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From CPA to CAA. Andrew Hughes Community Safety Directorate 16 January 2008. What is CAA?. New joint assessment framework for local services from 2009 Catalyst for further improvement in quality of life for citizens Source of independent information & assurance about local services
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From CPA to CAA Andrew Hughes Community Safety Directorate 16 January 2008
What is CAA? • New joint assessment framework for local services from 2009 • Catalyst for further improvement in quality of life for citizens • Source of independent information & assurance about local services • Means of rationalising & targeting inspection, improvement support & intervention
Key components • For areas • prospects for area & quality of life • performance against national indicator set • For FRAs police authorities/forces, councils & NHS bodies • annual use of resources judgement • For FRAs and councils • annual direction of travel assessment
Scope of CAA • Focus on outcomes delivered by the council working alone or in partnership • Includes community safety and cohesion, sustainable communities, health & well-being, children’s services • Service-specific performance frameworks will fit with CAA and not duplicate
Key differences • Outcome focused, area-based • Forward-looking • Greater attention to local priorities • Joint assessment judgements • Joint planning and targeting of inspection • Far fewer rolling programmes of inspection
CAA Joining it up Healthier communities Promising communities Sustainable & prosperous communities Safer & stronger communities Local Area Agreement
PSA Priorities 198 National Indicators Designated Targets Local Priorities The LAA Performance framework
Our proposals • Our proposal is to use a sector specific UoR and an enhanced DoT assessments to inform the area risk assessment • We envisage self-assessment and peer review will inform our work • Our assessments will be used to identify sector specific support and inspection or cross sector thematic support and inspection.
Continually updated AreaRiskAssessment All non county council FRAs will contribute to two or more area Risk Assessments A model for fire assessment in CAA Improvementnotices/intervention Audit Commission assessments AnnualUse of Resources assessment CLG prompted Improvement Referral to S.o.S. • Self/Peer assessment • Self assessment • Operational assessment of service delivery • Performance info. • Value for money • Service delivery Risk based inspection Hierarchy of Improvement Support (Sole or Joint) Annual Direction of Travel assessment Peer review/ challenge Sector self support Localimprovementactivity