CPSLT's remit is to:
- provide advice to the board on issues linked to strategic partnerships not contained within community planning but relevant to delivery of community planning partnership board’s goals.
- develop, implement and progress work programmes which contribute to the priorities identified within the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (LOIP) and Locality Plans and as agreed through the Community Planning Partnership Board (CPPB)
- encourage a culture where relationships are built on mutual trust; there is a shared commitment to continuous improvement and partners accept challenge and hold each other to account
- drive forward key actions at pace within agreed timescales
- develop proposals, options and recommendations for consideration by the board and which will support the achievement of LOIP outcomes
- champion place based approaches and support locality planning across Community Planning partners.
- receive Partnerships’ work programmes and strategic plans and advise the CPPB of significant issues such as changes in policy direction and/or budget challenges
- utilise and analyse local intelligence and data to help support a bottom up - evidenced based approach to Community Planning and to help target and prioritise resources
- ensure alignment between strategic and local priorities and shared monitoring of performance
They also:
- receive regular updates from Locality Hubs on issues affecting our communities and agree partner resources to deliver on improvement actions as required
- respond to national and local matters affecting our communities and that impact on Partners’ resources.
- identify successes and areas of best practice for sharing
- identify where training and/or development is required across the partnership in order to deliver improvement
- oversee the development of the Community Planning Performance Framework and Risk Register
Organisations and representatives
Organisations that are part of the Community Planning Senior Leadership Team (CPSLT).
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Representative: Head of Education
NHS Public Health
Representative: Director Public Health or Nominated Senior Officer
NHS Health and Social Care
Representative: Chief Officer Health and Social Care or nominated Senior Officer
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway
Representative: Chief Executive TSDG or nominated Senior Officer
South of Scotland Enterprise
Representative: Senior Officer
Police Scotland
Representative: Superintendent
Scottish Fire and Rescue
Representative: Group Commander Protection and Prevention
Dumfries and Galloway College
Representative: Principal or nominated Senior Officer
Skills Development Scotland
Representative: Head of Operations or Area Manager
Criteria for membership
Nominated Senior Officers from:
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- South of Scotland Enterprise
- NHS Dumfries and Galloway
- Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership
- Dumfries and Galloway College
- Skills Development Scotland
- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
- Police Scotland
- Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway
- other senior representatives from Community Planning partners may also be invited, as appropriate, to provide key updates updates and discuss a specific subject matter
Representatives must be able to contribute at a strategic level and be able speak on behalf of their respective organisation.
Partner decisions on the allocation of budgets and resources to community planning priorities should be taken back through each respective CP Partners’ decision-making processes with any joint proposals being taken to the CPPB board for agreement as appropriate.
Representatives may nominate a substitute.
Chair and Vice Chair
A Chair and Vice Chair will be appointed from the organisations represented on a rotating arrangement across the various Partners.
Meetings
The group will normally meet on a bi-monthly basis.
The Head of Thriving Communities will ensure executive and administrative support for the meetings.
Decisions taken outwith meetings
Should any matter arise in between scheduled meetings and which requires an urgent decision then the Chair/Vice Chair shall make a decision in consultation with the wider membership of the group and will be reported to the next Group Meeting for homologation.
Communication channels
Agendas, reports and minutes will be circulated by the council to Group members’ respective and Personal Assistants where requested.
The views made and decisions taken by the CPSLT will be incorporated into reports to the board.