Archived decisions

Hampshire Safer and More Secure for all

There is a reassuring, visible uniformed presence

Key activities

Manager responsible

ACSOs:

· targeted in highest crime/ anti-social behaviour localities

· increased to cover the entire county

· development of the rapid response team

Jon Whale

Non-emergency 101 number pilot - provided by HCC and Hampshire local authorities for the public to report a range of community safety issues

Hugh Langford

PRIDE 2007 programme to reduce crime in green spaces through engagement with young people, based in Staunton Country Park for 2007

John Tickle

The users of Hampshire's roads are safer

Key activities

Manager responsible

Road engineering improvements: target higher risk to create a better highway environment

Tim Cheesebrough

Road user education services, targeted on children, motorcyclists, business drivers, young drivers

who are most at risk of injury

Tim Cheesebrough

Safer Roads Partnership - speed management in rural and urban areas

Tim Cheesebrough

Safer schools - delivery of Safer Routes to Schools initiatives and `Streets Ahead'

John Buckett

Private Finance Initiative (PFI) to take advantage of latest technology to renew and maintain street lighting and increase the safety of Hampshire streets

Brian Millen

Improve emergency response times by increasing the number of automated external defibrillators and trained users within the community

Tim Cheesebrough

Children stay safe and feel secure

Key activities

Manager responsible

Local Safeguarding Children Board - developing multi-agency approach to safeguarding vulnerable groups, including those in private fostering

Rita Crowne

Safer recruitment within schools and HCC - ensuring all employees who will work with children and vulnerable adults are comprehensively vetted through a formal framework

Richard White, supported by John Wakeling

Development of safe and effective information sharing systems across all partner agencies

David Woodward

Enhance early intervention and prevention services through:

· Development of the Common Assessment Framework and early intervention teams

· parenting support

· preventing domestic violence

· support to young carers

Pam Robinson

Focus on reducing re-offending rates of Children Looked After, as part of overall Youth Offending Team programme

Colin Hardy supporting Steve Crocker (YOT)

Vulnerable adults and older people are protected

Key activities

Manager responsible

Complete the development of a robust Adult Protection process

Assistant Director Well-being and Communities

Sharing user information appropriately

Assistant Director Well-being and Communities

Supporting elected members as champions of vulnerable people

Assistant Director Well-being and Communities

Integrated performance management process

Assistant Director Well-being and Communities

Independent living is promoted through community safety initiatives

Key activities

Manager responsible

Buy with confidence - trader approval scheme

Jon Whale

Vulnerable residents protected from doorstep criminals and rogue traders through the Protecting Older People project and quick response team; No Cold Calling Zones

Jon Whale

Hampshire County Council is prepared in the event of a major emergency/ disaster and has adequate contingency arrangements to ensure the continued delivery of vital services

Key activities

Manager responsible

Ensuring compliance with new standards in Civil Contingencies Act

Ian Hoult

Development of business continuity planning

Ian Hoult

Hampshire contributes to the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change

Key activities

Manager responsible

Using landlord's repair and maintenance programmes to improve energy efficiency and reduce CO₂ emissions from buildings

Mike Fitch

Reduce CO₂ emissions from our own transport fleet

Kevin Green

Reduce amount of transport required by increasing compaction of waste at Household Waste Recycling Centres

Paul Archer

Work with partners (Climate Change Commission) to develop an action plan and strategy to lead the community with a focus on adaptation

Bryan Boult/ Stuart Jarvis

Work with Hampshire businesses to reduce their CO₂ emissions

John Rees-Evans

Maximising Wellbeing

Vulnerable adults and older people are treated in a way which maximises wellbeing, independence and inclusion

Key activities

Manager responsible

Older People Wellbeing Project

Alex Burn

Define Director of Adult Services' responsibility for the health and well-being of the people of Hampshire County Council

Richard Ellis

Making Partnership for Older People bid

Richard Ellis

Work with the 3rd sector to develop joint well-being services e.g. Social Enterprise

Richard Ellis

Direct payments / Individualised budget strategy development

Richard Ellis

LAA initiative on developing effective schemes that provide care at home and prevent admission to hospital, residential and nursing care

Richard Ellis

Integrating the role of Joint Director of Public Health

Richard Ellis

Ensure Supporting People is effectively integrated into the Local Area Agreement

Richard Ellis

Reviewing and monitoring the performance of tele-care

Richard Ellis

Working with elected members through Hampshire Action Teams

Richard Ellis

Modernisation of day care

Richard Ellis

Considering Adult Services' role as champion for social inclusion

Richard Ellis

Work with the voluntary sector to develop capacity and maximise social capital

Richard Ellis

Active Hearts and Arts Centres - daytime programme supporting active participation by older people in the community

Jan Mein

Right care in the right place at the right time for users of services for adults and older people

Key activities

Manager responsible

Assessing local needs in relation to Adult Services

Assistant Director - Well-being and Communities

Review consultation process and develop consultation programme

Assistant Director - Well-being and Communities

Developing commissioning and contracting functions

Assistant Director - Well-being and Communities

Skills Mix review - is this part of the management plan

Assistant Director - Well-being and Communities

Restructure of local operational teams

Assistant Director - Well-being and Communities

All children and young people enjoy learning and achieve to their full potential

Key activities

Manager responsible

Challenge and support schools and work in partnership with them to improve achievement and outcomes for all pupils, particularly the most vulnerable

Chris Wilson

Focus on improving educational attainment:

· At 12 schools in LAA flagship project

· For Children Looked After by the County Council

Chris Wilson

`14-19 Strategy' - deliver the 14-19 areaa prospectus and diploma arrangements

Melanie Saunders

Developing responsive cross-curriculum support to Hampshire schools and family learning through targeted programmes

Yinnon Ezra, supported by R&H service heads

Positive activities for young people

· widening participation in sport, recreation and cultural activities

· targeted intervention through outdoor challenge programme for pupils at risk of exclusion - `Aiming High'

(LPSA2 pg 26, LAA A4 & Sport Hampshire and Isle of Wight and Arts Strategy; DfES / DCMS / PESSCL target)

Mike Wickenden

Children looked after (for whom the County Council is the corporate parent) have the best possible chances in life and are supported to achieve to their full potential

Key activities

Manager responsible

Development of a commissioning strategy for Children Looked After (CLA) to address choice, suitability and stability for placements for CLA and those being privately fostered.

Sue Kocaman

Targeted support to reduce the levels of absence from school of CLA and to increase their educational achievement

Rachel Hughes

Support CLA post-16 to increase the numbers remaining in full time education and training and progressing to higher education.

Howard Firth

People have fair and equal access to services and information

Key activities

Manager responsible

Equality and Diversity Improvement Plan to improve engagement with under-represented people in community

Jane Goodwin

Customer Relationship - to significantly improve the customer experience when contacting the council through the development of a multi-access strategy, including the contact centre

Michelle Smith

Redesigning services to increase use and meet the needs of all sections of the community:

o Discovery Centres and Library and Information Service transformation programme

o Community Archives support

o Active Hearts and Arts programme in care homes

o Sport - disability programmes

Stuart Dorward with Richard Ward

Reaching out to vulnerable/ hard to reach groups (links to community cohesion) - inc Faith Network etc

Jane Goodwin

Improve access to transport in the community tackling rural isolation and focussing on disadvantaged groups

John Buckett

Countryside Access Plan - improve rights of way access to the countryside

John Tickle

All local people, including children and young people and their families, can influence decision making and the ways in which services are designed and delivered

Key activities

Manager responsible

Implement Democratic Review:

· developing an interactive IT programme of decisions which enables earlier and more direct engagement in decisions.

· Developing the local role of elected members via Hampshire Action Teams and more effective scrutiny structure and process with a stronger and more strategic role in influencing decisions, policy and issues of community interest

Share D'All and Denise Holden

More inclusive stakeholder involvement in the commissioning process

Adult Services

Creating opportunities for young people to be engaged in council decision making and service design and delivery decisions

John Clarke

Programme of community engagement events, e.g. Dreams

Nicola Horsey

Hampshire is a strong, active and diverse community

Key activities

Manager responsible

Strengthen, develop and evaluate partnerships, providing leadership and support to local communities and greater effectiveness in service delivery, joint commissioning and multi-agency workforce development

Paddy Hillary

Agree processes to enable voluntary organisations to deliver public services

(One Compact for Hampshire - procurement / commissioning code)

Paddy Hillary

Community development - capacity building through skills training programmes, support and advice, including support to develop parenting skills.

Establishing links with local communities through a programme of community engagement events, e.g. Hog the Limelight touring programme, re-targeted grant funding of arts programmes to local communities and high quality culture provided locally to develop participation by local audiences e.g. Anne Frank +You, the Living Links project and Damien Hirst exhibition

Margaret Plumridge with Jan Mein and Nicola Horsey

Develop an Integrated Youth Support Service through effective specifications and tendering process . This will incorporate promoting `The Youth Offer' in targeted areas - offering places to go, things to do and someone to talk to for young people and increasing access to volunteering opportunities

Pete Marsh

Work with schools and children's centres to enable them to fulfil their roles at the centre of their communities, including the development of strong partnerships to provide for the needs of all children and young people in their communities

John Clarke

Market Towns Partnerships - build effective partnerships in Hampshire's market towns through health checks and investment programmes

Anne Harrison

People in Hampshire are healthy and enjoy wellbeing

Key activities

Manager responsible

Addressing health inequalities for children and young people, by developing priority joint commissioning strategies with the Primary Care Trust for:

· children with complex needs

· Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS)

· Children with Disabilities

· Teenage Pregnancies

· Sexual Health

· Substance Misuse

Pam Robinson

Healthy School programme - focus on majority of schools achieving enhanced status, supported by

· programme to meet new Government nutritional guidelines

· tackling childhood obesity through sport and physical activity

Glynis Wright supported by Amanda Frost and Helen Mitchell

Check leads

Targeted activities to increase sport and physical activity for adults, e.g. Sport Hampshire and IOW, 50 Plus Games, Workforce Activities and Healthy Walks

Julie Amies

Disparities in income across Hampshire are reduced and there is general economic prosperity

Key activities

Manager responsible

Targeting pockets of urban and rural deprivation

John Rees-Evans

Develop, with partners, the 14-19 strategy to ensure all young people are equipped with the right skills to enable them to play a full part in the local and global economy

Melanie Saunders

Addressing economic inactivity, ensuring Hampshire economy remains internationally competitive and continues to sustain jobs and investment

John Rees-Evans

Working for a Successful Economy in Hampshire - promote the use of local suppliers

Frances Stokes

Visit Hampshire - Promoting Hampshire's tourism

Andrew Bateman

Enhancing our Quality of Place

The majority of waste is diverted from landfill

Key activities

Manager responsible

Increase recycling and composting - by introducing alternative weekly collections within all districts through Project Integra

Paul Archer

Run all three energy recovery facilities at full capacity

Paul Archer

Recycle 2,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste from small and medium sized enterprises in Rushmoor, East Hants and Eastleigh

Paul Archer

Recycle 350 tonnes of material from schools and public sector sites

Paul Archer

Encourage the business community to:

· Introduce collaborative waste recycling on business park sites

· Promote waste reduction in the construction industry

John Rees-Evans

The roads and pavements of Hampshire are in a good condition

Key activities

Manager responsible

Target resources through regular surveys of road and pavement condition

Alan Giles

Improve the standard of 74Km of paved footways across 42 sites - identified in the LPSA

Alan Giles

Improving accessibility for people with a physical or sensory impairment

Ken Laughlin

Traffic impacts are kept to a minimum

Key activities

Manager responsible

Quality Bus Partnerships - programme to increase bus patronage through bus priority measures, real-time passenger information, new waiting facilities, new buses and marketing campaign

Keith Willcox

School Travel Plans - encourage smarter travel choices and reduce the amount of traffic generated

John Buckett

Yellow buses - conduct pilot to help improve access to education and widen travel choice

Keith Willcox

Smarter choices and marketing to raise awareness of the damaging effect road traffic growth is having on the environment, economy and public health and to encourage and enable people to use smarter choices

John Buckett

Improve highway environment - including removing sign clutter, speed calming measures and using the `Manual for Streets' guidance

Peter Bayless

Accessibility planning - reducing the need to travel through integrating land use and transport planning

John Buckett

Traffic management - use intelligent transport systems and traffic regulation orders to make best use of highway network and minimise impact of traffic in residential areas

Peter Bayless

Air pollution - work with district councils through air quality strategies and air quality management plans

John Buckett

Hampshire is a sustainable community

Key activities

Manager responsible

Review of Hampshire community strategy

Rob Ormerod

Influence regional assembly and developers regarding housing development (numbers, location, design, environmental efficiency etc)

Chris Lawrence-Pietroni

PUSH (Partnership of Urban South Hampshire) making new developments and communities in south Hampshire more environmentally self-sufficient and sustainable

Stuart Jarvis

Working with PUSH and Solent Transport in south Hampshire refining and articulating the infrastructure needs to support new development and address the infrastructure deficit (eg transport)

Stuart Jarvis

Holding Out for Hampshire campaign

Keith Kerslake

Regeneration in Rowner, Gosport

Michael Lane

Maintain and enhance biodiversity - achieve no net loss of biodiversity through council decisions or activities

David Pape

The County Council owned and managed estate and heritage assets benefit Hampshire's quality of place

Key activities

Manager responsible

Specific projects within stewardship, conservation and management of country parks, green sites, heritage sites, historical buildings and collections, e.g. Hub Business Plan (museums)

Yinnon Ezra, supported by John Tickle and Caroline Dudley

The Council's strategic land holdings are proactively managed to protect against overdevelopment , maintain rural balance, protect the county's heritage and aspects of the county such as coastal conservation

Ian Parker

The design of high quality and sustainable public buildings which help to create a sense of pride in the community. Current key project is Ashburton Court renovation

Steve Clow

Management of council land holdings has favourable impact on biodiversity

Stuart Dorward

CORPORATE MANAGEMENT PLAN

Council services offer value for money

Key activities

Manager responsible

Transformation Through Technology - this is a corporate strategy containing a number of business change programmes enabled by IT, covering: citizen / customer focus; information management; designing applications around people's work and tasks; partnership and shared services; supporting new ways of working; IT skills and exploitation

Hugh Langford

Corporate Procurement Strategy - focus on leadership, partnering, collaboration, stimulating markets (including community benefits) and doing business electronically

Neil Jones

Deliver equality improvement plan to meet changing statutory duties

Jane Goodwin

Development of the Contact Centre to reduce the cost per customer contact as part of an overall customer relationship approach

Hugh Langford

Risk Management Strategy - to achieve the right balance between taking risks to be innovative and improve performance and managing risks to improve services

Pete Andrews

Pay and Benefits - a locally determined grading structure and pay framework giving greater control of the council's wage bill with pay linked to personal performance

Jill Slater

Improving Attendance Project - aimed at the management of attendance, a reduction in sickness absence figures and more effective management of ill-health cases

Sarah Stone

Strategic Property Review - major review of land and buildings aimed at achieving further efficiencies

Ian Parker

Strategy for the Built Estate - managing the estate effectively, including the backlog of maintenance

Mike Fitch

South East Centre of Excellence in construction (SECE) - regional leadership of building workstreams to improve contract performance

David Corcoran

Resources follow priorities

Key activities

Manager responsible

Integrated Planning and Reporting Project

Corporate Performance Manager

Alignment of workforce plan with budget

Richard White

Support Services Review

Chris Lawrence-Pietroni

Adults Services Financial Recovery and Modernisation Plan

Michael Lee

Hampshire County Council develops capacity to support its priorities and behaviours to support its organisational values

Key activities

Manager responsible

Develop manager competencies- to ensure that the capabilities managers need to lead, manage and develop people effectively are clearly defined and understood

Liz Skeats

Develop Organisational Development Strategy

Pauline Lucas

Staff Wellbeing - working to raise managers' understanding of work related hazards and the measurements needed to inform and improve risk assessment outcomes which will in turn lead to safer systems of work

Pauline Lucas

HCC Staff profile (Equalities and Diversity) supports the diversity of the local area and ensures that HR policies reflect current legislation

Pauline Lucas

Sustainability - programme to encourage sustainable practices among staff, e.g. through Nine Lives Project

Bryan Boult