Common use of Community Level Clause in Contracts

Community Level. The Service will have a broad knowledge of community health needs and resources available e.g. health profiles, Children’s Centres and self-help groups to work in partnership to develop these where there is identified need and make sure families know about them. These will include:  Empower families within the local community, through maximising family resilience.  Develop community resources and capacity with involvement of local agencies and community groups as appropriate.  Collate and co-ordinate information, data and intelligence in order to ensure that the best interests of the child are met.  Use information and intelligence about communities’ assets in partnership with communities to support the health and wellbeing of 0-6 year olds, to inform the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA).  Use intelligence to develop a service offer to respond to local need.  Raise awareness and promote the services offered to professionals, children and young people and their families.  Work in partnership with Children’s Services in the local authority and community and voluntary sector to ensure that local innovation can flourish and appropriate developments grown.  Work with the Council’s Stronger Communities to identify and develop peer support groups and where appropriate support existing groups.  Use networks to improve public health; signposting families to other services already existing locally, particularly early years’ services and professionals but also adult education and training.  Utilise local media opportunities for health promotion.