The LGA Wirral Improvement Board is a
partnership between Wirral Council and the Local Government
Association and will provide oversight, support and challenge to
Wirral’s improvement and transformation journey.
The Board aims to support the Council to:
·
Demonstrate its
ambitions for its local communities
·
Drive forward its
plans for improvement in corporate governance and services in a
timely way
·
Prioritise what is
most important
·
Create the capacity
and plans to embed lasting improvements and culture
change
·
Deliver improved
services within realistic spending constraints
The Improvement Board’s role is to:
·
Provide support and
guidance
·
Identify and signpost
appropriate good practice
·
Provide challenge and
act as a critical friend
·
Ensure the
contributions from different external agencies/bodies to
Wirral’s improvement journey are coordinated
·
Ensure there is a
single, integrated and holistic improvement plan that can be
clearly understood and communicated internally and
externally
·
Endorse decisions
which impact on political and managerial leadership arrangements,
corporate governance and improvement in advance of them going
through Wirral’s own decision-making structures, e.g. Cabinet
or Council.