Transcript Total Place: Networking & collaboration

A better place
Karen Balfour
Be Birmingham
VCS Matters Summit
23 June 2010
One way to
respond is to
pull up the
drawbridge …
Another is to
move to
greater
collaboration
Gangs
Mental health
Early
intervention
Drugs and
alcohol
Learning
disability
Community
demonstrator
Council and LSP
1. UNDERTAKING A STRATEGIC REVIEW
OF PRIORITIES
What is this?:
Priority setting beginning with discussion at Exec Board
Priorities for next 5 years that will:
•Enable progression towards 5 strategic outcomes
•Where we can make a real impact using existing resources and expertise
•Only be achieved through joint working across agencies
•Plan for Engagement with elected members to be agreed
Progress:
•Summit in July to explore Total Place and vision 2026 priorities further, detailed
work during summer and summit in autumn to finalise
2. REVIEWING THE GOVERNANCE &
PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS NEEDED
FOR THE FUTURE
What is this?:
This action will develop proposals for partnership working post-2011.
Total Place values and principles, strengthened Governance and resource
implications
Progress:
Future role of LSP
Draw up proposals for role, values and principles to underpin Total Place approach
More robust governance arrangements with a greater Elected Member accountability
discussions with scrutiny
Revamped board, and collaborative leadership network
3. DEVELOPING BEHAVIOUR & CULTURE
CHANGE
What is this?:
Building on the work that is taking place with the Executive Board around
partnership behaviours, the Leadership for Change programme will be focussing
on the behaviour and culture change that will be required to embed a Total
Place way of working
Progress:
• Leadership for Change programme started 26th May
•100 participants
•Leadership for change programme underway , 100 participants
Initial meeting of HR Directors
• Proposals to develop public sector workforce development model
4. DEVELOPING THE PRINCIPLE OF A 'BUDGET FOR
BIRMINGHAM'
What is this?:
To develop the concept of a budget for Birmingham working with partners to
identify more efficient ways of working, and establishing value for money criteria
Progress:
Establishing a Total Place Core Finance Team, meeting to develop a workplan
for approval by Executive Board Initially covering issues such as:
•Revisiting Public Expenditure and Investment study
•comparing financial strategies across partner agencies
•Matching investment to agreed priorities
5. SHARING SERVICES
What is this?:
This assignment will explore and identify potential areas where partners could collaborate around
sharing services to save money and improve quality of service delivery.
Progress:
First meeting of Partners 28th May - Immediate ‘quick win’ opportunities identified:
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The City Council postal service
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Energy supply
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Telephone services
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Payroll
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initial meeting held with PCT’s WM Police , WM fire service and BCC
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procurement officers to identify opportunities for collaboration, workshop to be held to explore
customer interface services, service mapping to be undertaken
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further meeting in 2 months to review progress
6. DEVELOP A SHARED INTELLIGENCE
FUNCTION
What is this?:
Work to improve greatly the quality of evidence used in selecting priorities,
making investment choices and estimating impacts of our work on people’s lives
and budgets. A feature of the Birmingham approach will be collecting less data
of a higher quality and doing more with that data.
Progress:
Cross agency project board established, stocktake of current arrangements
underway, initial meetings with HMT and Manchester CC on cost-benefit work,
strategic framework drafted by DoPH, working with Steve Aos (Washington
State Institute) to develop UK-based model of prevention.
7. APPLYING A TOTAL PLACE APPROACH
TO CAPITAL PROJECTS
What is this?:
The examination of the existing capital and investment infrastructure
together with wider planning arrangements to find efficiency and
effectiveness gains through greater synergy
Progress:
Scoping meeting scheduled for 23rd June
8. DEVELOPING NEW APPROACHES TO
WORKING WITH FAMILIES IN A MORE
JOINED UP AND CO-ORDINATED WAY
What is this?:
This workstream will improve the identification of and assistance
given to high demand or high need families.
Progress:
Initial cross-sector scoping meeting arranged for 7th July.
9. PILOT PROJECTS
Four Themes developed from the original pilot
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Total Community
Board Champion: Sophia Christie
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Drugs & Alcohol
Board Champion: Jason Lowther
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Learning Disabilities
Board Champion: Moira Dumma
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Mental Health
Board Champion: Peter Hay
10. DEVELOPING A JOINT APPROACH TO
LOCALISM/ NEIGHBOURHOOD
WORKING
What is this?:
This workstream will build on the ‘neighbourhood approach’, with
greater collaboration between agencies and involvement of
communities and community organisations in local service delivery.
(Big Society for Birmingham)
Progress:
Consultation process under way