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Aims and Objectives

   

Strategy Objectives for 08-09 as agreed at April 2008 Strategy meeting

External Objectives

Objective

Date to be achieved

Unit/Officer responsible

Equality & Diversity, 'Race' & Culture

l Establish Diversity Officers on all Faculty committees and the Exec

l Promote cultural competence amongst qualified psychologists

l Promote psychology as a potential career amongst ethnic minority groups

l Promoting clinical psychology as a service of potential use to minority ethnic groups

l Develop future workforce with competencies for working with difference

Ongoing

Ongoing

Chair of R&C Faculty & GtiCP & PSU & PGP etc

R&C Faculty (ZN)

Marketing & Comms Strategy

l Develop logo, mission statement, image

l Dissemination Structure

l DCP Exec & Subsystems to help provide content

Next rep assembly

Next rep assembly

Ongoing

Henck/Tim/DCP Exec/external organisation

Conference

l Continue to support a DCP conference

l Consider movement of Rep Assembly to pre-conference

l Work towards a trial joined-up subsystems conference

l Membership survey re DCP conference

l Consider inviting someone from training onto the Conference committee

Ongoing

Rep Assembly

?2010/11

July 08

All of DCP

Rep Assembly

DCP Conference Chair & Faculty Conference Chairs

BPS office

Conference Chair

New Ways of Working

l Conduct audit of implementation of NWW

l Audit of implementation of MHA ?via coalition

l Review progress of regional workshops

l Co-ordinate NWW activities across care groups

l Training point

Next Rep assembly

Ongoing

?Mike

Ana/John Taylor

Tony/Nigel

Peter K/Tony

Engaging with governments

l Improve understanding in the subsystems of reactive & proactive influencing ?workshop

l Prepare list of policy leads in subsystems & induct them into role

l Prepare and keep updated a Directory of policy statements

l Prepare regular briefings of likely future key areas

Ongoing

August 2008

Ongoing

Ongoing

Peter/Ana

Peter/Lynn

Peter/Ana/PSU/Nigel

Peter

IAPT

l Supporting & informing members involved in IAPT via: email list, FAQs, regular CPD events

l Consider accreditation/training issues around IAPT

l Provide concise information to commissioners & service providers re role of psychology esp. in relation to other care groups

l Promoting psychology & IAPT politically

l Monitor impact of IAPT on clinical psychology staffing in all areas

List - may 08

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Graham/Lynn

Graham/GTiCP

Graham/PGP/Subsystems

DCP Exec

PPB/SCPHSC

National Institute for Excellence in Psychology

l Market research and further scoping to produce more detailed proposal with costings for Rep Assembly

l Respond to BoT queries

Next rep assembly

July 08

Henck/Tim

Henck/Tim

Service User & Carer Liason Committee

l Publicise remit and statement of purpose via email list/Forum/website

l Implement a consistent and auditable system of receiving, responding to and reporting on outcome from requests for SUCLC involvement

l Audit demand for SUCLC involvement against budget and create forward financial plan and budget control system

l Complete agreed projects and agree list of new ones

l SUCLC to seek information re user/carer liasion groups 'on the ground'

l Consider devolved nation specific posts

End April 08

July 08 then ongoing

6 monthly reports

According to timescales

Report back at next rep assembly

Lynn/Courtney

Elizabeth

SUCLC/Sue

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Statutory Regulation

l Remain engaged with the process around reg of psychologists

l Engage with the regulation process of other psychological therapists

l Keep members informed

Ongoing

Ongoing

DCP Stat reg liason group

Jenny

Internal Objectives

SUMIT proposal

l Develop service specification for a short term support service

Next rep assembly

Henck/Adrian/Richard

Improve DCP Structure to properly recognise the 4 nations of the UK

l Consider separation of agendas for DCP England, DCP Scotland, DCP Ireland & DCP Wales

l Have regular DCP-UK meetings with Chairs of the above

l Ensure appropriate logos/paperwork for all

Next Rep Assembly

April 09

?June 08

DCP Exec/Jenny

Chairs of each nation committee

?Lynn

Subsystems Review

l Clarify options for geographical areas and liase through R.A email list

l Trial Regional Officers in 'volunteer' areas

l Further work on ensuring smaller subsystems not negatively affected by coalescing into larger Faculties

l Consider financial options further

June 08

Next Rep Assembly

Next Rep Assembly

Next Rep Assembly

Jenny/Christine

Christine/Annjannette/ROs

Jenny/Christine

Annjannette/Sue

Last updated on 4th July 2008

 
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