Minutes:
The
Committee received presentations from Members of the Public Services Board who
have been identified to lead the development of work activities for each of the
priorities set out in the Draft Well-being Plan.
The
Lead Officers had been asked to provide further detail on the activities set
out in the priorities, how the proposed activities will make a difference and
the commitment required by the Council to undertake the proposed activities.
To
Support Children in their Early Years especially Children at risk of Adverse
Childhood Experiences
Further detail of
activities
Locality
approach
Pilot
approach
Make
sure resources are targeted with more intelligence
Work
with practitioners to understand what good partnerships look like
Learning
continuously to spread across other clusters and wards
Asset
mapping, data mapping co-ordination of services and community engagement
How activities will make a
difference
Bringing
children and families with you
Good
practice becomes best practice everywhere
Engaging
as early as possible before barriers to learning are encountered
A
more tailored and connected approach
Learning
in real time what is working and what needs to change
Connect
with children and families with support available in the locality
Reach
the hardest the reach families
To
create Safe, confident and resilient communities focussing on vulnerable people
Further detail of
activities
Reviewing
evidence to see what can be done to prevent people experiencing vulnerability
Remove
barriers to information sharing
Focus
initial work in Sandfields
Mapping-
finding out from the community what the issues are from the front line
practitioners and other community partners/individuals.
Exploring
people’s experience of using systems and to remove barriers that people
experience
Explore
how we can collaborate differently e.g. co-location, sharing buildings
etc.
How activities will make a
difference
Aligning
police resources with partners
Have
to change levels of demand and respond to that demand differently
Need
to address causes of vulnerability not just the symptoms
Empowered
frontline staff able to come together around individuals and families
Learn
from working differently and to scale this up in other places and doing this in
real time
Commitment required:
People
to be involved in identifying what works well in communities and who can
support different ways of working
Not
setting up new structures but working with what we already have
Willingness
to work across NPT and Swansea
Elected
Member involvement but detail will need to be discussed and agreed
The
Committee generally agreed with the issues and discussed the importance of
communication around the work being developed within communities. It was agreed
that social media has to be considered as part of any communications strategy.
While
the Committee agreed with the principles in general, clarity was needed on the
challenges and Members felt that from a Health perspective the work needs to
start before a child is born as children’s brains develop at much earlier
points.
Members
agreed that services such as Health Visiting need to be sufficient to pick up
all of the children and ensure there is a tailored response.
Members
queried how services will engage with people who don’t want to participate. It
was explained that the services will look at actively removing barriers and
empowering staff.
Encourage
Ageing Well
Further detail of
activities
Practitioner
Forum
Delivery
Plans
Commitment required
Support
a culture of experimentation ‘being safe to fail.’
Be
prepared to explore how we can work differently together
No
new resources expected
Help
remove resistance to change
Accept
that long term goals transcends political cycles
Promote
wellbeing through and in the workplace
Further detail of
activities
Ask
staff what affects their health and wellbeing
Learn
and Share event amongst employers to share issues and how we are addressing
what works
Identify
whether there are things we can work on together
Supporting
people who are no longer able to work
Transition
from work to retirement to help promote wellbeing into the longer term
How activities will make a
difference
Share
and scale up good practice
Engaged
and productive employees
People
better prepared for retirement
People
able to contribute to their communities
Recognise
and promote green infrastructure, how green infrastructure can support the
economic social and cultural wellbeing of the people of NPT.
Further detail of
activities
How
to build in more green space
Shift
culture in NRW to reflect that the environment belongs to the people
Preventing
flooding and improving health
How activities will make a
difference
More
people enjoying the natural environment
Protecting
and developing the natural environment
Integrating
the use of national assets into the other work-streams.
Members
noted that loneliness needs to be given specific emphasis but that there was
also an additional issue of ‘hopelessness’.
The
Committee queried if ‘ageing well’ is the right title and discussed ‘adding
life to years’ could be better.
Members
agreed that ‘digital exclusion’ needs to be tackled, and that services need to
cater for people who are not digitally minded or where digital is not the right
channel.
The
Committee discussed how the Centre for Innovative Ageing at Swansea University
can help to understand what interventions are most likely to make the
difference.
Members
felt that it was important to go back to ‘ground zero’ in order to understand
what is getting in people’s way of doing what matters.
It
was noted that Glynneath is on a flood plane which is stifling development. Discussed how access
and transport problems can be taken on board by the PSB.
In
conclusion, Members were pleased to note the shared leadership commitment expressed
by the Lead Officers. They felt it was important that culture, skills and
information sharing is got right at the grass roots level.
Members
discussed that communities know what they need and it would be important to
bring others around the table such as town and community councils, volunteers
and voluntary organisations.