Greater Manchester Women’s Support Alliance Our Delivery Plan for 2016-19 Theme: Maintain Aims: Maintain Current Service Provision What will we deliver How will we deliver this Lead From When To when Review We will ensure that current service provision is maintained in order to support the Whole System Approach. We will provide funding to Alliance members to bridge the funding gap left by withdrawal of NHSE monies. Finance subcommittee. October 2016 March 2019 Completed We will improve links with and referrals from CRC / NPS by improved communication, to ensure referral numbers are maintained John Brimley October 2016 June 2017 Some meetings held, but referral numbers still show gaps. Issue raised formally at the FOB KF has met with some CRC women’s lead managers. Further meetings planned. We will ensure continued representation at the GM Female Offenders Board in order to influence future direction of the WSA John Brimley KF, NG All Alliance members. October 2016 March 2019 Ongoing We will ensure a continued representation at GM Triage meetings Operational Managers October 2016 March 2019 Triage meetings have stopped, and have been replaced by a
Link in with both the CRC and NPS Service-User Involvement leads, and other SUE initiatives across GM, to ensure there is no duplication and that there is strategic alignment. Service User Involvement workers (SUIWs) January 2017 June 2017 Some work done but more still needed to explore links with User Voice. Ensure there is proportional representation from Younger Women, Women with Learning Difficulties and BAMER Women SUIWs January 2017 March 2019 Some evidence of this but more systematic approach needed Run Focus groups in each Alliance project to gain the views of women about the local service, and apply the learning from those focus groups to develop service delivery SUIWs All Alliance members. January 2017 June 2017 Focus groups have run in each centre, but as yet we have to understand and apply the learning from those groups. SU’s have been involved in the PIA, and now the EIA. Develop 8 women as Peer Mentors in HMP Styal SUIWs Prison Link Workers (PLWs) October 2016 January 2017 Completed Provide funding to Women’s Centres for interpreters and translation fees to ensure Involvement of women with English as a second language Funding subcommittee December 2016 March 2019 Completed, and agreement reached with the CRC re their SU’s and interpreter costs Ensure that in each Women’s Centre women are developed as peer support/ community champions SUIWs All Alliance members January 2017 Ongoing No work commenced on this as yet
Theme: Develop Aims: Improve Staff Support and Development What will we deliver How will we deliver this Lead From When To when Review We will ensure that all Alliance staff have access to good quality training and development opportunities Employ a learning and development advisor KF December 2016 March 2017 Completed Develop and deliver a training plan for; All staff Service Users External agencies Learning and Development Advisor January 2017 Ongoing On track – needs analysis completed Run at least one full staff conference per year. KF January 2017 June 2017 Staff conference set for July 2017 We will ensure all Alliance staff are supervised on a regular basis Develop a standardised supervision template for use will all staff employed directly by the Alliance JB January 2017 March 2017 Completed by KF We will ensure that all Alliance employed staff have regular supervision which is recorded using the template Relevant managers April 2017 March 2019 Completed and ongoing Theme: Evolve Aims: Practice Delivery is Evidence-Led What will we deliver How will we deliver this Lead From When To when Review We will contribute fully to the Evaluation of the Whole System Approach, and we will apply the learning from that Evaluation to improve service delivery We will adopt a ‘real women’ approach to the evaluation, with Service-Users fully involved. KF January 2017 March 2018 On track We will apply any learning from the evaluation to evolve our service delivery model GM WSA Board January 2017 March 2018 We will learn from best practice both regionally and nationally We will improve links with Women’s Breakout and other key national GM WSA Board January 2017 March 2019 Links are being established, and joint
bodies in order to share and learn from best practice letter sent to new justice Secretary Secure future funding post 2019 We will work with our commissioners, the Female Offender Board, and other key agencies, to secure funding post 2019, using Cost-Benefit analyses and the results of the evaluation as our evidence base. GM WSA Board January 2017 March 2019 Discussions at the FOB are well-developed CRC commitment confirmed Paper agreed by JRE re future funding Alliance looking at other sources of funding Corporate sponsor required We will create and implement a sustainability plan focusing on securing future funding post 2019 We will establish a working group to create a plan outlining priorities for funding and the key actions necessary to pursue funding options We will work with our commissioners, the Female Offender Board, and other statutory and grant funders to secure funding post 2019, using Cost-Benefit analyses, evaluation and service user case studies and voice as our evidence base. GM WSA Board August 2017 March 2019 See above We will forge closer links with partners in the NHS and Public Health in order to enhance service delivery in this area through the creation of compelling evidence GM WSA Board January 2017 to March 2018 Paper has gone from Martin N to directors of Public health. Some work started but more needs to be done.