with councils
Broadly reflects national picture
Pride of Place - current thinking
• comprehensive, integrated approach
• good understanding of the diversity of the area and the
issues faced - reflects the key challenges for the area
• consultation and engagement appear effective and
inclusive
• user friendly ESSP website
• sustainability, narrowing the inequality gap and value for
money are cross cutting themes
• ESSP mature and inclusive
• differences between place understood - significant
challenge : spread of deprivation levels across county
Areas for focus
We need to better understand:
• What ‘narrowing the gap’ looks like in terms of
outcomes for specific people and places
How well are outcomes and
improvements needed being delivered?
What are the prospects for
improvement?
Economy, Jobs and Prosperity
Strategic priority: To narrow the economic performance gap
within and between communities in the county and between the
county and the region, in order to develop a thriving, diverse and
sustainable economy where everyone can prosper
Background:
Significant numbers of small businesses;
Low skill – low wages economy;
Different economies across county – rural, urban, coastal.
Working age people claiming out of work benefits in worst performing
neighbourhoods – currently red LAA target;
Current thinking/Areas for focus
Impact of economic climate:
• Partners have developed a strong evidence based approach to
managing the impact of the recession
• Recession Task Force up and running – partnership approach
Too early to assess impact but sound evidence based approach that
reflects local circumstances, identifies opportunities as well as
challenges and plans for progress once recession ended. We will
track progress .
Progress in narrowing the economic gap : what does success looks
like in terms of outcomes ?
Engagement of the business and voluntary sectors: positive
examples of engaging voluntary sector ; we need to better
understand challenges in engaging business sector in an inclusive
way
Transport, access and
communications
• Strategic priority : To improve
sustainable travel choices and
access to services and
facilities within and between
communities in the county
• Background:
• Transport network: no
motorways; main A roads
radial from London; 11 miles
dual carriageway; character
including future National Park;
• KSI – red LAA target
Current thinking/ Areas for focus
Killed & Seriously Injured (KSI)
Red LAA target. We will track progress of East Sussex
Casualty Board (Safer Sussex Roads Partnership) .
Plans and progress on transport infrastructure .
Plans and progress on rural transport and rural
accessibility to services .
Need to better understand management of the complex
tensions. We will follow progress of Rural Transport
Study. Likely to be year 2 focus.
Housing
Strategic priority: To provide affordable, good quality and
environmentally friendly homes and housing for all;
Background:
Balance between jobs and homes – house price/local
earnings affordability gap - a key challenge;
Tensions between need for housing and respect for high
quality environment and nationally designated landscapes;
SE Plan – Hastings designated as primary regional centre.
Current thinking/Areas for focus
Strategic approach
Countywide strategic approach is developing.
Some areas where outcomes have exceeded targets – eg temporary
accommodation/empty homes.
Housing delivery, including affordable housing
Provision of homes and specifically affordable homes is a key challenge . NI 154 is
currently a red LAA target . We will track plans and progress to address shortfall.
Needs of the most vulnerable
Plans to address needs of people with disabilities at an early stage .
Partners working together to improve services for some of the most vulnerable – eg youth
homelessness, – but too early to assess impact. We will track progress.
Private Sector Housing
Working together effectively to tackle poor conditions in the private sector – BEST
partnership.
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Environment and climate change
Strategic priority: To protect and enhance our natural and
built environment for current and future generations, and
enable individuals and organisations to tackle and adapt
to climate change
Background:
Climate change conference ;
Joint waste management strategy and waste director’s
forum progressing partnership working;
Mixed performance on recycling;
Conserve high quality natural environment.
Current thinking/Areas for focus
Climate change & sustainable development
Strong commitment and partnership engagement. We will track
progress against action plans currently being developed.
Waste management
Overall approach appears to be developing .
We will pick up mainly through organisational assessments of councils
Education, Learning and Skills
Strategic priority: High quality education, learning and skills
development opportunities for all by building on good performance
and improving poor performance
Background:
Low skills economy;
Children make good progress in early years – gap reducing;
KS2 – rate of level 4 or above (Eng & Maths) just below
national/similar authorities average;
2008 APA identified low rates of attainment at KS4 as area for
improvement
Attainment gap for SEN and pupils with free school meals at KS2 not
narrowing
NEETs – rate declining but above average
Current thinking/Areas for focus
Narrowing the gap in educational attainment
The picture of C&YP attainment is broadly in line with national profile .
Through Ofsted performance profiles we will track the extent to
which equality gaps are closing through targetted impact.
Skills agenda
We need to better understand how links between economic and
educational aspirations are managed .
Health and wellbeing
Strategic priority: To reduce health and care inequalities within and
between communities and improve overall health and well being
Background:
Striking differences in health outcomes across the area – 13 year
difference in life expectancy;
Disproportionate outcomes linked to deprivation;
Teenage pregnancies – less than England average but variations in
rates significant ;
Alcohol related hospital admissions are high;
Smoking higher than England average and very high during pregnancy
Current thinking/ Areas for focus
Targetted action to address health inequalities
Positive links between JSNA and Pride of Place .
Measures not always well defined.
Examples of positive initiatives to tackle inequality – eg
DAAT with good prospects for improvement.
We need to track how partners work together to target
activity to narrow the gap in outcomes across the county
and how capacity issues are addressed.
Community Safety
Strategic priority: To build safe communities through
targeted activity, particularly in high crime areas.
Background:
Crime levels are lower and falling faster than in the south
east as a whole. They vary across the county, with
Hastings having the highest levels.
Violent crime reducing but remains high;
Action planned to tackle alcohol related violence
Current thinking
Targetted action in hotspots
We will track progress against community safety plan
outcomes focussing in particular on crime hotspots.
Community strength and
leadership
Strategic priority: To build strong, sustainable
communities with effective and inclusive participation,
representation and leadership
Areas for focus
What does success look like ?
We need to better understand outcomes and what success
looks like in delivering this priority.
Culture, Sports and Leisure
Strategic priority: To enable everyone to enjoy a wide
range of cultural, sporting and leisure opportunities
Current thinking/Areas for focus
All age approach taken including focus on older people;
What does success look like ?
We need to better understand outcomes and what success
looks like in delivering this priority.
Older People
• Strategic priority: To support
older people to have a healthy,
active and independent life
• Background:
• Higher proportion of older
people than regional and
national averages;
• Ageing population : projected
older people population of
50.9% by 2029;
• Highest proportion of 85+
residents than any county in
England.
Current thinking
Planning for ageing population
• Older People’s Joint Commissioning Strategy – good
evidence base of need linked to JSNA , engagement
with 7 older people forums
• Older people’s partnership – evidence of good practice
We need to track progress and ensure that this significant
challenge is being effectively addressed.
Children and Young People
Strategic priority: To ensure children and young people
are well cared for, have healthy life styles, achieve their
potential and grow into confident , empowered ,
responsible adults – able to contribute to the economic
prosperity of the county
Background:
APA 2008 results positive - outstanding: healthy/staying
safe/positive contribution
Under 18 conceptions – variations in rate , not falling as
quickly as some areas.
Current thinking/Areas for focus
Ofsted performance profile will track progress.
Flagging - in final report
Tagging – cues for discussion now
Green Flag
• Represents exceptional performance or
outstanding improvement which is resulting in
proven delivery of better outcomes for local
people that are sustainable and which others
could learn from
• Good or very good practice will not be sufficient
• Neither will rapid improvement that cannot be
sustained
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Red Flag
• Where there are significant concerns about outcomes
and future prospects for outcomes, which are not being
tackled adequately
– i.e. something different or additional needs to happen to improve
outcomes
• One of more of the following circumstances may result in
a red flag:
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Performance is poor, slipping or not improving
Service or outcome standards are un acceptable
Improvement is not on track to achieve a target
Locally agreed priorities do not reflect evident and pressing need
Insufficient account is being taken of inequality
Insufficient account is being taken of people whose
circumstances make them vulnerable or who are at risk of
avoidable harm
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Taking this forward
• Contribute evidence from organisational assessments;
• Close gaps through ongoing dialogue – signpost key
people/documents;
• Continue to share emerging picture ;
• Formal update to ESSP ion 2 October ;
• Pre –publication draft AA report 16 October;
• Publication 10 December.
Purpose of this discussion – open and
transparent dialogue
. To start to share the emerging picture
• Current thinking and area for focus
 light touch tracking of progress
 issues needing further investigation or information
• any issues currently “tagged” red or green
• issues we are likely to report on this year/ongoing
To hear your views on:
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whether we have hit the right issues?
gaps in our knowledge and how best to fill;
any particular exceptional or innovative examples you would like to highlight
in these areas?
any areas you think are of concern that you would welcome some external
challenge on?