What is the JAR timetable?

TIMELINES FOR THE CORPORATE ASSESSMENT AND JOINT AREA REVIEW BLOCK 10: NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE (INCLUDING RESPONSE TO DRAFT REPORT)

STAGE	DATE	STATUS
Joint set up meeting	9 October 2006	Complete
Self assessment returned (CA and JAR)	27 November 2006	Complete
Analysis week (JAR) Please note that JAR teams will be working off-site on the following dates: 20-21 December 2006, and 8 January 2007. Dates for the CA teams during this period will be confirmed to you by the CA team leader.	18 -19 December 2006 & 8, 9 -10 January 2007	Complete
On site Fieldwork	22 January - 2 February 2007	Complete
Draft reports sent to council/partners for comments (received by 5.00pm )	7 March 2007	Complete
Consultation Period	8 - 16 March 2007	Complete
Collate Feedback/Comments	16 March 2007	Complete
Produce first draft of response	19 March 2007	Complete
Response submitted to Inspectors - by 12 noon	21 March 2007	Complete
Final CA and JAR report to council/area	18 April 2007	Complete
Feedback meeting	23 April 2007	Complete
Latest dates for council to request review of CA report	2 May 2007	Complete
Publication	15 May 2007	Complete

Specific details of the timeline for the Joint Area Review and Corporate Assessment (CA) and how they are interrelated

Stage

Date where applicable

Joint area review activity

Corporate assessment activity

Informed of JAR and CA.

Briefing pack received.

24 August 2006

Commence arrangements for Tellus Survey, identify three neighbourhood study areas and begin compiling information for case tracking.

Receive information about CA.

A dataset of available indicators will be sent shortly.

Information to be returned by council

1 September 2006

Confirm Tellus details with Ofsted (5 days after receipt of the briefing pack).

25 September 2006

Return choice of neighbourhoods, and selection of 100 case files (two weeks before Set-up meeting).

Set-up meeting

9 October 2006

Discuss inspection programme, agree 10 cases and neighbourhood study and confirm areas for fieldwork. Brief senior officers and partners about the scope and organisation of the JAR. Agree return of self assessment two weeks prior to start of Analysis stage.

Agree return documentation for CA to the Team Leader two weeks before Analysis Stage commences. Brief Chief Executive, officers and members of the council about the scope and organisation of the CA.

Joint area review activity

Corporate assessment activity

Area/council to return self-assessment

27 November 2006

Return self-assessment.

Analysis stage (up to one week)

18-19 December 2006

8, 9, 10 January 2007

Team attends on site. LA to have ready case files and documents for inspection teams to consider and key worker and agency profiles for the JAR team.

Team attends on site to review self assessment, performance data and other information provided by council and stakeholders.

Meetings at end of Analysis stage

10 January 2007

JAR lead inspector attends CA round table meeting with council and its partners to agree the focus of fieldwork.

Followed by:

CA round table meeting with council and its partners to agree the focus of fieldwork.

Meeting with director of children's services to confirm programme for fieldwork.

Fieldwork week 1

22 - 26 January 2007

Case tracking and neighbourhood studies.

CA onsite meetings and other fieldwork activity to gather evidence.

Joint area review activity

Corporate assessment activity

Fieldwork week 2

and feedback

29 January -
2 February 2007

JAR enquiries through meetings and visits about key judgements identified for fieldwork. Follow-up on issues raised by case tracking and neighbourhood studies.

CA onsite meetings and other fieldwork activity to gather evidence.

JAR headline feedback on key issues to the director of children's services and other partners.

CA headline feedback to the Chief Executive.

Draft report sent to authority/council

7 March 2007

Draft report sent to Director of Children's Services and the Chief Executive. 10 working days to make written comments.

Draft report sent to Chief Executive. 10 working days to make written comments.

Final feedback meeting(s)

23 April 2007

Meetings with Director of Children's Services, senior officers and members of the local partnership to discuss findings.

Meeting with the Chief Executive and members.

Publication

14 May 2007

Report published on websites.



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