Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) Report
This form should be completed for each Equality Impact Assessment on a new or existing
function, a reduction or closure of service, any policy, procedure, strategy, plan or project which
has been screened and found relevant to Equality and Diversity.
Please refer to the ‘Equality Impact Assessment Guidance’ while completing this form. If
you would like further guidance please contact the Access to Services Team (see
Guidance for details).
Where do you work?
Service Area: Children and Young People’s Partnership
Directorate: Social Services/Education
(a)
This EIA is being completed for a…
Service/
Function
(b)
Policy/
Procedure
Project
Strategy
Plan
Please name and describe below…
Children and Young People’s Partnership, Disability Strategy, 2011 to 2014
(c)
It was initially screened for relevance to Equality and Diversity on 3 December 2010
(d)
It was found to be relevant to…
Different racial groups............................... Different age groups ................................. People with disabilities.................................
Different religions or beliefs .........................
Different genders ...................................... Different sexual orientations ........................
Welsh language speakers......................... (e)
Lead Officer
Name: Hayden Nelson
Job title: Principal Officer
(f)
Approved by Head of Service
Name: Steve Walker
Date (dd/mm/yyyy): 18/11/2010
Date (dd/mm/yyyy): 18/11/2010
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Section 1 – Aims (See guidance):
Briefly describe the aims of the function, service, policy, procedure, strategy, plan or
project:
What are the aims?
To set out the CYP Partnership’s priorities for meeting the needs of
disabled children and young people and their families.
Who has responsibility?
Children and Young People’s Partnership
Who are the stakeholders?
Social Services, Education, Health, Voluntary/Third Sector, disabled
children and young people and their families
Section 2 - Information about Service Users(See guidance):
Please tick what information you know about your service users and provide details/
evidence of how this information is collected.
Race ........................................................ Age ........................................................... Gender...................................................... Welsh Speaker.......................................... Disability ................................................... Religion or Belief.......................................
Sexual orientation .....................................
What information do you know
about your service users and how
is this information collected?
Identifying information is
gathered at the point of
referral by the relevant
agencies. Agencies have
different systems for
collecting information and
cannot currently jointly
analyse.
Any Actions Required?
• The Strategy recognises the need to draw together equality information
on disabled children and young people as part of its priorities.
•
Section 3 - Impact on Equality Groups(See guidance):
Please consider the possible impact on the different equality target groups. This could be
based on service user information, data, consultation and research or professional
experience (e.g. comments and complaints).
Positive
Negative
Neutral
Needs further
investigation
Different racial groups
Different age groups
Different genders
Welsh language speakers
Disabled people
Different religions or beliefs
Different sexual orientations
Thinking about your answers above, please explain in detail why this is the case
including details of any consultation (and/or other information), which has been
undertaken to support your view?
The Strategy is designed to improve services for disabled children and young
people and their families. The key information used to set the priorities recognised
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the differential impact of disability on the groups above. The priorities were also
informed by a consultation on the draft strategy and a review of child disability
services. Parents were involved in these activities and are now part of the Strategy
Group. The attached briefing paper summarises the findings of the consultation
process. The Key Findings of the initial research are also attached.
Any actions required (to mitigate adverse impact or to address identified gaps in
knowledge)
• Consultation of children and young people needs to be completed
•
Section 4 - Other Impacts:
Please consider the possible impact on the following. This could be based on service
user information, data, consultation and research or professional experience (e.g.
comments and complaints).
Foster good community relations
Elimination of discrimination
Promotion of equality of opportunity
Reduction of social exclusion/poverty
(Please see guidance for definitions on the above)
Please explain any possible impact on the above.
The impact of the Strategy on all the above should be positive by furthering
Joint Co-ordination, enabling Access and Particiaption, improving
Awareness, supporting Parents and Carers and Monitoring and Evaluating
the impacts
What work have you already done to improve any of the above?
Established subgroups to cover each of the five themes above.
Parents are now part of the Strategy Steering Group and as members of the
sub groups.
Appropriate strategic leads in place
Different agencies are identified to take a lead
Parents have been trained to act as representatives on the Strategy
Steering Group September 2010 and are now supported by Parent Carer
Forum Support Worker. The benefits of this training are already being seen
as parents are now active members of the groups above.
Actions (to mitigate adverse impact or to address identified gaps in knowledge)
•
•
Section 5 - Monitoring arrangements:
Please explain the arrangements in place (or those which will be put in place) to monitor
this function, service, policy, procedure, strategy, plan or project:
Monitoring arrangements: The implementation of the strategy will be
supported by the development of an Action Plan. The delivery of the action
plan will be monitored by the CYPP Disability Strategy Steering Group who
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will report to the Children Young Peoples Partnership through the Children
in Need Planning Group (see Terms of Reference attached). This ensures
that the Strategy links into the broader plans and strategies of the Authority
in particular the Childen and Young People’s Plan and Health, Social Care
and Well being Strategy.
The Strategy Steering Group will take the role of Monitoring and Evaluating
the impact of the Strategy and its Action Plan.
The reporting and meeting arrangements for the Strategy Steering Group
are detailed in the Terms of Reference attached.
Actions:
Section 6 – Outcomes:
Having completed sections 1-5, please indicate which of the outcomes listed below applies to
your initiative (refer to guidance for further information on this section).
Outcome 1: No major change to the initiative…
Outcome 2: Adjust the initiative…
Outcome 3: Continue the initiative…
Outcome 4: Stop and remove the initiative…
Section 7 - Publication arrangements:
On completion, please follow this 3-step procedure:
1. Forward this EIA report and action plan to the Access to Services Team for
feedback and approval – [email protected]
2. Make any necessary amendments/additions.
3. Provide the final version of this report to the team for publication, including email
approval of the EIA from your Head of Service. The EIA will be published on the
Council’s website, which is a legal requirement.
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Action Plan:
Objective - What are we
going to do and why?
Who will be
responsible for
seeing it is done?
When will it be done
by?
Outcome - How will
we know we have
achieved our
objective?
To draw together
equality information on
disabled children and
young people.
To consult with children
and young people on
planned actions and
disability themes
Haydn Nelson,
Strategic Lead for
Disabled Children &
Young People
Sandra Spratt, Lead
on the Access and
Participation sub
group
First stage April 2012
Integrated Disability
Index
April 2012
Tool kit of
consultation
strategies for children
and young people.
Progress
Action Plan informed
by children and
young peoples views.
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* Please remember to be ‘SMART’ when completing your action plan.
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