Common use of Enabling Measures Clause in Contracts

Enabling Measures. Our proposals We would like to: • Continue to explore further potential flexibilities relating to Housing Market Renewal including: - developing propositions for aligning HMR resources together with those from the Regional Housing Board Single Pot, and the Decent Homes programme with the LAA. - having a forward programme for opening up a dialogue on the pooling of all ODPM capital resource on housing and sustainable communities from April 2008 onwards. (Note: as part of the City Summit Business Case submission, we are going further than this and requesting wider flexibilities on capital spending between funding blocks and also on earmarking capital receipts.) • The Local Authority to have formal involvement or influence with regard to the procurement of Section 4 accommodation by NASS (accommodation for failed / end of process asylum seekers) • In recognition of the cross-cutting nature of substance misuse issues we will develop the Safer Communities Partnership statutory overview of Substance Misuse target delivery to ensure that each SFA block is making an appropriate contribution to the strategy's delivery. We will also discuss the potential for further alignment of relevant funding. • Remove the capital/revenue split on elements of the funding that make up our successful neighbourhoods pot – ie. Home Office elements. • Develop a package of freedoms and flexibilities within the Mixed Communities Pilot during 2006. We shall develop specific proposals for discussion at the mid year review. • Seek initial exemption of automatic inclusion of calls recorded through the Single Non-Emergency Number within our crime statistics. We will wish to evaluate the impact of the system and have clear processes in place to ensure that recording is accurate and appropriate. • With regard to National Asylum Support Service (NASS) procurement through Section 4 or the private provider it is necessary to have greater local control to ensure there is less propensity for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers to have negative impacts on the closing the gap agenda and HMR. Summaries of the business case for these requests are provided in ANNEX A. Pooling: Our proposals Housing solutions (Homelessness) funding We aim to place the funding for Housing Solutions into one single budget area to enable local discretion and development of locally specific services to address homelessness prevention and development of housing solutions. These funds include the Homelessness Innovation Fund, ODPM Homelessness Grant and BME Homelessness Innovation Fund. This would give flexibility in allowing the service to meet homelessness challenges as they arise, and adapt services accordingly. The impact would be a greater focus on reduction in homelessness administration & acceptance and focus on prevention, which could generate savings to SCC. The development of the Sanctuary scheme and other housing related interventions on domestic abuse could also be addressed through the joining of these resources & result in a reduction of individual reporting and performance management arrangements. Supporting People We propose that in 2006/07 the two grant funded post for Supporting People, the grant pot and the administration grant are amalgamated. It is proposed that further work takes place during 2006/7 to place the £25m Supporting People funding in the SFA for 2007/08 after we have worked through the national policy context based on the outcomes of the National Strategy Consultation. This funding would facilitate work to support vulnerable people to live in the community successfully as part of the overall Housing Strategy for the city. A full review of Sheffield City Council’s Supporting People Strategy will be undertaken in Summer 06 and freedoms and flexibilities will be identified to enable us to tailor the strategy to local needs. Therefore we would like to have a dialogue on freedoms from April 07 to enable an iterative change from the current provision of legacy services to a more joined up preventative strategy for the future. New Activity for 2006/07 Safer Communities Sheffield Homes is supporting the neighbourhood level activity with a new team of mobile ‘Safety Wardens’ able to be tasked by local Safer Neighbourhood Areas. These arrangements will support to some degree all four of the national outcomes and be the main resource for tackling parts of PSA 1, for preventing and deterring anti-social behaviour and for addressing PSA 3 (building public re- assurance). Whilst every area in the city will receive services to prevent and reduce crime and improve community safety, others will receive additional support where and when necessary. This will apply to areas where rates and levels of recorded crime are significantly and consistently higher than others creating ‘hotspot’ areas. The Council’s Best Value Review of Anti-Social Behaviour will take account of the guidance and proposals within the Government’s new ‘Respect’ Action Plan. We shall be taking action at an individual, family and community level. We intend to increase the numbers of victims of domestic abuse who are able to remain in their own homes and thus reduce the levels of repeat homelessness amongst this group. This entails establishing a ‘sanctuary’ scheme which provides better security inside the home of a vulnerable victim.

Enabling Measures. Our proposals We would like to: •  Continue to explore further potential flexibilities relating to Housing Market Renewal including: - developing propositions for aligning HMR resources together with those from the Regional Housing Board Single Pot, and the Decent Homes programme with the LAA. - having a forward programme for opening up a dialogue on the pooling of all ODPM capital resource on housing and sustainable communities from April 2008 onwards. (Note: as part of the City Summit Business Case submission, we are going further than this and requesting wider flexibilities on capital spending between funding blocks and also on earmarking capital receipts.) •  The Local Authority to have formal involvement or influence with regard to the procurement of Section 4 accommodation by NASS XXXX (accommodation for failed / end of process asylum seekers) •  In recognition of the cross-cutting nature of substance misuse issues we will develop the Safer Communities Partnership statutory overview of Substance Misuse target delivery to ensure that each SFA block is making an appropriate contribution to the strategy's delivery. We will also discuss the potential for further alignment of relevant funding. •  Remove the capital/revenue split on elements of the funding that make up our successful neighbourhoods pot – ie. Home Office elements. •  Develop a package of freedoms and flexibilities within the Mixed Communities Pilot during 2006. We shall develop specific proposals for discussion at the mid year review. •  Seek initial exemption of automatic inclusion of calls recorded through the Single Non-Emergency Number within our crime statistics. We will wish to evaluate the impact of the system and have clear processes in place to ensure that recording is accurate and appropriate. •  With regard to National Asylum Support Service (NASS) procurement through Section 4 or the private provider it is necessary to have greater local control to ensure there is less propensity for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers to have negative impacts on the closing the gap agenda and HMR. Summaries of the business case for these requests are provided in ANNEX A. Pooling: Our proposals Housing solutions (Homelessness) funding We aim to place the funding for Housing Solutions into one single budget area to enable local discretion and development of locally specific services to address homelessness prevention and development of housing solutions. These funds include the Homelessness Innovation Fund, ODPM Homelessness Grant and BME Homelessness Innovation Fund. This would give flexibility in allowing the service to meet homelessness challenges as they arise, and adapt services accordingly. The impact would be a greater focus on reduction in homelessness administration & acceptance and focus on prevention, which could generate savings to SCC. The development of the Sanctuary scheme and other housing related interventions on domestic abuse could also be addressed through the joining of these resources & result in a reduction of individual reporting and performance management arrangements. Supporting People We propose that in 2006/07 the two grant funded post for Supporting People, the grant pot and the administration grant are amalgamated. It is proposed that further work takes place during 2006/7 to place the £25m Supporting People funding in the SFA for 2007/08 after we have worked through the national policy context based on the outcomes of the National Strategy Consultation. This funding would facilitate work to support vulnerable people to live in the community successfully as part of the overall Housing Strategy for the city. A full review of Sheffield City Council’s Supporting People Strategy will be undertaken in Summer 06 and freedoms and flexibilities will be identified to enable us to tailor the strategy to local needs. Therefore we would like to have a dialogue on freedoms from April 07 to enable an iterative change from the current provision of legacy services to a more joined up preventative strategy for the future. New Activity for 2006/07 Safer Communities Sheffield Homes is supporting the neighbourhood level activity with a new team of mobile ‘Safety Wardens’ able to be tasked by local Safer Neighbourhood Areas. These arrangements will support to some degree all four of the national outcomes and be the main resource for tackling parts of PSA 1, for preventing and deterring anti-social behaviour and for addressing PSA 3 (building public re- assurance). Whilst every area in the city will receive services to prevent and reduce crime and improve community safety, others will receive additional support where and when necessary. This will apply to areas where rates and levels of recorded crime are significantly and consistently higher than others creating ‘hotspot’ areas. The Council’s Best Value Review of Anti-Social Behaviour will take account of the guidance and proposals within the Government’s new ‘Respect’ Action Plan. We shall be taking action at an individual, family and community level. We intend to increase the numbers of victims of domestic abuse who are able to remain in their own homes and thus reduce the levels of repeat homelessness amongst this group. This entails establishing a ‘sanctuary’ scheme which provides better security inside the home of a vulnerable victim.

Enabling Measures. Our proposals We would like tolike: • Continue  The inclusion of a number of youth crime and prevention activities to explore further potential flexibilities relating be included in the SFA.  A protocol to Housing Market Renewal including: - developing propositions enable the alignment of capital programmes between the Local Authority, the NHS, the Police and the LSC.  The definition of specific performance targets for aligning HMR resources children’s services within the National Service Framework together with those from an expectation of a level of spend within local NHS budgets relative to local need.  A variance to the Regional Housing Board Single Pot, and the Decent Homes programme with the LAA. - having a forward programme Commission for opening up a dialogue Social Care Inspection banding on the pooling of all ODPM capital resource on housing and sustainable communities from April 2008 onwards. (Note: PAF A3 measurement indicator which at present acts as part of the City Summit Business Case submission, we are going further than this and requesting wider flexibilities on capital spending between funding blocks and also on earmarking capital receipts.) • The Local Authority an inhibitor to have formal involvement or influence with regard to the procurement of Section 4 accommodation by NASS (accommodation for failed / end of process asylum seekers) • In recognition of the cross-cutting nature of substance misuse issues we will develop the Safer Communities Partnership statutory overview of Substance Misuse target delivery to ensure that each SFA block is making an appropriate contribution to the strategy's delivery. We will also discuss the potential for further alignment of relevant funding. • Remove the capital/revenue split on elements of the funding that make up our successful neighbourhoods pot – ie. Home Office elements. • Develop a package of freedoms and flexibilities within the Mixed Communities Pilot during 2006. We shall develop specific proposals for discussion at the mid year review. • Seek initial exemption of automatic inclusion of calls recorded through the Single Non-Emergency Number within our crime statistics. We will wish to evaluate the impact of the system and have clear processes in place to ensure that recording is accurate and appropriate. • With regard to National Asylum Support Service (NASS) procurement through Section 4 or the private provider it is necessary to have greater local control to ensure there is less propensity for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers to have negative impacts on the closing the gap agenda and HMRgood practice. Summaries of the business case for these requests are provided in ANNEX A. Pooling: Our proposals Housing solutions (Homelessness) Currently some £7.8m is ‘pooled’ in the Children & Young People’s LAA, and the Children and Young People’s 0 to 19 Partnership Board has discretion to use this funding We aim to place support the five Every Child Matters outcomes flexibly, subject to the government’s existing policy objectives being met. Former restrictions and reporting requirements on the funding for Housing Solutions into one single budget area included within the SFA have not yet been removed. Further funding will be included in the CYP SFA from 2006/07, with c£9m available to support priorities, as the SFA is refined with government. Additionally, the Council’s Children and Young People’s Directorate will be working with partner organisations in the pooling and /or aligning of budgets in support of new structures, in particular, as Service Districts develop. Where possible, pooling of resources from partners will be encouraged to enable the sustainability and flexibility of front-line services. During the period of this plan, the local discretion authority and development of locally specific services its partners are looking to address homelessness prevention and development of housing solutions. These funds include the Homelessness Innovation Fundfollowing funding streams within the SFA arrangements in order to produce cost efficiencies in administration, ODPM Homelessness Grant reporting and BME Homelessness Innovation Fund. This would give flexibility in allowing the service to meet homelessness challenges as they arise, governance and adapt services accordingly. The impact would be a greater focus on reduction in homelessness administration & acceptance integration of effort:  Children’s Fund  Connexions  Child and focus on prevention, which could generate savings to SCC. The development of the Sanctuary scheme and other housing related interventions on domestic abuse could also be addressed through the joining Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)  Local Sure Start Further details of these resources & result funding streams and others can be found in a reduction of individual reporting and performance management arrangements. Supporting People We propose that in 2006/07 the two grant funded post for Supporting People, the grant pot and the administration grant are amalgamated. It is proposed that further work takes place during 2006/7 to place the £25m Supporting People funding in the SFA for 2007/08 after we have worked through the national policy context based on the outcomes of the National Strategy Consultation. This funding would facilitate work to support vulnerable people to live in the community successfully as part of the overall Housing Strategy for the city. A full review of Sheffield City Council’s Supporting People Strategy will be undertaken in Summer 06 and freedoms and flexibilities will be identified to enable us to tailor the strategy to local needs. Therefore we would like to have a dialogue on freedoms from April 07 to enable an iterative change from the current provision of legacy services to a more joined up preventative strategy for the future. Annex B New Activity for 2006/07 Safer Communities Sheffield Homes is supporting the neighbourhood level activity with a new team of mobile ‘Safety Wardens’ able to be tasked by local Safer Neighbourhood Areas. These arrangements will support to some degree all four of the national outcomes and be the main resource for tackling parts of PSA 1, for preventing and deterring anti-social behaviour and for addressing PSA 3 (building public re- assurance). Whilst every area in the city will receive services to prevent and reduce crime and improve community safety, others will receive additional support where and when necessary. This will apply to areas where rates and levels of recorded crime are significantly and consistently higher than others creating ‘hotspot’ areas. The Council’s Best Value Review of Anti-Social Behaviour will take account of the guidance and proposals within the Government’s new ‘Respect’ Action Plan. We shall be taking action at an individual, family and community level. We intend to increase the numbers of victims of domestic abuse who are able to remain in their own homes and thus reduce the levels of repeat homelessness amongst this group. This entails establishing a ‘sanctuary’ scheme which provides better security inside the home of a vulnerable victim.2006/07

Enabling Measures. Our proposals We would like tolike: • Continue The inclusion of a number of youth crime and prevention activities to explore further potential flexibilities relating be included in the SFA. • A protocol to Housing Market Renewal including: - developing propositions enable the alignment of capital programmes between the Local Authority, the NHS, the Police and the LSC. • The definition of specific performance targets for aligning HMR resources children’s services within the National Service Framework together with those from an expectation of a level of spend within local NHS budgets relative to local need. • A variance to the Regional Housing Board Single Pot, and the Decent Homes programme with the LAA. - having a forward programme Commission for opening up a dialogue Social Care Inspection banding on the pooling of all ODPM capital resource on housing and sustainable communities from April 2008 onwards. (Note: PAF A3 measurement indicator which at present acts as part of the City Summit Business Case submission, we are going further than this and requesting wider flexibilities on capital spending between funding blocks and also on earmarking capital receipts.) • The Local Authority an inhibitor to have formal involvement or influence with regard to the procurement of Section 4 accommodation by NASS (accommodation for failed / end of process asylum seekers) • In recognition of the cross-cutting nature of substance misuse issues we will develop the Safer Communities Partnership statutory overview of Substance Misuse target delivery to ensure that each SFA block is making an appropriate contribution to the strategy's delivery. We will also discuss the potential for further alignment of relevant funding. • Remove the capital/revenue split on elements of the funding that make up our successful neighbourhoods pot – ie. Home Office elements. • Develop a package of freedoms and flexibilities within the Mixed Communities Pilot during 2006. We shall develop specific proposals for discussion at the mid year review. • Seek initial exemption of automatic inclusion of calls recorded through the Single Non-Emergency Number within our crime statistics. We will wish to evaluate the impact of the system and have clear processes in place to ensure that recording is accurate and appropriate. • With regard to National Asylum Support Service (NASS) procurement through Section 4 or the private provider it is necessary to have greater local control to ensure there is less propensity for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers to have negative impacts on the closing the gap agenda and HMRgood practice. Summaries of the business case for these requests are provided in ANNEX A. Pooling: Our proposals Housing solutions (Homelessness) Currently some £7.8m is ‘pooled’ in the Children & Young People’s LAA, and the Children and Young People’s 0 to 19 Partnership Board has discretion to use this funding We aim to place support the five Every Child Matters outcomes flexibly, subject to the government’s existing policy objectives being met. Former restrictions and reporting requirements on the funding for Housing Solutions into one single budget area included within the SFA have not yet been removed. Further funding will be included in the CYP SFA from 2006/07, with c£9m available to support priorities, as the SFA is refined with government. Additionally, the Council’s Children and Young People’s Directorate will be working with partner organisations in the pooling and /or aligning of budgets in support of new structures, in particular, as Service Districts develop. Where possible, pooling of resources from partners will be encouraged to enable the sustainability and flexibility of front-line services. During the period of this plan, the local discretion authority and development of locally specific services its partners are looking to address homelessness prevention and development of housing solutions. These funds include the Homelessness Innovation Fundfollowing funding streams within the SFA arrangements in order to produce cost efficiencies in administration, ODPM Homelessness Grant reporting and BME Homelessness Innovation Fund. This would give flexibility in allowing the service to meet homelessness challenges as they arise, governance and adapt services accordingly. The impact would be a greater focus on reduction in homelessness administration & acceptance integration of effort: • Children’s Fund • Connexions • Child and focus on prevention, which could generate savings to SCC. The development of the Sanctuary scheme and other housing related interventions on domestic abuse could also be addressed through the joining Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) • Local Sure Start Further details of these resources & result funding streams and others can be found in a reduction of individual reporting and performance management arrangements. Supporting People We propose that in 2006/07 the two grant funded post for Supporting People, the grant pot and the administration grant are amalgamated. It is proposed that further work takes place during 2006/7 to place the £25m Supporting People funding in the SFA for 2007/08 after we have worked through the national policy context based on the outcomes of the National Strategy Consultation. This funding would facilitate work to support vulnerable people to live in the community successfully as part of the overall Housing Strategy for the city. A full review of Sheffield City Council’s Supporting People Strategy will be undertaken in Summer 06 and freedoms and flexibilities will be identified to enable us to tailor the strategy to local needs. Therefore we would like to have a dialogue on freedoms from April 07 to enable an iterative change from the current provision of legacy services to a more joined up preventative strategy for the future. Annex B New Activity for 2006/07 Safer Communities Sheffield Homes is supporting the neighbourhood level activity with a new team of mobile ‘Safety Wardens’ able to be tasked by local Safer Neighbourhood Areas. These arrangements will support to some degree all four of the national outcomes and be the main resource for tackling parts of PSA 1, for preventing and deterring anti-social behaviour and for addressing PSA 3 (building public re- assurance). Whilst every area in the city will receive services to prevent and reduce crime and improve community safety, others will receive additional support where and when necessary. This will apply to areas where rates and levels of recorded crime are significantly and consistently higher than others creating ‘hotspot’ areas. The Council’s Best Value Review of Anti-Social Behaviour will take account of the guidance and proposals within the Government’s new ‘Respect’ Action Plan. We shall be taking action at an individual, family and community level. We intend to increase the numbers of victims of domestic abuse who are able to remain in their own homes and thus reduce the levels of repeat homelessness amongst this group. This entails establishing a ‘sanctuary’ scheme which provides better security inside the home of a vulnerable victim.2006/07