18 January 2012
All local authorities in Wales have signed up to this response. A number of councils and two of the three Social Services Improvement Collaboratives have prepared submissions supporting the joint response and these are included in this section. Further examples of collaborative working, in relation to Children’s Safeguarding and ASD services are also provided.
At the request of the Social Services Policy Group a brief submission from the Social Services Improvement Agency (SSIA) is also included, providing examples of its work over the past five years and its intended significant contribution to the delivery of the commitments included in this response.
Contents
THEME: PROVIDE, AND FACILITATE, LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIAL SERVICES IN WALES
- Summary of programmes being delivered by the Social Services Improvement Collaboratives
- Social Services Improvement Agency
- A Practice Example of Collaboration across Five Local Safeguarding Children Boards (Newport, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Torfaen, Blaenau-Gwent
- 4. ASD Collaborative Projects 2011-13
THEME: CREATE NEW SERVICE MODELS TO DELIVER OUR PRINCIPLES
- Submissions detailing the development and implementation of new service models from:
- Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly County Borough Councils
- Bridgend County Borough Council
- Carmarthenshire County Council