Purpose

In May 2024, Sheffield Council agreed it new
Performance and Outcomes framework as a companion to the new
Council Plan. A key tenet of the framework is establishment of
quarterly performance reporting to the Finance & Performance
Committee.

Content

8.1

The Committee considered a report of the Director
of Finance & Commercial Services which presented the final
Outcomes Framework report for the 2024/25 financial
year.

 

 

8.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Finance and
Performance Policy Committee:-

(a) 
Notes the Council Plan Outcomes Framework Q4 Report that evidences
our improvements and shows distance travelled against each Council
Plan priority;

(b) 
Agrees to continue to receive quarterly reports that provide an
overview of performance against the Outcome measures, describing
performance strengths, challenges, interventions taken, and the
results of changes made;

(c) 
Requests Education, Children & Families Policy Committee to
carry out close monitoring of EHC Plan and related performance
measures;

(d) 
Requests Adult Health and Social Care Policy Committee to carry out
close monitoring of Annual review and related performance measures;
and

(e) 
Requests that the successful Families team shares lessons on what
has worked, for wider learning about early intervention and
prevention, and a financial assessment of savings to the public
sector from the programme.

 

 

 

 

8.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

8.3.1

The Outcomes
Framework underpins how we measure progress and monitor impact of
the Council Plan. It is aligned to our four-year Medium Term
Financial Strategy and the outcomes will increasingly become the
focus for our budget, Directorate and Service
Plans.

 

 

8.3.2

The Council Plan Outcomes Framework performance provides
measurable evidence of distance travelled against the Council Plan
as part of a systematic process of robust corporate performance
reporting.

 

 

.3.3

To ensure that Finance & Performance Policy Committee
contributes to the performance management process and drives
improvement across the organisation.

 

 

8.4

Alternatives Considered and
Rejected

 

 

8.4.1

Previous decisions made require officers to proceed with
implementing the full performance framework to underpin how we
measure progress and monitor impact of the Council Plan. It is
aligned to our four-year Medium Term Financial Strategy and the
outcomes will increasingly become enabling elements for our
priority-based budget, Directorate and Service plans going forwards
and set a key deliverable for the Council.

 

 

8.4.2

Beyond some nuance of how we implement some details of the
framework, the measures, performance system and reporting cycles
are agreed, removing the alternative options available for
implementation of the framework.