Partnerships

Working Together for a Better South Cambridgeshire

Partnership working is essential to the effective delivery of services in South Cambridgeshire and assists the Council in meeting its objectives.

Key partnerships:

Partnership	Elected Representative(s)	Lead Officer
Cambridgeshire Public Service Board	N/A	Chief Executive
Managing Growth Partnership -Cambridgeshire Horizons Board (This link will open in a new window)	Councillor Ray Manning	Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities)
Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire Local Strategic Partnership	Councillors Ray Manning, Tom Bygott	Corporate Manager (Community and Customer Services)
South Cambridgeshire Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership	Councillor Tom Bygott	Corporate Manager (Community and Customer Services)
Supporting People Partnerships (This link will open in a new window)	N/A linked to Community Wellbeing Partnership	Corporate Manager (Affordable Housing)
Cambridgeshire Children's Trust (This link will open in a new window)	Councillor Bridget Smith	Executive Director (Operational Services)
Greater Cambridge Partnership (This link will open in a new window)	Councillor James Hockney	Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities)
Community Wellbeing Partnership (This link will open in a new window)	Councillor Sue Ellington
Joint Strategic Growth Implementation Committee (This link will open in a new window)	Councillors Ray Manning, David Bard, Sebastian Kindersley	Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities)
RECAP - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Waste Partnership (This link will open in a new window)	Councillor Sue Ellington

The Partnerships Team:

Within South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) there is a Partnerships Team. The team supports formal and informal multi-agency district and county-wide partnership working, all of which aim to improve service provision within South Cambridgeshire.

Partnerships Manager
Role is to manage the Partnerships Team as well as support the South Cambridgeshire Local Strategic Partnership. To ensure Council action towards the delivery of the Local Area Agreement is taken and that there are strong governance arrangements in place for all the partnerships that the Council is involved in.

Partnerships Officer
Role involves working with public, private, voluntary and community sector organisations as well as members of the community. Key areas of work are the Cambridgeshire Compact, the Community Transport Plan for South Cambridgeshire, grants to the voluntary and community sector and community engagement.

Community Liaison Support Assistant
Role includes acting as the Council's main point of contact for Parish Councils where they do not already have a direct contact to Council services and to work with Cambridgeshire ACRE to support parishes with producing and delivering Community Led Plans (also known as Parish Plans). The post also includes supporting the district's Neighbourhood Panels.

Community Safety Officer
Role includes managing the Council's contribution to the statutory district-level Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) and to co-ordinate the Council's community safety work to address crime and anti-social behaviour. This is done through the development and implementation of the annual Community Safety Rolling Plan.

CDRP Partnership Support Officer
Role is to support the work of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) to ensure that South Cambridgeshire remains a safe place to live by monitoring budgets and performance of the partnership against key targets.

CDRP Anti-Social Behaviour Caseworker
Role is to support the delivery of the Partnership's response to anti-social behaviour by leading on Acceptable Behaviour Contracts and Anti-Social Behaviour Orders and providing co-ordination, expertise and direction in partnership with other agencies. This work can include setting up Problem Solving Groups.