Preparing for Corporate Assessment

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Preparing for Corporate Assessment

• Jon Bell
• Head of Performance Improvement

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Westminster some facts

• A city of contrasts, with vast inequalities in
  wealth, education and health
• A city of diversity 182 different nationalities
  
• A city of 47,000 businesses, a 24/7 city with a
  daytime population over 1m
• A city in the spotlight royal residences,
  parliament, terrorist attacks

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Westminster some facts

• But the same challenges
• Financial remit
• Cohesion
• Deprivation
• Crime
• Health inequalities
• Social exclusion
• Affordable housing

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Meeting the Challenge

• CPA score 4 Stars, Improving Strongly
• Corporate assessment
• High-calibre political managerial leadership
• Strong partnership working
• Excellent community leadership
• Delivers against priorities
• Understands needs of diverse communities
• Ambition Vision One City

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Preparing for Inspection

• Warming Up the organisation
• Engaging partners
• Comms
• Self Assessment
• Evidence
• City Tour

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Warming Up The Organisation

• Comms campaign
• Micro site
• Staff briefings
• Poster campaign
• Manager buy-in
• Engaging partners
• Make it fun!

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Self-Assessment

• Take time to make it good
• Chance to sell
• Be realistic
• Celebrate strengths
• Show awareness of weaknesses
• Strong focus on outcomes what really makes a
  difference

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Evidence

• Make it easy for inspectors
• Case studies
• KLOE matrix
• Document extranet
• Identify the gaps!

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City Tour

• Plan and rehearse
• Avoid overload
• Involve partners residents
• Concentrate on things that really are impacting
  on peoples lives

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Lessons Learned

• Allow plenty of time for preparation
• Think about your key messages
• Tailored communications with staff/partners at
  each stage of the process
• Make sure everyone briefed linked to key
  messages
• Think about your organisation from an inspectors
  point of view