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Outcome Based Approach Workshop

30 September 2009 SOA’s & Community Planning

Andrew WilsonCommunity Planning Manager

Falkirk Council

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Community Planning is..

• A collaboration of different agencies to achieve our vision & meet communities needs

• A process to agree priorities for an area• A generic term for different approaches• As successful as its constituent elements• Not resourced• Not a one-stop shop• Not a burden of structures but an effective

means of helping to improve services

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Strategic Communit

yPlan

Corporate Plans

Strategic PoliciesAnd Strategies

Service Plans and Budgets

Review and Public Performance Reporting

• Clear links between plans, outcomes and performance management.

• Themes of SCP, Corporate Plans, Policies and Strategies.

• Interpreting national outcomes into local priorities.

• The SOA cannot capture everything and is therefore set at a strategic level although it links through all the levels

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Lifelong Learning and Opportunity

Lifelong Learning and Opportunity

EconomicDevelopment

AndTourism

EconomicDevelopment

AndTourism

Children and Young People

Children and Young People

Equal Opportunites and Equity of

Access

Equal Opportunites and Equity of

Access

Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Community

Engagement

Community Engagement

Public Sector Reform

Public Sector Reform

CommunityRegeneration

CommunityRegeneration

HealthAnd

Wellbeing

HealthAnd

Wellbeing

CommunitySafety

CommunitySafety

Improving Our

Neighbourhood

Improving Our

Neighbourhood

LEADERSHIP GROUPStrategic Direction

AccountabilityAttainment

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MANAGEMENT GROUPOperational Management

Scrutiny & ChallengeStrategic Community Plan

LEADERSHIP GROUPStrategic Direction

AccountabilityAttainment

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MANAGEMENT GROUPOperational Management

Scrutiny & ChallengeStrategic Community Plan

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The Falkirk CPP

• Falkirk Council• NHS Forth Valley• Central Scotland Police• Central Scotland Fire & Rescue Service• CVS Falkirk & District• Forth Valley College• Skills Development Scotland• SEStran

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Background• The Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) is an agreement

between the Scottish Government and the Falkirk CPP• It sets out what the Council and its Community

Planning partners will deliver on in terms of local priorities and our contribution to national outcomes

• It’s about the partnership’s collective commitment to ensuring that we provide the best quality services at an affordable cost

• The SOA forms part of the arrangements within the Local Government Concordat which also underpins funding between 2008 – 2011, reduces funding bureaucracy and embodies new performance reporting arrangements, streamlined scrutiny & retention of efficiency savings

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Our Journey

• Our 1st SOA was with CPP, some areas only Councils– Involved all Council Services & Key CP partners

• Our Strategic Community Plan (supported by Council Corporate Plan) sets out our 20-year vision and local priorities

• Pro-active development of a CPP performance management framework which acted as a foundation for the SOA– Outcomes– PIs

• Local Outcomes haven’t changed much as a result of the SOA• Evolution & refreshment• Hasn’t resulted in a complete alignment between the CPP &

national priorities

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SOA Practicalities• Is a means of:• Reporting progress• Better national

understanding of local context

• Asks – Scottish Govt support in achieving priorities

• Isn’t a means of:• Reporting to the

Govt• Delivering on

everything• A replacement for

what we do

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Our Challenges

• A lot of different guidance from different Government departments e.g. not including all of our HEAT targets– Local decisions based on relevance

• The SOA should not be a means of including everything but should focus on key local priorities & outcomes– “If our initiative isn’t mentioned our funding will be cut”– Relevance of front-line work to the SOA

• Continuing relevance of traditional national initiatives. Latest policy direction is integrated & demonstrates new thinking

• Lobbying & commentary by external agencies on how well our SOA reflected a particular initiative

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Benefits• Liaison with Scottish Govt Director

– Sits on our Management Group– Improved understanding of local areas, priorities & context– Local challenges, growing population

• Young People & classes with 95% to 100% occupancy• Over 65’s

– Meaningful feedback including progress on our Asks

• Rounded partnership approach• Local accountability of SOA make us more nimble

– Performance / Progress Report– Information from 2006 – present (trends)– Real-time information

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Measuring the Difference?• Have SOA’s made a difference or would we have

done it anyway?• Short-term or cumulative effect• Comparison across Scotland?

– The SOA is designed to reflect local diversity

• Disconnect between local SOA measurement & the national performance framework

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Recession

• Mitigating the impacts of the recession– Economic downturn action plan

• Retaining our aspiration & motivation• Prioritisation• Impact of decisions on other partners• Equity of savings vs. protected areas of spend (NHS,

Education)

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Vision for 2005 to 2010

• The legacy of our past and the potential of our future are protected

• Our area is at the centre of Scottish life• Our future is as one of the most culturally

diverse and distinct areas in Scotland• Our future has investment in jobs, learning,

homes and leisure for all• Our area is the place to be in the third

Millennium

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• Copies of our SOA available at:– http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/about_council/PDFs/single_outcome_agreement.pdf

• You can contact me at: communityplanning@falkirk.gov.uk

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