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‘Personalisation' is the term used for an approach to personal care and support which treats people as autonomous individuals and responds to their personal needs and wishes.

How do you know your council is being effective in keeping people safe?

The Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) requires young people to continue in education, training or apprenticeships to the age of 18 by 2015.

Early help means providing support as soon as a problem emerges at any stage in a child's life. The aim is to ensure problems do not escalate to become more acute, and more costly, to the detriment of children and families.

Effective, high quality early years provision makes a difference to young children, helping to break the cycle of disadvantage to give them a good start in life. It is a key element of early help and leads to better developmental outcomes and readiness to learn.

When problems first arise in families, early help is not only beneficial for children but essential for making the best use of resources.

The lead member for children's services (LMCS) has a statutory role in ensuring the council fulfils its duty for safeguarding children; in partnership with education, childcare and health services, the police and communities.

How do you know that your council is doing all it can to deliver on prevention?

Integrated care is about taking a person-centred approach so that care and support is coordinated so all those providing care work together to help people achieve what is important to them.

Engagement with the scrutiny process is a key way to enhance policy development, particularly around health inequalities. It also can play a strategic role in taking an overview of how well integration of health, public health and social care is working, a priority issue for adult social care lead members.