Safer Communities Developing Local Plans, Joint Plans & the Connection to Safer and Stronger Local...

Safer Communities

Developing Local Plans, Joint Plans & the Connection to Safer and Stronger

Local Scrutiny/Local Plans and Community Safety

Cheryl Smith & Richard Whetton

NATIONAL STRATEGIC CONTEXT

• National Outcomes & National Improvement Framework - We live our lives safer from crime, disorder and danger

• The National Justice Strategy

• Police and Fire Reform

• The National Community Planning Priorities - Safer and Stronger Communities and Reducing Reoffending

Themes

• Violence Reduction Data

• Violence Reduction Education

• National Community Support Framework

• Assets Focused Interventions

• Building the Evidence base

BUILDING SAFER COMMUNITIES PROGRAMME

NATIONAL COMMUNITY SAFETY SUPPORT

Areas of work

• National Guidance – Safer Communities

• Specific local support

• Network funding and support

• Benefits and evidence work

• Local Scrutiny and Engagement (LSE) – Reform

LOCAL SCRUTINY AND ENGAGEMENT - LSE

Aims

• Facilitate smooth transition & ensure the new arrangements strengthen the connection between services and communities

• Project mandated – December 2011

• To seek full participation – All 32 local authorities

• To have all Local Arrangements in place from April 2013


General Context

• Long history of Partnership Working in Scotland• Community Planning and Improvement in Partnerships

• Building on Safer Communities - Community Safety - Public Protection- Emergency Planning

• Collaborative activity with national agencies


By September 2013

• All Local Scrutiny Arrangements in Place

• Joint Collaborative Statement published

• Interim Plans produced and tested

• Project Board for the project disbanded

• HMI Inspection published

• Update on the project available

• Case Studies and Process Maps ready

• Variety of local approaches


Local Variety

• Traditional Scrutiny – P&R, Community Safety, Audit, Other

• Safer Communities Board – Members and Partners

• Full Council

• Delegated – Safer Communities Partnership – Report to Council


Collaborative Statement – Guide for local members

• Focus on outcomes

• Understand local conditions and reflect the community voice

• Promote joint working to secure better outcomes and best value

• Provide strategic leadership in order to influence service delivery

• Support continuous improvement by providing constructive

challenge


Case Studies – Local Practice on Local Scrutiny

• West Lothian – Local Arrangements and tasking

• Aberdeen – Fire Plan focus on Outcomes

• Edinburgh – Use of Community Engagement creating a police plan

• Highland – Long term Member development

• Dundee - Leadership and Member involvement – ward to full council


Case Studies – Local Practice – Emerging Themes

• Investment in building member skills

• Value of strong community and partner engagement

• Value of joint decision making and resource allocation

• Value of collocation and opportunities for informal joint working

• Good use of evidence and joint assessments in identifying outcomes

THE CONNECTION TO SAFER AND STRONGER

The impact and challenge

• How are local areas managing the strategic agenda/plans?

- Range of plans relate to Safer and Stronger

• How is governance and scrutiny working for Safer & Stronger

- Different arrangements for partnerships and scrutiny

• What are the key issues and challenges for the year ahead?

- What are the changes taking place?

- Are they enabling better service coordination and delivery?

Process Mapping – Local Practice

• Aberdeen

• Perth and Kinross

• West Lothian

• Dundee

• Scottish Borders

• Renfrewshire


Local Fire & Rescue Plan

NationalStrategic

Assessment

Police Scotland performance

meeting

Corporate plan

Data analysis(national)

Scottish Government Ministers

Scottish Fire & Rescue Scotland BoardScottish Police Authority

Data analysis(local)

Fire Station or

Cluster Plans

Activities/ TaskingPerformance

ReportingData gathering/

consultation/analysis Primary ScrutinyPlans

Strategic Police

Priorities

National Performance Framework &

National Outcomes (16)

Fire and Rescue

Framework

National Strategic Plan

Scrutiny Sub-Committee

Strategic Police Plan

SFRS Strategic

Leadership Team

National Police Plan

Local Police Plan


Consultation 9

- community-stakeholders

Multi-ward (11)

policing plans


Consultation- community

-stakeholders

Renfrewshire Community Plan

& Single Outcome Agreement

Housing & Community Safety

(HACs) Policy Board 1 (P1, F1) Community Plan

Partnership Board (P1, F1)

5 CPP Strategic Theme Boards 4

(P1/2, F2)

5 Local Area Committees 2 (P2/3, F3)

Multi-agency Community Safety HUB

8

(P4, F4)

Community Safety & Public Protection Steering Group 3

(P1, F1)

Multi-Agency Tasking & Coordinating Meeting 7

(P4, F4)

Thematic groups/committees 5

(P1/2/3, F3)

Multi-Agency Joint Tasking Group 6

(P2&3, F3)

Joint Community safety local report (under development)

Renfrewshire Council

(40 elected members)

Strategic Needs

Assessment

Local Fire & Rescue Plan

NationalStrategic

Assessment

Police Scotland performance

meeting

Corporate plan


Scottish Government Ministers

Scottish Fire & Rescue Scotland BoardScottish Police Authority


Fire Station or

Cluster Plans

Activities/ TaskingPerformance

ReportingData gathering/

consultation/analysis Primary ScrutinyPlans

Strategic Police

Priorities

National Performance Framework & National

Outcomes (16)

Fire and Rescue

Framework

National Strategic Plan

Scrutiny Sub-Committee

Strategic Police Plan

SFRS Strategic

LeadershipTeam

National Police Plan

Local Police Plan



-stakeholders

Multi-ward policing plans



-stakeholders

Single Outcome Agreement

Community Planning

Partnership Board(P1,F1)

Scottish Borders

Full Council

Safer Communities Board 1 (P1,F1)

Safer CommunitiesTasking and Co-ordinating

(P2,F2)

Safer Communities Team

Wardens – daily tasking

5 working groups

Safer Communities Team Plan

Household surveys every 2 years

Data analysis


• Changes to Scrutiny models to provide broader oversight

• Creation of Safer Board models to provide broader oversight

Safer & Stronger Strategy Group

Gender Based Violence

Renfrewshire Forum for

Empowering Communities

Monthly Tasking & Co-ordinating Group

Adult Protection Committee

Child Protection Committee

Alcohol & Drugs Partnership

Do Your Bit Daily Tasking MAPPA

Travellers Group

Street Stuff Management Group

MATAC

EarlyInterventionScreeningGroup

PreventionEducation Group

Drugs Deaths

Addictions Operational Planning

The impact and challenge – workshop exercise

• How are local areas managing the strategic agenda/plans?

- Range of plans relate to Safer and Stronger

• How is governance and scrutiny working for Safer & Stronger

- Different arrangements for partnerships and scrutiny

• What are the key issues and challenges for the year ahead?

- What are the changes taking place?

- Are they enabling better service coordination and delivery?


SAFER COMMUNITIES – MONTHS AHEAD

• Refresh of the National Safer Communities Guidance

• Practice based – more case studies

• Safer Communities National Programme Board Established

• Benefits of reform work begins

• On-going work to support local development as required

• Violence Reduction work continues

• Asset based prevention activity increases

Thank you

Cheryl – 07774 765837 [email protected]

Richard – 07917 608262 [email protected]

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