Our Strategy
Our Trust strategy informs all of our other strategies and plans and provides a way for us to be clear about our focus and direction.
Our strategic aims and objectives
Our three strategic aims
Our strategy describes our role within our neighbourhoods, communities and places. It sets out how we will work and what we will achieve together. As our overall Trust strategy, it informs all of our other strategies and plans, and provides a way for us to be clear about our focus and direction.
Our strategic aims allow us to consider particular areas so that we can collectively focus our efforts to make the most difference.
From our analysis and extensive engagement, we have identified three strategic aims:
- Strategic aim one: We will live our values
- Strategic aim two: We will be the best we can be
- Strategic aim three: We will be ambitious
For each strategic aim, using the evidence from our engagement and analysis, we have
- Set out our strategic objectives and what this means we will do
- Set out what we will see if we are getting it right
- Started to identify how we will measure progress
This work means that we have a strong line of sight from our strategy through to what we do, and the measures which will enable us to be very clear whether we are achieving what we have set out to do.
Strategic aim one: We will live our values
Our values are well embedded and recognised, and this has been confirmed through the extensive, inclusive engagement that we have done as part of our strategy development. Our strategy sets out how we will make sure that we fully live our values in all that we do. This includes how we behave towards service users, patients and carers and our partners and colleagues.
We have identified living our values as our first strategic aim because our values are where we always start. They are the basis for how we behave. They are the foundations of our culture and run through all that we do. Our strategy sets out how we will truly live them with ‘all of us in mind’.
Strategic aim two: We will be the best we can be
We aim to always be the best we can possibly be. We will do this every day and for every contact we have with those we serve and those colleagues we work with. For this strategic aim we have identified four best statements which we will use to theme our strategic objectives. We will be the best we can be by:
Strategic aim three: We will be ambitious
We are ambitious for the people we serve and our colleagues. We have set out the 4 key objectives where we will be the best we can be every day. This means that we have lots of positive areas across our organisation, but there are key areas of unique strength, that with focused development will support our journey to being outstanding.
As a direct consequence of being the best we can be, we have identified four strategic ambitions where we want to be outstanding for the people we serve and our colleagues, and as a result earn the local recognition of our communities, as well as national recognition for our impact. These ambitions build on the areas identified in strategic aim two – to be the best we can – and provide areas of focus on where we want to excel.
These are:
- Living our values and demonstrating inclusive, compassionate leadership and care where our colleagues are proud to work and want to stay
- Providing high quality neighbourhood and community-based services and support which help people live well in their community with strong features of prevention and earlier intervention
- Our leadership in reducing health inequalities through inclusive community connections and co-creation including in creativity and health
- Providing high quality, inclusive and responsive specialist forensic mental health care with excellent outcomes and experience for all our service users and their carers. We will be ambitious for our service users, patients, carers and colleagues:
