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ClackmannanshireThe Council, with European Social Fund resources, has established an integrated training, workexperience and employment project. It undertakes vocational profiling, job matching, on-sitejob coaching and support for both employer and service users.The Council and the Health Board have made a positive start in relation to joint resourcing. Allcommunity care services, both assessment and provision and specialist health services for theelderly, are to be jointly resourced, but district nursing or health visitors will not be covered inthe first phase of change. Steps have been taken towards joint resourcing for mental healthand learning disability services.Joint management arrangements are still being developed. Clackmannanshire Health Alliancehas established, as a sub group, a high level joint committee and it is planned for a senior healthand social work manager to jointly manage the Joint Future implementation. A joint partnershipgroup is in place and the Local Partnership Agreement is the subject of wide consultation.3. Performance: Children and familiesBalance of care – Looked afterchildren (aged 0-17)1999-2000actual1999-2000per 1,000Quartile2000-2001actual2000-2001per 1,000QuartileAt home 31 2.7 4 35 3.1 3With friends/relatives/other community 12 1.1 2 14 1.2 2With foster carers/prospective adopters 33 2.9 2 35 3.1 2In residential accommodation 13 1.2 2 11 1.0 3Total 89 7.8 3 95 8.4 2Key performance indicators1998-1999actual1998-1999per 1,000Quartile1999-2000actual1999-2000per 1,000QuartileChild protection (CP) referrals 165 16.3 1 149 14.8 1(aged 0-15)Children subject to a CP case 40 4.0 1 25 2.5 2conference (aged 0-15)Children placed on CP register 25 2.5 1 18 1.8 2(aged 0-15)Adoption applications in year 7 0.6 1 4 0.4 2(aged 0-17)Stranger adopter applications 4 0.4 1 0 0.0 4(aged 0-17)Clackmannanshire has one of the highest rates for child protection referrals. Although the number ofchildren subject to a case conference and the number placed on the child protection register is relativelyhigh, most referrals do not proceed as far as case conference. Numbers of adoption applications arelow and there were no adoption applications from strangers in 1999-2000.Between 1999 and 2001 the number of looked after children increased slightly: numbers in residentialcare remain low; relatively high numbers live with foster carers or friends or relatives. The Counciljoins Stirling and Falkirk Councils in twice-yearly campaigns to recruit foster carers.Progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of Learning with Care: all lookedafter children now have care plans and all schools have accurate information on such children. A localreview of the educational attainment of looked after children revealed low levels, in line with thenational picture.43

The Council is preparing to administer new arrangements for care leavers. Staff from genericchild care teams are to provide specific throughcare and after care support for the three to fourchildren who will need it each year.4. Performance: Criminal JusticeKey ActivitiesThe proportion of social enquiry reports reported to courtwithin target time2000-2001 QuartileProportion of social enquiry reports submitted to the courts 100.0 1by due dateThe time taken to complete community service orders1999-20002000-2001Number of social enquiry reports submitted to the courts 526 509 150.8 1during the yearNumber of community service orders made during the year 65 88 26.1 1Average length of community service (hours) for orders 175.0 1completed during the yearAverage hours completed per week 5.6 12000-2001per 10,000QuartileThe rate of social enquiry reports submitted in 2000-2001 was higher than in many otherauthorities. All reports were submitted to courts by the due date. The rate of communityservice orders made was also higher than in many other authorities. The average length oforders was long, but they were completed comparatively quickly, with an average of 5.6 hourscompleted per week.The Council forms with Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling the Forth Valley criminal justicegrouping. They had already been working closely together, on some developments, since 1996.A review of all assessment tools and practices across the grouping, with a common frameworkfor auditing all services, is planned for completion in autumn 2002.Much of Clackmannanshire’s work with young people who offend is delivered with partneragencies including APEX, the Community Alcohol and Drugs Service and SACRO. Through apartnership with Barnardo’s, the Freagarrach Project has been extended to include 16-17 yearolds, in order to maintain persistent young offenders within the children’s hearing system.Although prevalence rates are below average, staff report significant numbers of young drugand alcohol misusers. The substance misuse forum has developed an arrest referral scheme,among other measures, to tackle the consequences of misuse. The scheme supports atreatment programme involving local GPs.The criminal justice service has achieved the international quality assurance standard ISO 9002.This has to be renewed every two years and surveillance takes place every six months.44

ClackmannanshireThe Council, with European Social Fund resources, has established an integrated training, workexperience <strong>and</strong> employment project. It undertakes vocational profiling, job matching, on-sitejob coaching <strong>and</strong> support for both employer <strong>and</strong> service users.The Council <strong>and</strong> the Health Board have made a positive start in relation to joint resourcing. Allcommunity care services, both assessment <strong>and</strong> provision <strong>and</strong> specialist health services for theelderly, are to be jointly resourced, but district nursing or health visitors will not be covered inthe first phase of change. Steps have been taken towards joint resourcing for mental health<strong>and</strong> learning disability services.Joint management arrangements are still being developed. Clackmannanshire Health Alliancehas established, as a sub group, a high level joint committee <strong>and</strong> it is planned for a senior health<strong>and</strong> social work manager to jointly manage the Joint Future implementation. A joint partnershipgroup is in place <strong>and</strong> the Local Partnership Agreement is the subject of wide consultation.3. Performance: Children <strong>and</strong> familiesBalance of care – Looked afterchildren (aged 0-17)1999-2000actual1999-2000per 1,000Quartile2000-2001actual2000-2001per 1,000QuartileAt home 31 2.7 4 35 3.1 3With friends/relatives/other community 12 1.1 2 14 1.2 2With foster carers/prospective adopters 33 2.9 2 35 3.1 2In residential accommodation 13 1.2 2 11 1.0 3Total 89 7.8 3 95 8.4 2Key performance indicators1998-1999actual1998-1999per 1,000Quartile1999-2000actual1999-2000per 1,000QuartileChild protection (CP) referrals 165 16.3 1 149 14.8 1(aged 0-15)Children subject to a CP case 40 4.0 1 25 2.5 2conference (aged 0-15)Children placed on CP register 25 2.5 1 18 1.8 2(aged 0-15)Adoption applications in year 7 0.6 1 4 0.4 2(aged 0-17)Stranger adopter applications 4 0.4 1 0 0.0 4(aged 0-17)Clackmannanshire has one of the highest rates for child protection referrals. Although the number ofchildren subject to a case conference <strong>and</strong> the number placed on the child protection register is relativelyhigh, most referrals do not proceed as far as case conference. Numbers of adoption applications arelow <strong>and</strong> there were no adoption applications from strangers in 1999-2000.Between 1999 <strong>and</strong> 2001 the number of looked after children increased slightly: numbers in residentialcare remain low; relatively high numbers live with foster carers or friends or relatives. The Counciljoins Stirling <strong>and</strong> Falkirk Councils in twice-yearly campaigns to recruit foster carers.Progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of Learning with Care: all lookedafter children now have care plans <strong>and</strong> all schools have accurate information on such children. A localreview of the educational attainment of looked after children revealed low levels, in line with thenational picture.43

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