Meeting documents
Communities Scrutiny Sub-Committee (DCC)
Monday 1 March 2004
Meeting: Communities Scrutiny Sub-Committee (County Hall, Durham - Committee Room 1a - 01/03/2004 10:00:00 AM)
Item: A7 Work Programme
| Scrutiny Sub-Committee for Promoting Strong, Healthy and Safe Communities |  |
| Report of Head of Overview and Scrutiny | |
1. To up-date Members of the Sub-Committee about the work programme for the Sub-Committee.
Background
2. The Work Programme provides the opportunity to plan the work of the Sub-Committee. The programme, however, does change in response to new issues which arise. The Work Programme, therefore, provides a guide in terms of forward planning and project management. The timing of projects in the programme constantly needs to be adjusted.
Current position
3. The Mental Health project has now ended and will report to Cabinet in early April 2004. The Social Services Sickness Absence Scrutiny Working Group has now concluded taking evidence and is expected to report in the next few months.
4. Given the conclusion of the above two projects, members may now wish to give consideration to the next area of work they want to undertake. To assist members with this process, details of the Council’s Strategic Objectives, Medium Term Priorities for Improvement and Investment Priorities in relation to Strong Healthy and Safe Communities agreed by Cabinet on 11 December 2003 are attached. Also included are the relevant Challenges contained within the County Durham Strategic Vision. Members will recall that the Scrutiny Development Session held in January also considered possible areas for scrutiny investigation in 2004 and details of those areas identified in relation to Strong, Healthy and Safe Communities are also attached for information.
Recommendations
5. You are recommended to note the current Work Programme and give consideration to an area/areas for possible scrutiny investigation.
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SCRUTINY SUB-COMMITTEE FOR
PROMOTING STRONG, HEALTHY AND SAFE COMMUNITIES
DRAFT WORK PROGRAMME
March 2003 - October 2004
| CALENDAR | PROJECT | REVIEW |
| 2003 | | |
| March | Mental Health of Young People | Regular Performance ManagementReducing Child Road Deaths and Injuries ?d |
| April | | |
| May | | Social Services Sickness Absence |
| June | | |
| July | | Aids and Adaptations |
| August | | Carrier Bag Culture |
| September | | Regular Performance Management |
| October | | |
| November | | |
| December | | Regular Performance Management |
| 2004 | | |
| January | | |
| February | | Carrier Bag Culture ?r |
| March | | Regular Performance Management |
| April | | Aids and Adaptations |
| May | | |
| June | | Regular Performance Management |
| July | | |
| August | | |
| September | | Regular Performance Management |
| October | | Mental Health of Young People |
PROMOTING STRONG, HEALTHY AND SAFE COMMUNITIES
Strategic objectives (with priority areas in bold):
u To support and protect vulnerable adults, young people and children
u To help to reduce the fear of crime
u To help to make County Durham a safer place
u To help to improve the health of local people
u To invest in our children and young people
Medium term priorities for improvement:
u Improve life chances for children and integrate services for children and young people in line with the proposals outlined in the Green Paper ‘Every Child Matters’
u Respond to the individual and diverse needs of people with a learning disability
u Integrate services across all SSD service user groups
u Develop preventative services in localities
u Clarify and communicate the Councils role in improving health and reducing health inequalities
u Implement the Council’s action plan for drugs, alcohol and substance misuse
u Work to meet the targets in the Youth Justice Plan
u Complete the programme for extra care homes
u Engage in and support the development of a county-wide strategy for housing and innovative regeneration initiatives to promote sustainable communities
Investment priorities:
u Children’s services (implications of the Green Paper ‘Every Child Matters’
COMMUNITIES SUB-COMMITTEE
| PROJECT | WHY | OUTCOME SOUGHT |
| 1. Fear of Crime | Impact on most residents. | Co-operation with partners. Seek to change community attitude and responsibility. |
| 2. Support and Services for Vulnerable Adults | Response to White Paper. | Pattern of services to be provided by DCC. |
| 3. Children’s Services Review | Proximity of Green Paper. | Beacon status provider. |
| 4. Modernising Services for Older People | Lack of re-visiting previous working group report. | To be reviewed on a six monthly basis. |
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