PAPER B1
Committee
: SOCIAL SERVICES, HOUSING AND
BENEFITS SELECT COMMITTEE
Date : 6
NOVEMBER 2002
Title : PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT AND THE AUTUMN POSITION STATEMENT
REPORT OF THE ACTING STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING
1.
SUMMARY/PURPOSE
1.1 To inform Members of the
position in relation to the progress of Performance Management within the
Directorate and to update Members as to progress with regard to the Autumn
Position Statement.
2.
BACKGROUND
2.1 Members received a report
6 June 2002 regarding the Annual Review of Performance for Social Services as
assessed by the Social Services Inspectorate for the work in 2000/01.
2.2 The report in June
highlighted areas where further work was needed (e.g. greater use of Direct
Payments and the management information system). Work on a range of priorities
continues to be progressed by the Strategic Management Group.
2.3 Progress on developments
is being monitored and it was originally planned to provide an update report
for presentation to Select Committee in November. This would have coincided
with the Autumn Position Statement submission to the Department of Health. However, due to a delay in the issuing of
guidance and the necessary template, the Autumn Position Statement is not due
to be submitted to the DOH until 12 November at the earliest.
2.4 Given the significance of
the Autumn Position Statement in respect of the Directorate’s ongoing
assessment of performance it is proposed to defer the planned review of
performance report pending the completion of the Position Statement.
3.
ISSUES
3.1 The Autumn Position Statement allied to
the Spring Position Statement provides data to the Department of Health to
enable the Department to evaluate the Directorates overall performance against
the national Performance Assessment Framework for Local Authority Social
Services.
3.2 It would be appropriate
for scrutiny purposes and helpful in performance management terms for Members to have the
benefit of this information in reviewing the Directorate’s progress.
4.0 LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
None