Introduction
Strategic leadership, although vital to any high performing organisation, becomes ever more crucial where a range of different agencies need to work together. Effective processes, clear accountability and robust performance management provide important foundations for the rest of the work partnerships undertake to improve local community safety.
This chapter explains the new statutory requirements that will help to ensure a minimum standard of effective leadership from all the responsible authorities. It contains some suggestions to support partnership embed further effective and empowered leadership. Many partnerships will already meet the statutory requirements highlighted in this chapter and might want to take this opportunity to review their leadership structures and processes in light of some of the suggested practice. Additionally, partnerships may want to review how they engage with other partnerships, for example the Local Strategic Partnership, Local Criminal Justice Board, Regional Reducing Re-offending Board, or other community safety partnerships.
At the end of this chapter you should be able to:
- Understand the new statutory requirements relating to governance, information sharing protocols, designated liaison officers and reporting back to your communit.
- Develop local governance structures, including chairing arrangements.
- Develop the relevant local protocols, particularly an information-sharing protocol.
- Agree a local performance management framework.
- Understand requirements to report back to the community on performance.
- Consider how best to work across multiple partnerships, especially in two-tier areas.
- Understand how the partnership can demonstrate Empowered and Effective Leadership and other relevant Hallmarks.
- Understand the skills and knowledge that will support leadership.
