School Attendance and Legislative Guidance for schools
This Plan shows details of how the Council will reduce carbon emissions from its buildings and services by 6% per year.
This document covers all aspects of education transport, ranging from home to education transport to special arrangements which may apply to small groups of pupils or students only. For the first time, it includes post-16 arrangements. This version reflects the completion of the move to a primary / secondary model of education, which was completed in September 2011. This provides a cohesive arrangement for transport across the Isle of Wight, including Primary, Secondary, Further Education and Special Education arrangements.
This document sets out the objectives of the Island’s economic development plan for the next three years: 2011/12 to 2013/14. It outlines targets to be achieved to meet the vision for the Island by 2020 but also the progress that needs to be achieved in the shorter term.
This document outlines the requirements for assisting customers in the management of their finances.
The pay policy sets out the Council's approach to the pay of its workforce for the financial year 1 April 2012 - 31 March 2013 in accordance with the requirements of section 38 of the Localism Act 2011. Please note that this pay policy will only apply to non teaching staff at those schools which have opted into the Isle of Wight terms and Conditions 2012.
This study, carried out by Grontmij, shows heat demand density across the Island for both existing and proposed development. It suggests those areas where district heating could effectively be deployed in the future.
The purpose of guardianship is to enable patients to receive care in the community when it cannot be provided without the use of compulsory powers. It provides an authoritative framework for working with a patient to keep him/her safe whilst achieving as independent a life as possible. Where it is used it must be part of the patient’s overall care and treatment plan.
The Home to Education Transport Policy sets out the Council's statutory responsibilities with regard to the provision of Home to Education Transport for pupils and students attending school, 6th form or college on the Isle of Wight. The policy is reviewed annually and any changes are subject to public consultation
Fire and Rescue Service Annual Report 2010/11
Fire and Rescue Service Strategic Integrated Risk Management Plan - 2009/14
Consultation paper for the Fire and Rescue Service IRMP 2012/15
An Assessment of the Economic and Environmental Impacts of the 2008 Isle of Wight Music Festival.
This Policy applies to all the legislation enforced by Officers with delegated enforcement powers employed by Regulatory Services.
This is a partnership document for equality and diversity between the Isle of Wight Council and the Isle of Wight Primary Care Trust
Local Authorities are required under the Childcare Act 2006, Section 6 to ensure that there is sufficient, quality, flexible, sustainable childcare for parents and carers The Childcare Act 2006 defines childcare sufficiency as ‘sufficient to meet the requirement of parents in the (Local Authority’s) area who require childcare in order to enable them:
a) To take up or remain in work
b) To undertake education or training which could reasonably be expected to assist them to obtain work.
c) May have regard to any childcare which they expect to be available outside their area.
In order to meet the sufficiency duty local authorities are required to undertake a detailed assessment of the supply of, and demand for, childcare in their area. Qa Research was commissioned to undertake the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment on behalf of the Local Authority. The assessment included research and consultation with parents / carers, children and young people, employers, and providers.
This document presents the key findings of the assessment in line with nine indicators of sufficiency:
The Child Poverty Act 2010 enshrined in law the commitment to eradicate child poverty in the UK by 2020 and placed a duty on local authorities to:
•work with relevant agencies and named partners such as: Police, transport authorities, Primary Care Trust, Job Centre Plus - to reduce and mitigate the effects of poverty;
•prepare and publish a local Child Poverty Needs Assessment - to understand the drivers of child poverty and characteristics of those living in poverty;
•prepare and publish a Joint Child Poverty Needs Strategy - setting out the measures the Local Authority and named partners propose to take to reduce and mitigate the effects of child poverty
The Needs Assessment:
•will provide evidence and context for developing a strategic approach to child poverty by providing a deeper understanding of:
•the extent and distribution of child poverty on the Isle of Wight;
•the key drivers and characteristics of families living in poverty;
•the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to tackling child poverty
This organisational chart shows the children's safeguarding structure with direct reporting lines to commissioning managers within the Community Wellbeing and Social Care directorate.
Produced by the Isle of Wight Local Safeguarding Children Board, this document is primarly written for professionals who come into regular or daily contact with children or families and may have concern about a child, young person or unborn child. This document does not replace best practice guidance which is already in place to inform effective and timely responses and intervention by social care staff, when and where required.
This document lays out what the fostering service can expect from foster carers and vice versa.
This report reflects the importance that the Isle of Wight Council gives to ensuring that its children in public care are safe, cared for and achieving well.
This document covers the Isle of Wight Council’s policy in relation to children cared
for full-time by a family or friend carer in an arrangement or placement known to,
brokered or supported by the local authority as set out in the Family and Friends
Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities published in March 2011. It does not
include fully private arrangements, save to the extent that such children are children
in need (as defined by the Children Act 1989) in the council’s area.
Integrated Risk Management Plan 2012 to 2015
Business Plan
We understand that caring for a relative, friend or loved one can be a very rewarding experience, but we also understand it can be very stressful. We want to ensure that the priorities of the carers’ strategy for the Isle of Wight are reviewed regularly and addressed. This review and consultation demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that carers are supported and valued by the services provided for them. We have undertaken a review of current provision for carers and talked to as many carers as possible in the last few months to get a picture of what the issues are for carers on the Isle of Wight. We now want to check if we have got this right and give the opportunity to other carers and interested parties to comment on what is important to them before we produce a joint carers’ strategy document in April 2013.
The Local Council Tax Support Section 13A Policy. This policy sets out how the scheme will operate and what the qualifying conditions are for making awards from April 2013 to replace Council Tax Benefit
The Local Council Tax Support Vulnerability Policy provides a statement of intent of how the Council will address the issues of Child Poverty, The chronically sick and disabled, the Armed Forces Covenant, and work incentives through the Local Council Tax Support Section 13A Policy
The Local Government Finance Bill 2012 amends the Local Government Finance Act 1992 allowing local discretion over the implementation of certain discounts and charges applied within the Council Tax regime. The changes in legislation require the Council to determine the levels of discounts in respect of second homes, dwellings which are unoccupied and substantially unfurnished and dwellings which are unoccupied, substantially unfurnished and in need of repair. Section 11 Policy
Policy for considering applications for Discretionary Business Rate Relief