express briefing @ 8
Facing the Future 5 February 2014 Cllr Steve Eling Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Resources Jan Britton - Chief Executive John Garrett - Deputy Chief Executive Melanie Dudley - Director of Improvement and Efficiency
The challenges councils face • • • • • • • •
Continued public spending cuts Rising demand for costly services Below inflation increase in Council Tax Less money to help people with Council Tax Uncertain income from business rates New funding for health and social care Implications of Care Bill Impact greatest upon most deprived boroughs
Facing the Future
How the money’s looking • It’s been tough but we’ve balanced the budget for 2014/15 • 2015/16 and 2016/17 are crunch years for all councils • Need to prepare now to avoid more cuts to frontline services Facing the Future
The way forward • • • •
Summits taken place from September 2013 Analysing challenges to chart the way forward Incremental changes not enough Need for major transformation to deliver services for less • Cabinet agreed outline of programme to save £20m per year and balance the budget from 2016 Facing the Future
What is the programme? • • • •
Critical to the 3 year budget strategy Implementation of £20m savings by 2016/17 10 Corporate Projects Will require new ways of working/whole council approach to be successful • Progress managed jointly by Cabinet/ Management Board • More projects will appear as programme evolves • Dedicated intranet site under development Facing the Future
Facing the Future: What we have to do to achieve our vision for the Council ‌ Facing the Future
Corporate Projects • • • • • • • • • •
Adult Social Care Transformation Public Health Children’s Services Improvement Plan Strategic Regeneration Commercial Focus Strategic Procurement Corporate ICT/Agile Working/Channel Shift Corporate Landlord Transform Sandwell Services Pegasus HR Projects
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1. Radically change how we provide services • Become more of an enabler by working with partners to deliver services • Early help/prevention to manage demand • Helping people to help themselves and others • Bringing health and social care together Facing the Future
2. Change the way we work • Bringing Transform Sandwell back into the council and the change this enables • Designing and delivering services within neighbourhoods • Helping people access more services online • Flexible job roles that work across traditional professional boundaries Facing the Future
3. Manage the organisation differently • • • • •
Regenerating the borough to boost business rates Commercial focus to our business Renegotiating contracts A more strategic approach to managing assets Managing people effectively, including less reliance on temporary staff • Root and branch review of Corporate Services Facing the Future
Your role • One council – we can achieve more together • Everyone must contribute to this programme to get through the cuts and continue to give people the services they need • Share intelligence and work together with partners • Identify further ideas to put into practice Facing the Future
express briefing @ 8
The Council Budget 5 March, 8am