Southern Derbyshire Voluntary Sector Mental Health Forum

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Southern Derbyshire Voluntary Sector Mental
Health Forum

• Business Plan Update
• 2008

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Our Strategic Objectives 2007 - 2010

• Liaison
• To act as the recognised liaison point between
  statutory and voluntary services in mental
  health, developing our role as equal partners in
  service delivery
• Marketing the sector
• To demonstrate and publicise the efficiency and
  effectiveness of the Derbyshire mental health
  voluntary sector to potential investors and
  partners

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Our Strategic Objectives 2007 - 2010

• Training and modernisation
• To equip our members to respond effectively to
  opportunities for new methods of service delivery
  -
• by the delivery of technical support and by
  responding to policy requirements
• Capacity building
• To deliver capacity building and other support
  services to our members in line with their needs

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Our Strategic Objectives 2007 - 2010

• Equality and diversity
• To maintain and improve our commitment to
  equality and diversity by developing practical
  plans for service improvement for ourselves and
  our members
• Business development
• To become the support service of choice for
  Southern Derbyshire voluntary sector providers on
  mental health related issues

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Our Strategic Objectives 2007 - 2010

• Organisational development
• To ensure that our organisation is able to
  deliver a quality service to our members -
• by being a model of good practice, by making the
  best use of premises, equipment and staff
  resources.
• So, how have we done?

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SO1 Liaison

• S01.1
• Lobby for recurrent funding of existing voluntary
  sector services where these have been evaluated
  positively
• ? AMBER
• This is ongoing work. We have received some
  additional funding under Full Cost recovery for
  three organisations this year

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SO1.2

• Lobby for transparent procurement of all new
  mental health services both for those which
  will be recurrently funded, and for pilot schemes
• ? GREEN
• Both the new Dual Diagnosis Service and the
  Primary Care service package will be procured
  transparently

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SO1.3

• Ensure democratically elected voluntary sector
  representatives sit on the sub-groups of Mental
  Health Strategic Commissioning Group
• and list all representatives on our website and
  in our annual report
• ? GREEN

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SO1.4

• Continue to help develop the multi-agency Action
  Plan for the Derbyshire Mental Health Strategy,
  ensuring that the focus is on providing services
  that are required/needed.
• ? GREEN
• Voluntary sector representation on all
  sub-groups

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SO1.5

• Work through the Voluntary Sector Strategy Group
  to develop a commissioning/procurement framework
  for the mental health voluntary sector
• ? AMBER
• The Derby City framework has been adopted
  work is ongoing around a Derbyshire framework

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SO1.6

• Establish a Delivering Race Equality network to
  include Community Development Workers, user and
  carer representatives, plus key staff from
  Derbyshire Mental Health Services Trust, PCTs and
  the voluntary sector
• ? AMBER
• The Network is meeting, but representation and
  attendance needs to be strengthened

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SO1.7

• Build upon the work of Infolink by assisting
  them to keep the voluntary sector information up
  to date and ensuring it is available to all
  partners. Create a direct link to the directory
  on our website with contact details where
  organisations need to make changes to
  information. (Fit For Purpose recommendation)
• ? GREEN

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SO2 Marketing the Sector

• SO2.1
• Develop a section of the website specifically for
  local voluntary sector news and promote to a wide
  range of partners
• ? RED
• Website has been out of action for a short
  while following staff changes now operational
  and this will be a key area for action in
  2008-2009

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SO2.2

• Use Fit for Purpose report to demonstrate
  standards already in place to the range of
  partner agencies
• GREEN
• Report promoted at Mental Health Strategic
  Commissioning Group in December 2007 and to a
  range of other agencies

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SO2.3

• Promote understanding and use of community based
  BME services to statutory providers and
  commissioners
• ? AMBER
• Work has been done at Delivering Race Equality
  Steering Group and Annual DRE Event to showcase
  the sector

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SO3 Training and Modernisation

• SO3.1
• Develop and deliver training and information
  sessions to members on key policy areas,
  including those identified in Fit For Purpose
  research report
• ? RED
• Training has been limited this year. The new
  staff post will concentrate on this area of work

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SO3.2

• Train Voluntary Sector Liaison Officer as an
  Outcomes champion
• ? RED
• BUT, we have arranged for the delivery of
  outcomes training for Day Services projects in
  conjunction with commissioners
• Target will be transferred to Training and
  Development Officer

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SO3.3

• Train and support Community Development Worker
  employing organisations to understand and achieve
  targets in Delivering Race Equality action plan
• ? AMBER
• Work is underway with employing organisations
  but action plan is not yet complete

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SO4 Capacity Building

• SO4.1
• Signpost to relevant training in areas of
  organisational governance identified in
  recommendations of Fit For Purpose report
• ? GREEN
• Signposting is underway through mailings and
  website. The new training and Development Officer
  will be able to target information to where it is
  most needed

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SO4.2

• Continue to work through the Managers Forum to
  highlight areas of need and to organise training
  where none exists elsewhere
• ? AMBER
• Managers Forum now discontinued need to
  find a new way of collecting information about
  training needs

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SO5 Equality and Diversity

• SO5.1
• Develop a Racial Equality Framework and action
  plan for SDVSMHF
• ? GREEN
• Plan in place all staff now receive equality
  and diversity training and is routinely
  incorporated into supervision and project
  planning

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SO5.2

• Develop good practice guidelines for service
  provision to people from BME communities for our
  member organisations and deliver relevant
  training through the Delivering Race Equality
  action plan
• ? RED
• This work is one of the priorities for our new
  Trainer Co-ordinator

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SO5.3

• Maintain involvement in the Network of Specialist
  Infrastructure Organisations and lobby for
  inclusivity proofing of all infrastructure
  development projects
• ? GREEN
• Inclusivity proofing is now being considered
  by the Equality and Diversity task group

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SO6 Business Development

• SO6.1
• Promote Forum membership to mental health
  providers working in southern Derbyshire
• ? RED
• This needs a personal approach as the
  organisations have failed to respond to written
  information

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SO6.2

• Network with generic local infrastructure
  organisations and undertake specific programmes
  to ensure complementary services
• e.g. Contracts Advisory Network, Consortium
  Development Fund
• ? GREEN
• Member organisations benefiting from DCAN

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SO6.3

• Highlight the availability of, and signpost
  member organisations onto relevant services
  provided by local infrastructure organisations to
  the voluntary sector
• ? GREEN

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SO7 Organisational Development

• SO7.1
• Develop new strategy and business plan
• ? GREEN
• In place October 2007

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SO7.2

• Seek funding for and employ a Development and
  Training Officer to take forward the
  recommendations of the Fit For Purpose research
  programme and other identified needs
• ? GREEN
• Worker scheduled to be in post by October 2008

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SO7.3

• Employ a worker to develop the action plan for
  Delivering Race Equality and co-ordinate the work
  of the Community Development Workers
• ? AMBER
• First worker left in May interviews for a new
  worker will take place on 21st July

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SO7.4

• Employ an administrative assistant to support the
  work of Delivering Race Equality and provide
  extended office support, including update of
  database
• ? GREEN
• Service now has full administrative support

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SO7.5

• Locate and move to suitable office accommodation
  for the expanded service
• ? GREEN
• Moved into new premises in Belper in November
  2007

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SO7.6

• Join the NAVCA (National Association for
  Voluntary and Community Action)
• ? GREEN
• SO7.7
• Draw up a timetable for revising organisational
  policies and procedures
• ? GREEN
• Several policies already newly in place or
  revised

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SO7.8

• Ensure Service Level Agreements with funders
  reflect the work and are regularly reported on
• ? AMBER
• DRE SLA reviewed in June 2008
• VSLS to be reviewed

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Summary

• ? GREEN 16
• ? AMBER 8
• ? RED 5