MINUTES OF SUPPORTING PEOPLE CORE STRATEGY GROUP MEETING
Held on Thursday 20th July 2006
Time: 11.00am – 12.30pm
Venue: 4th Floor Meeting Room, Merton Civic Centre
Jane Nottage, LBM Housing Strategy & Development and Chair of the Merton SP Core Strategy Group
David Wright, LBM Strategy Development Team Manager
Nancy Adamson, LBM Service Manager and Development
Mr Saleem Sheikh – JCC representative
Andrew Austen, London Probation Service
Bev Tanner, LBM Principal Accountant Social Services
Nick Robinson, LBM SP Interim Monitoring and Review Officer
Eileen Nutting, LBM SP Team Manager
Jane Platts, LBM Fieldwork Manager for Physical Disability and Sensory Impairment
Heather Wood, Interim Sutton and Merton PCT Teenage Pregnancy Co-ordinator
Michael Pitt, LBM Mental Health Housing Development Manager
Michelle Gibbs, LBM DAAT Communities Officer
John Sykes, LBM Housing Needs Manager
Chris Giles, LBM Youth Offending Service Manager
Rahat Ahmed-Mann – Business Manager Learning Difficulties
Julie Trimnel-Paul – LBM Care manager, Drugs Team
Sally Rickard, PCT - Minutes
CONTENTS IN SUMMARY
1. Apologies & Introductions
Eugene Jones, Steve Langley, Michelle Gibbs, Yvonne Jones
Welcome to Julie and Rahat
2. Minutes of Last Meeting
Agreed
3. Actions Arising
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Nancy Adamson to find a replacement from CCMT to attend CSG.
Nancy advised she was retiring.
Performance Management – SP tam to obtain data directly from
Information Team in Community Care. MD to contact team.
Older People Strategy to be launched at Celebrating Age Festival
Supported Lodgings – Eugene Jones and Helen Cook leading on
remodelling of Services. MP invited to join working group. Action:
EN and BN meeting with John Haffenden
ACTION
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Needs Analysis – EN advised that CB are looking to CSG for
recommendations for proposals for new services
Mental Health Strategy
o MP to meet with Eugene Jones to see if funding can be
identified to fund a post to take actions forward Strategy not
finalised. Group has been set up to monitor action plan.
Action: MP and EJ
o Mr Sheikh advised that Scrutiny Panel were informed that there
was sign up for Mental Health Strategy. Would like to know
why there is a delay Action: MP to investigate.
o Progress report at the next meeting: Action: EJ/MP
4. Performance Management
MD presented paper. Providers send information quarterly, which is fed into
performance data. For KPI performance across the board is good. KPS
performance has dropped but it is linked to a lack of move-on
accommodation. KP3 % of BME accessing services is high.
SPIs SWLCAG are meeting week beginning 26th July 2006 to discuss SPIs –
purpose – to agree some common targets. We will then be able to
benchmark more effectively.
David Wright would like to see numbers, which figures represent. Action: MD
Performance data raises issues which then need investigating by SP ie on
staffing, utilisation.
At next meeting group would like to look into more detail at Domestic
Violence and Offenders. Action: MD
Agenda item
for September
5. Budget
BT presented budget quarterly report at June CB Next report due
September.
CB have expressed a desire to commission some new services. DW
advised there will be a bid from Jigsaw4U who received funding from
ALG for pilot work.
EN also advised that there would be a demand where Revenue funding
has been agreed following Housing Corp Funding in previous years.
Agenda item
for September
BT and EN to meet to prepare an option paper for carried forward figure.
Agenda item
for September
Action: BT to present paper to August CB panel.
6. Governance
This subject has been discussed at previous meetings. Issue around
membership and attendance.
Page 7 of governance arrangements:
3.1.1 Membership of CSG
Delete:
Housing Strategy Development Manager
Service Manager for Strategy & Development Community Care,
Planning and Commissioning Manager Community Care
Disability Housing Development Manager
Replacement and additions:
Service Planning and Strategy Manager Community & Housing
Joint Commissioning Manager Learning Disability
JCC
PCT representative
CB changes – amend Sally Rickard
Drug & Alcohol Team Manager (when set up)
Practice-based commissioners which PCT arrange
3.2
Amend to “Each representative will be required to nominate a deputy”.
At September meeting need to elect a chair and vice chair and have draft
Governance for signature, Agree a work plan
Also need to consider having a Provider on CSG group.
Service users need to have a mechanism in place to ensure views of service users
are fed to CSG.
Action: EN to draft governance and at September meeting, consider CB
views on future of CSG.
Thank you
The Core Strategy Group would like to thank and say goodbye to
Jane Nottage for chairing Core Strategy Group and wish her well in her new post at
Sutton.
Nancy Adamson who is retiring at the beginning of September
Agenda item
for September
7. Inspection
MP briefed CSG on the Inspection. There will be a focus group for Merton
staff and one for external members.
8. National Supporting People Strategy (deferred)
Agenda item
for September
9.
South West London Cross Authority Group
The chair is Stacey Smith from Wandsworth. CSG would like to see work
plan and minutes Action EN to circulate
Agenda item
for September
10. AOB
None
Dates of Next Meetings (all 11.00 to 12.30)
21st August – 4th Floor Meeting Room - CANCELLED
25th September – 4th Floor Meeting Room
23rd October - 4th Floor Meeting Room
23rd November - 4th Floor Meeting Room
20th December - 4th Floor Meeting Room