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Strategic Guidance
for
Community Learning &
Development
East Lothian Learning Partnership
Conference
Dec 2012
Focus for today
• Why new strategic guidance now?
• What is it seeking to achieve?
• What are the opportunities and the
issues for practice?
Why Guidance Now?
• Major changes in context, policy and practice since
2004
• Putting Learners at the Centre: delivering our
ambitions for post-16 education
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Scottish Government commitment to work with
partners to develop a CLD strategy
• Reform of public services
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SG’s response to the Christie Commission
Community Empowerment Renewal Bill
& Review of Community Planning
Context : the future of public services
“The focus of public spending and action must build
on the assets and potential of the individual, the
family and the community…Public services must
work harder to involve people in the redesign and
reshaping of their activities”
(Scottish Government’s response to the report of the Commission on the
Future of Public Service Delivery)
Context : Putting Learners at the Centre
Scottish Government proposals for post-16 education include:
• Develop a CLD Strategy with local authorities, 3rd sector and
others
• Opportunities and flexible pathways for all learners
• CfE, 16+ Learning Choices and Activity Agreements: key role
for CLD
• Improving alignment of CLD with SDS & Job Centre +
• Improving life-chances and job prospects, in particular for
“those who have been out of work or learning for a long
time”
Context: Review of CPPs
“ Communities… have a key role to play in helping to
shape and coproduce better outcomes …if
community planning partnerships are to unlock that
potential, their foundations must be built on a
strong understanding of their communities, an
provide genuine opportunities to consult, engage
and involve them.”
Context: Review of CPPs
“Preventative approaches will involve a shift in influence,
from those who provide services to those who use them,
with greater co-ownership … with people rather than just for
them. “
“ This empowering of ..communities at the centre of service
design ..with service users better able through their
relationships with staff to draw on assets already available
in local areas (including the strengths, knowledge and
experiences of communities, families and individuals).”
EMBEDDING PREVENTION IN SOAs – Cosla SG 2012
SOA Guidance Priorities
“there is significant scope to reduce
inequalities;”
“partnership working and community
engagement and co-production are seen as
being critical to achieving the
transformational change “
CPP review - Paper on SOA Guidance Oct 2012
Context: Who Delivers CLD?
• Less public sector provision
• Growth and diversity in voluntary sector
• Specialist CLD - disconnected – Housing,
Equalities, Comm Care
• Resources under pressure
• Better connections required - across CLD
services & sectors
• Including staff in mainstream services
Key Messages
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Inclusive partnership working, across sectors and active
communities is essential
Re-affirms CLD’s role in working to reduce inequalities
Identifies activities that deliver CLD outcomes
Emphasis's CLD’s role in prevention & and delivering the
National Performance Framework
Restates importance of developing the workforce and the
key role of self- evaluation for improvement
Reinforces CLD as a consistent, central element of public
services.
Requires CPPs to lead implementation and
The purpose of CLD
To empower people, individually and collectively, to
make positive changes in their lives and in their
communities, through learning.
Within the National Performance Framework, CLD should focus on:
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Improved life chances for people of all ages, through
learning, personal development and active citizenship
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Stronger, more resilient, supportive, influential and
inclusive communities.
What are the key activities that will deliver
the outcomes we expect?
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Community development, including:
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Early intervention with children, young people and families, including:
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Youth work
Family learning
Community-based adult learning, including:
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Building community capacity
Enabling communities to engage with decision-making
Adult literacy and numeracy
ESOL
Learning for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including people with
disabilities, care leavers or offenders
Volunteer development
Learning support and guidance in the community
Who is it aimed at?
Strategic not operational guidance
• Community Planning Partnerships – responsible for
leading implementation
• Local authorities: leadership and direction
• Public agencies and services, voluntary
organisations, schools, NHS, housing associations,
equalities groups, social enterprises
• Communities including young people
Strategic focus – operational impact
Related Scottish Government activity…
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Exploration of legislative powers for CLD & CERB
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Reviewing and strengthen role of CPPs
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Consideration of the future of pre-service training
for CLD
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Integration of CLD in post-16 Education Reform
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Funding support for community & third sector
organisations
Doing things differently
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Core role in public services
A new partnership with communities
Empowerment
Prevention
Inclusive partnerships
Workforce development that keeps pace with
change
• Performance
Implementation framework &
Action Plan
• Raising awareness of the SG and its policy
content - CLD stakeholders
• Promote the wider benefit of CLD in policy
and other services
• Establish the mechanisms for the strategic
approach
• Ensure that these are informed by learning
from practice
Policy and strategy
• Working with Government to create a stronger
legislative base for CLD.
• Working to ensure that - Community Empowerment
and Renewal Bill and the Review of Community
Planning are developed and implemented in a
joined up way.
• Working with policy colleagues to identify and
promote CLD across a range of policies.
Support community planning
by
• Supporting Local needs assessment and CLD
planning
• Encouraging CLD approaches – through joint
workforce development
Improving practice by
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Identifying and sharing good practice
Supporting effective practice networks
Supporting and delivering CPD activities
Developing inspection and scrutiny
arrangements
• Supporting improvement through selfevaluation
Workforce development
• Support local partnerships to embed CPD in their
strategies and practice.
• Work with partners to deliver national CPD
programmes addressing key needs and
opportunities.
• Work with the CLD Standards Council to ensure that
the national CPD strategy and i-develop drive and
support workforce development
• Promote CLD approaches in broader workforce
development for service reform
Quality assurance and quality
improvement,
• Explore and develop new models of support
for self-evaluation and review.
• Work with partners to develop and pilot the
new learning community inspection model.
• Working with the Improvement Service to
develop improved indicators for the impact of
CLD work.
Questions to consider
• How does the guidance relate to what you
currently do?
• What opportunities and challenges exist?
• How can you make effective use of the
guidance and contribute to achieving its
aims?
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