involving partnersin evidencing impact

David Young – North Lanarkshire Council

involving partnersin evidencing impact

•North Lanarkshire Council CLD Service

•North Lanarkshire Partnership

•North Lanarkshire CLD Partnership

•Local Action Planning

•Evidencing Impact / ExamplesDavid Young – North Lanarkshire Council

North Lanarkshire Council CLD Service

•Single combined CLD service

•6 Locality Teams (Community Plan)

•Lifelong Learning / Youth Work / CCB Sub Teams

•Part of Learning & Leisure Services

North Lanarkshire Partnership

North Lanarkshire PartnershipNorth Lanarkshire Partnership brings together the major public and voluntary sector agencies in the area and has a responsibility for taking forward the development and implementation of the Community Plan and Single Outcome Agreement in North Lanarkshire.

The Community Planning Partners are:

•Strathclyde Police •Scottish Enterprise •Further Education Colleges •Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

•North Lanarkshire Council •NHS Lanarkshire •Strathclyde Fire & Rescue •Jobcentre Plus •The Voluntary Sector

North Lanarkshire PartnershipTo further encourage joined up working across partners, five key themes have been identified for the Community Plan. These five key themes are:

•Health and Wellbeing •Community Safety •Environment •Lifelong Learning •Regeneration

The key themes are broadly aligned with the Scottish Government’s strategic objectives. The Community Plan and the Single Outcome Agreement align the Partnership’s local outcomes with the 15 national outcomes.

•Healthier•Safer & Stronger •Greener•Smarter •Wealthier & Fairer

North Lanarkshire Partnership

North Lanarkshire’s Working

North Lanarkshire CLD Partnership

North Lanarkshire CLD PartnershipBackground2004 – 2008‘Working and Learning Together’ was published by the Scottish Executive, outlining the national priorities for Community Learning and Development. In 2004, the North Lanarkshire CLD Partnership introduced a document outlining its strategy for 2004-2008.

2008 – 2010The Partnership agreed to extend the strategy for 2008-2010. In November 2008, a joint statement was issued by COSLA and the Scottish Government, Building on “Working and Learning Together to Build Stronger Communities”: the role of Community Learning and Development (CLD) in delivery change.

North Lanarkshire CLD PartnershipCurrent Work

The Partnership created a new strategy for 2010-2012, which took into account significant local and national change.

The CLD Partnership Strategy includes clear Outcomes & Indicators and forms the basis on which partners, including the Council, measures progress in relation to the Community Plan.

The Strategy links to the six local CLD Partnerships within North Lanarkshire, with each Partnership creating their own Action Plan.

North Lanarkshire CLD PartnershipKey Actions1. Increase opportunities for learners to achieve accreditation outwith national

qualifications within a community based setting

2. Increase opportunities for learners to achieve national qualifications within a community based setting

3. Increase pre-vocational and vocational learning opportunities to assist adults in the transition to employment

4. Establish learning hubs to increase the learning opportunities for young people aged 16-19 in order to support positive transitions

5. Increase sustainable opportunities for progression and positive destinations for the 16+ age group

6. Increase learning opportunities targeted at the 50+ age group

North Lanarkshire CLD PartnershipKey Actions7. Maintain a range of learning opportunities to address needs relating to Adult

Literacy and Numeracy and English for Speakers of Other Languages

8. Support learners to acquire the skills and knowledge to make healthier choices relating to their personal health and lifestyle

9. Up skill the CLD Partnership workforce to increase its capacity and its ability to meet targets in relation to the Community Plan.

10. Maintain support to the voluntary sector to enhance the capacity of community based organisations

11. Maintain support to assist communities to address community safety and environmental issues

Local Action PlanningPlanning takes place at a variety of levels in North Lanarkshire. This can be done directly through Community Planning Partnership structures, such as Local Area Partnerships and Local Area Teams, or through specific groups looking at topics such as GIRFEC, Youth Offending, etc.

Through the North Lanarkshire CLD Partnership, each of the six local Partnerships have created a CLD Action Plan. The Outcomes and Indicators within these Action Plans have been combined within one strategic document, providing a clear framework for measuring and evaluating CLD services in the area.

Outcomes and Indicators

2010 – 2012 (June 2009)

Coatbridge College NL Community Learning & Development (LL Services) Cumbernauld College NL CVS John Wheatley College NL Libraries (LL Service) Motherwell College Skills Development Scotland NL Regeneration

Local Action Planning Corporate Plan Key Theme: Lifelong Learning

National Outcomes: 3 – We are better educated, more skilled and more successful

4 – Our young people are successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens

Strategic Measure of Success: Raising Achievement for All

Corporate & Community Plan Outcome:

Improved learner accreditation within national qualifications

CLD Partnership Indicators

Number gaining SQA Core Skills IT qualifications through CL&D Number gaining SQA Core Skills Communication qualifications through CL&D Number age gaining SQA Core Skills Numeracy qualifications through CL&D Number gaining SQA Core Skills Working with Others qualifications through CL&D Number gaining SQA Core Skills Problem Solving qualifications through CL&D Number gaining SQA ESOL qualifications through CL&D Number gaining SQA qualifications (excluding Core Skills and ESOL) through

CL&D Number gaining national qualifications (not SQA) through CL&D Number gaining SQA qualifications through LCP’ Number gaining national qualifications (not SQA) through LCP’s Numbers achieving qualifications through Motherwell College LCP’ (Community

Programmes) Numbers achieving qualifications through Motherwell College Core Skill

Communication and Numeracy Programmes. (Contributing to ALN Management Strategic Plans)

Numbers registered on Women’s Placement Programme (WPP) operated within Motherwell College CPP activity

Numbers registered on Vocational Taster Programme operated within Motherwell College CPP activity

Numbers registered on community based Motherwell College NON LCP programmes

Numbers registered on certificated programmes through Viewpark MCMC hub at Focus Youth Centre

Numbers registered on Craigneuk Action Plan Plus (APP) operated within CPP activity in partnership with RTW LTD

Number gaining SQA qualifications through LCP’ Number gaining national qualifications (not SQA) through LCP’s Number gaining SQA qualifications through Widening Access Programme (WAP) Number gaining national qualifications (not SQA) through Widening Access

Programme (WAP) Number gaining SQA Core Skills Communication qualifications through Prince’s

Trust partnership Number gaining SQA Social Awareness and Development qualifications through

Prince’s Trust partnership Number of Skillseekers / Modern Apprentices successfully achieving work-based

accreditation Percentage of young people in education, employment and training Number gaining Core Skills SQA qualifications through the New Opportunities Programme Number gaining SQA Guidance Units through the New Opportunities Programme

Example Outcome & Indicators

Corporate Plan Key Theme

National Outcomes

Strategic Measure of Success

Corporate & Community Plan Outcomes

CLD Partnership Indicators

CLD Partner Responsible (Colours)

Areas that have a strong history of partnership working, such as North Lanarkshire, seem to be making the most progress in involving partners in jointly evidencing impact.

…having one clear plan where the CLD outcomes are succinctly linked to area/city outcomes and national outcomes: for example Edinburgh’s CLD Service Plan, Supporting Communities 2011-2014, and North Lanarkshire’s Outcomes and Indicators 2010-12 document.

Evidencing Impact

..working with partners to evidence impact: Scottish Borders; North Lanarkshire where they jointly record learners numbers on their MIS and in their Outcomes and Indicators 2010-12 Document clearly highlighting which partners contribute to which of the joint outcomes (by measuring particular indicators).

Evidencing Impact•CLD Partnership Strategy and associated Outcomes & Indicators

•Partnership Planning (e.g. LEAP, Cognisoft Action Plans, etc)

•Joint Delivery and Funding of Projects

•Management Information Systems / Information Sharing

•Joint Performance Reporting via CCP and Single Outcome Agreement

•Joint Self Evaluation (e.g. HGIOCLD, VSE, etc)

•Joint Recording and Celebration of Achievement

•Example of Partnership: NL Activity Agreement

YOUR FUTURE IS NEXT. START MAKING IT.

Partners involved in the delivery of the Activity Agreement include:

•Community Learning & Development•Colleges•Job Centre Plus•NHS Lanarkshire•North Lanarkshire’s Working•Regeneration Services•Schools

•Skills Development Scotland•Social Work•Training Providers•Routes To Work•Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire•Voluntary Organisations•YMCA

Evidencing Impact“Partnership work is very well developed at local level. CLD services work effectively in a range of productive partnerships with other services such as health and police. The Council CLD service offers effective leadership locally. Staff effectively measure and plan their work. The CLD strategic partnership encourages joint working across a wide range of agencies. Partners actively engage in decision making. There is trust, shared goals and lack of competition between partners. Partners support each other in their work. This has reducedduplication and ensures that resources are used where they are needed most.”

Dalziel High School Learning Community Inspection 2008

Evidencing Impact

Discussion Points

1. What formal partnerships exist within your own learning community?

2. How is impact currently measured across local partnerships?

3. What could be improved to ensure that joint planning, delivery and evaluation is consistent?

Evidencing Impact

Contacts:

David Young, CLD Development OfficerYoungDav@northlan.gov.uk

John Tierney, CLD Development ManagerTierneyJ@northlan.gov.uk