The ACS Equalities Action Group actively promotes the use of EIA's within the directorate, keeping a watching brief on ACS service and policy changes that might need or benefit from an EIA. Two members of the ACS EAG are part of the Policy Clearing House The County Council is forming joint communities teams to support its locality working. The intention Ensure that within a locality working is that these teams will provide the capacity to engage with communities and seek their insight to approach the voice of all communities inform service delivery and this will include communities of interest within localities. are heard when decisions are being made. The Community Resilience framework will provide the performance and evaluation framework to inform and evaluate the impact the work of the joint communities teams across the county, will include the use of insight through residents surveys and public consultations. These will capture the full range of demographic information of participants to ensure the views expressed are representative of the population in Suffolk. The Localities and Partnership Team in addition to a localities function has an officer which leads on communities of interests as part of its Specialist team. The localities officers are encouraged to work alongside this officer as part of a blended or matrix approach to community working. For example, the Ipswich Localities Officer has been working with the Specialist Officer to introduce a solution for support to Migrants following the withdraw of Migrant Help, an organisation who had previously provided drop in services. The People Panel is accountable to the Suffolk Safeguarding Adults Board. One of the priorities of the Safeguarding Board’s strategy is to promote the welfare of vulnerable adults through the participation of people who use services who can act as advisors’. Expert Advisors will form the People’s Panel. ‘expert The Panel will work with the Board to offer advice and appropriate challenge in order to influence decisions and policies and give insight to people’s experience of safeguarding in Suffolk. The key message of the Peoples Panel is safeguarding personal, making everyone safe’. ‘Making Expert Advisors will be volunteers from marginalised and vulnerable groups in Suffolk such as BME; LGBT; Mental Health user; LD communities; older people and women’s groups. Participation by these groups will ensure that the Safeguarding Board, and professional board members, learn from people’s experience and continually improve the services provided.
The ACS Equalities Action Group actively promotes the use of EIA's within the directorate, keeping a watching brief on ACS service and policy changes that might need or benefit from an EIA. Two members of the ACS EAG are part of the Policy Clearing House Ensure that within a locality working approach the voice of all communities are heard when decisions are being made. The County Council is forming joint communities teams to support its locality working. The intention is that these teams will provide the capacity to engage with communities and seek their insight to inform service delivery and this will include communities of interest within localities. The Community Resilience framework will provide the performance and evaluation framework to inform and evaluate the impact the work of the joint communities teams across the county, will include the use of insight through residents surveys and public consultations. These will capture the full range of demographic information of participants to ensure the views expressed are representative of the population in Suffolk. The Localities and Partnership Team in addition to a localities function has an officer which leads on communities of interests as part of its Specialist team. The localities officers are encouraged to work alongside this officer as part of a blended or matrix approach to community working. For example, the Ipswich Localities Officer has been working with the Specialist Officer to introduce a solution for support to Migrants following the withdraw of Migrant Help, an organisation who had previously provided drop in services. The People Panel is accountable to the Suffolk Safeguarding Adults Board. One of the priorities of the Safeguarding Board’s strategy is to promote the welfare of vulnerable adults through the participation of people who use services who can act as ‘expert advisors’. Expert Advisors will form the People’s Panel. The Panel will work with the Board to offer advice and appropriate challenge in order to influence decisions and policies and give insight to people’s experience of safeguarding in Suffolk. The key message of the Peoples Panel is ‘Making safeguarding personal, making everyone safe’. Expert Advisors will be volunteers from marginalised and vulnerable groups in Suffolk such as BME; LGBT; Mental Health user; LD communities; older people and women’s groups. Participation by these groups will ensure that the Safeguarding Board, and professional board members, learn from people’s experience and continually improve the services provided.
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