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BUILDING SAFER COMMUNITIES

• Introduction - Janti Champaneri, OBE
• Political perspective - Cllr Jones
• Practice view - the delegation
• Strategic View - Peter Hay
• Q and A, Close

THE POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE

BIRMINGHAM'S AIMS

CONTEXT

• Safeguarding children
• Protection from extremism
• Adult safeguarding
• Domestic violence

LEARNING

• The quartet approach
• Balance short/long term
• Tackle issues - they don't go away
• Resources in austerity
• How do we deal with long term failure?

PERSPECTIVE ON PRACTICE

OPPORTUNITIES

• Importance of social work education
• Importance of the social work role
• Relationships and relational security
• Revaluation of terminology

CHALLENGES

• Creativity through adversity
• Dynamic leadership in defined communities

BUT...

• Reinforced segregation
• Inequality
• Lack of systemic linkage
• Violence/gun crime
• Implications of the criminal justice system

WAYS FORWARD

• Collaboration, connectivity,collectively and continuity
• Universal standards and specific creativity
• War on drugs, war on crime but not war on poverty
• Discourse of punishment

PERSPECTIVE ON STRATEGY

MAKING BIRMINGHAM SAFER

• Worforce
• Areas
• Networks
• Behaviour
• Holding the ring

A COMMISSIONING COUNCIL HAS A...

• Line of sight on needs
• Line of sight on people
• Plan for quality of life
• Today, tomorrow and always

THANKS!