To receive a presentation on the LSB by Mr Trystan Pritchard, Gwynedd and Anglesey Partnership Unit Manager.
Minutes:
The Chair welcomed Tristan Pritchard, Gwynedd and Anglesey Partnership Unit Manager to the meeting and invited him to address Members on the Joint Local Services Board.
The Partnership Unit Manager updated the Committee on the developments to date and the role of the Joint Local Services Board (JLSB) by reference to the following –
• The merger of the key strategies encompassing Children and Young People, Community Safety, and Health and Wellbeing and the Community Strategy to form one Integrated Strategy for Gwynedd and Anglesey. This process has been planned, driven and overseen by the creation of a Joint Local Services Board with the voluntary sector as a full partner.
• Establishment of the Joint Local Services Board as the principal strategic partnership for all the services within its remit i.e. Children and Young People; Health and Wellbeing; and Community Safety.
• Modus Operandi whereby the JLSB sets the priorities within the Integrated Plan supported by a sub-structure focussing on outcomes. The Integrated Plan is the main vehicle for realising the priorities set.
• A focus on improving engagement, joint-ownership and the deletion of establishment boundaries.
• The Integrated Plan as a preventative agenda. The early priorities of the JLSB which include the Language, Poverty, the Economy and strengthening engagement.
• Aims and Objectives of the Joint Partnership Unit including adding value and leading on matters that require joint strategic intervention.
• The governance structure comprising of the Joint Local Service Board setting the strategic direction; a Delivery Board to ensure effective implementation and Delivery/Project Groups achieving results. The governance structure is designed so that the emphasis is more on achieving outputs than on a cycle of meetings with the JLSB commissioning clear objectives in specific areas to be realised by the delivery and project groups.
• Next steps including the formulation of a Single Integrated Plan which process has already been implemented.
Members were given the opportunity to question the Partnership Unit Manager on the information presented. The Leader of the Council said that it would be useful for the Committee in due course to receive a presentation and/or information on the direct activities of the Joint Local Services Board. The Partnership Unit Manager said that he would be happy to do so once the thematic/project groups have gone through the channels for reporting back and that he would also share the draft Single Integrated Plan with the Committee.
The Chief Officer of Medrwn Môn said that before the advent of the Joint Local Services Board there was a local structure of thematic groups with the voluntary sector a part of that structure. He did have some concerns that with arrangements being spread over the two counties the voluntary sector’s role will diminish and he emphasised that it was important to continue to consult with the smaller organisations.
The Partnership Unit Manager said that the aim is to preserve local activity and that work is being done on developing a different model of working e.g. through workshops. Whilst there is a risk that local contacts might be diluted, the Joint Local Services Board can take advantage of the knowledge and intelligence about communities and their needs generated by such projects as the Listen Community Voice Project.
The information as presented was noted.
Action Arising: Head of Service (Policy) to liaise with the Partnership Unit Manager to arrange for the Liaison Committee to be provided in due course with information about the Joint Local Service Board’s direct activities as well as a copy of the draft Single Integrated Plan.