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Recent commissions have included:
Children's
Services - Threshold Analysis
explaining
variations in the number of children on the child protection register and
looked after, by applying the need and threshold concepts to samples of
case records
Home
Office On Track programme
producing
a delivery plan for children aged 4 to 13, based on audited local need
Sure Start - involving parents and professionals
(1) enabling health visitors and parents to audit the unmet needs of children in their area, to inform a delivery plan and community evaluation and
(2) canvassing and reporting families' views to inform a project bid, including estate residents, parents of disabled children, and Somali and Algerian mothers
Multi-agency audit in a school catchment area working with education, health and social services practitioners to audit the unmet needs of local children and develop new service specifications
County-wide
audit of disabled children
project
management of an audit to inform a county-wide inter-agency planning strategy
Multi-agency
audit of children placed out of county
leading
an audit of children placed in jointly-funded P & V placements out
of county, to improve communication between health, education and social
services and inform multi-agency planning.
Implementing
the National Framework for Assessment
training
staff at all levels, and in statutory and voluntary agencies, and providing
work-based coaching, using the Dartington Paperwork practice tool
Socio-Demographic
Mapping
initiating
and producing an innovative socio-demographic map of a county, based on
geo-coded data from benefit records
Part
8 Reviews
undertaking
independent overviews
Scrutiny
Reviews
providing
professional advice to elected members conducting a scrutiny review of
its leaving care service
Best
Value Review - Family Support Services
evaluating
the effectiveness of voluntary and social work services in the light of
research evidence
Mental
health services for children and families
evaluating
progress made by local authorities in developing multi-agency mental health
services, as evidenced in their Management Action Plans
User
involvement in identifying and responding to need
leading
shadow exercises where groups of parents, carers and young people conduct
an audit of need, compare their findings with those of local professionals,
and remain involved in developing new services in response.