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Introduction to Social Services policy, procedures and guidance
The team
The Strategic Planning and Policy Team
| Vacancy | Senior Policy Manager | |
| Clare Miller | Policy Manager | See contact address below |
| Geoff King | Policy Manager | See contact address below |
| Jeff Walsh | Health, Safety & Risk Manager | See Risk Management pages |
| Sally Crombie | Adult Protection Co-ordinator | See Adult Protection pages |
| Paul Grimsey | Policy Manager | See contact address below |
The contact address for the above team members is: Adult and Community Services Directorate (ACS), The Annexe, County Hall,Topsham Road, Exeter EX2 4QR.
The Policy and Planning Team is part of the Strategic Planning and Commissioning Unit which is managed by Jennie Stephens, Assistant Director, Strategic Planning and Commissioning, ACS.
The team's main roles are:
- Co-ordinating the publication and reviewing of all the Directorate's policy, procedures and guidance in the Policy Procedures and Guidance Web pages.
- Supporting the strategic planning for the Directorate through monitoring and analysing national and local, strategic and policy developments.
- Ensuring that Equalities Legislative requirements are met, throughout the Directorate Equalities Plan
- Adult Protection
- Risk Management/Health and Safety.
- Policy and planning projects that affect more than one Division of Adult and Community Services. These currently include the following;
Current Main Policy and Planning Areas and Projects |
Lead Team Member |
| Equalities - compliance with legal requirements and national standards | Paul Grimsey |
| Adult Protection | Sally Crombie |
| Home Improvement Agency Modernisation | Clare Miller |
| Management of “Carers in Devon” Support Team & Strategic Support element of Carers' Grant | Geoff King |
| Management of AIDS Support Grant | Geoff King |
| Risk Management | Jeff Walsh |
| Community and Voluntary Organisations Compact | Geoff King |
| Fair Access to Care Services | Paul Grimsey |
| Research Governance | Paul Grimsey |
More information on policies is available on the Adult and Community Services Policy Procedures and Guidance Web Pages.
How The Strategic Planning and Policy Team Works
The team works in partnership with the lead managers for policy within each Division, and with other teams within Strategic and Corporate Services.
Jeff Walsh also has a dual role working within Devon County Council Corporate Teams in relation to hisr area of responsibility.
Many policy projects are time limited with the aim of agreeing and initiating improvement changes in how things are done in the Directorate, so that responsibility for fully implementing and maintaining these changes can be taken on by the appropriate staff and teams within the Directorate.
All the Directorates new and reviewed policies should:
- be developed in consultation with key stakeholders including people who use services and their carers, and those who will be responsible for the policies implementation.
- have implementation and monitoring plans developed in consultation with the Performance Review and Management Information Team.
- be presented in the format for policies
For full details see the Directorate’s Policy and Process for the Development of Policies. and related documents.