The Current CPA Framework
The CPA framework brings together three judgements about:
·current performance in delivering services; Children's Services; Social Care (Adults); Environment and Culture
·the council's ability measured through a corporate assessment and use of resources assessment
·the coucil's rate of progress through the direction of travel assessment
Each of the individual service judgements, the use of resources judgement, and each of the themes scored within the corporate assessment are awarded a score of 1 to 4, with 1 being the lowest score and 4 being the highest. These are then combined through the CPA assessment framework to reach an overall category for the current performance of the authority. The direction of travel assessment then considers all of this and forms a separate judgement on the councils progress and likelihood for further improvement to complement the overall CPA categorisation.
How this all fits together can be seen in the following diagram:
From 2005, the bar was significantly raised and CPA became much tougher. Overall judgement criteria changed and the following were given an increased emphasis:
Value for money
User focus and diversity
Community understanding and leadership
Partnership working
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