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Governance •The word “governance” is from the Latin
to “steer”• It is part of the management or leadership
processes. • It is about:▫Consistent management▫Defining expectations▫Cohesive policies, processes, decisions▫Reporting lines▫Performance▫Accountability
Governance
•The audit commission define Corporate Governance as:
“The framework of accountability to users, stakeholders and the wider community, within which organisations take decisions, and lead and control their functions, to achieve their objectives.”
Governance Good corporate governance combines 'hard' factors, such as robust systems
and processes, with 'softer' characteristics such as effective leadership and high standards of behaviour, in particular:
• Leadership that establishes a vision, generates clarity and fosters professional relationships.
• Clarity regarding roles and responsibilities, delegated authority and business decisions.
• An open and honest culture in which decisions and behaviours can be challenged and accountability is clear.
• Supporting accountability through systems and processes, such as financial management, performance management and internal controls
• An external focus on the needs of service users and the public
Governance and Children’s Trust
Strong, clear governance is critical to the success of all Children’s Trusts:
“a strong integrated governing board or structure representing all key delivery partners at senior level, determined to drive whole-system change through clear leadership and effective local change programmes … this will require sophisticated leadership of a high order to secure a genuinely joint outcome-focused vision, full engagement of all key partners, and clear lines of accountability”.
‘Children’s Trusts: statutory guidance on inter-agency cooperation to improve well-being of children, young people and their families’
Children’s Trusts• ‘The Children’s Trust is in part a planning body which
informscommissioning decisions and ensures...that front line services work together to improve outcomes (5 ECM outcomes).’
• ‘In practice this means better integrated and outcome focused ways of working on a whole range of issues.’
• ‘To work across professional and agency boundaries to tackle complex problems proactively...’
‘A strong integrated governing board is the cornerstone of a Children’s Trust.’• agreement to a genuinely joint, outcome-focused vision • full engagement of all key partners and stakeholders• clear lines of accountability• being prepared to take hard decisions and to see them
through – collectively and as the leaders of individual services
• being genuinely attuned and responsive to the ongoing needs of children and young people and parents
• systematically and regularly monitoring and evaluating results
• challenging itself and others where progress is slow • listening to the front line delivery staff.
Partners• ‘Relevant partners’ are currently: district councils, the
police, the probation board; the youth offending team; the Strategic Health Authority and Primary Care Trusts, Connexions partnerships and the Learning and Skills Council.
• Proposed to add schools, Academies, FE and sixth form colleges and Job Centre Plus.
• Relevant partners have a ‘duty to cooperate in the making of arrangements to improve well-being’ and have a power to pool budgets and share other resources.
LA and PCTPartnership between the local authority and the Primary Care
Trust is the driving relationship for the Children’s Trust – requires senior representation and GP on CT Board.
Important joint activities:• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment;• Children and Young People’s Plans and relevant LA and PCT
commissioning plans;• Budget transparency, setting out the contribution of the
PCT to implementing the CYPP and an agreed process in each locality for aligning or pooling budgets;
• an agreed local approach to joint commissioning.
Partnership agreementsThe two primary models for strategic inter-agency
governance that emerged from the Pathfinder Children’s Trusts who used formal partnership arrangements include:
• Collaboration between partners (aligned).• Partnership governed by legal agreement such as
S10 of the Children Act 2004 and S75 of the NHS Act 2006 (pooled).
• Both types of partnership agreements require at their core a detailed partnership agreement.
Commissioning Groups• CT Board• Executive or Joint Commissioning Steering Group• Locality Groups• Strategic Advisory or Operational GroupsIn support:• Groups developing processes such as information
sharing etc.
Greater Peterborough Partnership
Children’s Trust Partnership Board
ScrutinyPeterborough Safeguarding
Children Board
Commissioning Executive Group
Children’s Trust Executive Group
13 – 19
· Teenage Pregnancy· NEET· Key Stage 4· First Time Entrants
into the Youth Justice System
0 - 7 8 – 14
· Key Stage 2 - 3
Enabling Groups
Children’s Strategic Partnership Young People’s Strategic Partnership
Safeguarding?
Represents the remit of the group they sit within
The Chairs of these groups report to the Children’s Trust Executive Group
Greater Peterborough Partnership
Children’s Trust Partnership Board
ScrutinyPeterborough Safeguarding
Children Board
Commissioning Executive Group
Children’s Trust Executive Group
Cross Cutting (city-wide)
North / West / Rural
Central & East
Enabling Groups
South
Locality Teams
Co-ordination Strategic
The Chairs of these groups report to the Children’s Trust Executive Group
Greater Peterborough Partnership
Children’s Trust Partnership Board
ScrutinyPeterborough Safeguarding
Children Board
Commissioning Executive Group
Children’s Trust Executive Group
HealthyChoices
· Teenage pregnancy· Obesity· Substance misuse
EmotionalHealth
· CAMHS Partnership
Vulnerable Children and
Young People
· MENA· Young Carers· Gypsies and
Travellers· Children with
Disabilities· First time entrants
into the Youth Justice System
Enabling Groups
SafeEnvironment
· Domestic Violence· Community
Cohesion· Community Safety
Board
Safeguarding
· Peterborough Safeguarding Children Board
Enjoyable Learning
· Schools’ Forum
Achieve and Succeed
Economically
· 14 – 19 Strategy Group
Engaged and Supportive
· Children and Young People’s Engagement Co-ordination Group
Resist Crimeand Anti-Social
Behaviour
· Prevention sub-group
Housing
· Supporting People Board
Represents the remit of the group they sit within
The Chairs of these groups report to the Children’s Trust Executive Group
Whether pooling or aligned...• Less formally, budgets can be aligned. Aligning
budgets entails different agencies keeping their money in their own accounts, but aligning the money toward agreed joint outcomes.
• Pathfinders that had formal agreements for pooling or aligning budgets said these helped the boards undertaking children’s trust arrangements.
• Lack of clarity re. agreement between partners, their roles in the Children’s Trust board, their contributions to budgets, delegated responsibility, TOR of strategic groups and reporting lines are slowing progress.
