Audit Commission
The Audit Commission is an independent public body responsible for ensuring that public services deliver value for money and that public money is spent economically, efficiently and effectively in the areas of local government, criminal justice and fire and rescue services.
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CA - Corporate Assessment
Corporate Assessment is part of the Audit Commission's CPA framework. It focuses on the importance of a sound organisation to provide good services. It measures how effectively the council is working corporately and with its partners to improve services and deliver improved outcomes for local people.
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CAT - Corporate Assessment Team
The inspection team who will be responsible for conducting the Corporate Assessment
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DoT - Direction of Travel
A 'direction of travel' label is given to a council alongside its CPA rating. It describes the progress the council is making towards achieving improvements. The direction of travel labels are:
- Improving strongly
- Improving well
- Improving adequately
- Not improving adequately
- Not improving
(WCC is 'improving well')
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JAR - Joint Area Review
The Joint Area Review is an element of the Corporate Assessment process. It assess:
- what life is like for children and young people growing up in Warwickshire around the five outcomes of Every Child Matters
- whether they are healthy, enjoying and achieving, staying safe, making a positive contribution and achieving economic well-being
- how the council works with other organisations providing Children and Young People's Services
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KLOEs - Key Lines of Enquiry
The KLOEs provide the framework and criteria the inspectors will use to assess evidence about how effectively the council is working.
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Performance Indicators
A way of measuring how a service is performing against its objectives. Performance indicators may be collected for local or national purposes.
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Service Assessments
Service assessments look at the performance of six key services areas
- work with children and young people
- adult social care arrangements
- payment and collection of benefits
- cultural services
- environment
- housing
Service assessments are carried out annually using a mixture of performance indicators and inspections by external bodies e.g. Ofsted. Service assessments are part of the Audit Commission's CPA framework.
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UoR - Use of Resources
This is a yearly assessment of how well a council manages its finances and delivers value for money. This is part of the Audit Commission's CPA framework.
Our score for UoR is 4 out of 4!
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