WRHA Community Health Advisory Councils Terms of Reference

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• provide support to Council chairs• manage the recruitment and selection process• complete and submit an annual evaluation of the CHAC’s progressWRHA Board Liaison RoleThe WRHA will name board representatives to act as liaisons to each of the CommunityHealth Advisory Councils. The Board liaison is an ex-officio, non-voting member of theCouncil. A Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Board member supports each of theCommunity Health Advisory Councils as an ad hoc member. The Board member(Liaison) attends as many Council meetings as possible. Board Liaisons areencouraged to provide Council updates to the Board. Board Liaisons may attend up tosix evening Council meetings between September and April of each year. This scheduleincludes and orientation session, four Council meetings and an All Councils meeting,attended by the WRHA Board, Senior Management and members from all six Councilsacross the Region.The role of the Board liaison is as follows:• to attend meetings of their community health advisory council.• to serve as a representative of the WRHA Board.• to promote and support the work of their community health advisory council, and• to participate with evaluation of community health advisory councils.MeetingsThe Council shall hold a minimum of 4 working meetings per year.The Council shall, by majority vote of the Members in attendance, establish rules ofprocedure for the conduct of its meetings.The Council shall record and maintain the minutes of its meetings and forward copies ofadopted minutes to the WRHA. Following approval, minutes of meetings will be postedon the WRHA website.6of 7
Evaluation FrameworkAn evaluation framework for WRHA Community Health Advisory Councils should bedirectly linked to the overall goals and objectives for the Councils. Further, the evaluationframework should consider indictors (qualitative and quantitative) that evaluate thestructure, the processes and the expected outcomes of the Community Health AdvisoryCouncil initiative.Evaluation Issue/GoalThe interest of the community/boardsin the Community Health AdvisoryCouncils.Councils will be reflective of thediversity of each of the associatedgeographic communities.The member commitment insupporting the functions of theCommunity Health AdvisoryCouncils.The WRHA Board support of theCommunity Health AdvisoryCouncils.The WRHA Senior Managementsupport of the Community HealthAdvisory Councils.Council members feel that theirinvolvement is meaningful and theirinput is valued.The WRHA funded healthorganizations support the CouncilsStaff provides appropriate supportand guidance to Councils.Indicator• The number of nominations/applicationsreceived per community area. (in each of themembership categories)• The Council members, the WRHA Board andWRAH Senior Management perception of thediversity of the Council membership.• Long term commitment/participation ofmembers through number of meetingsattended• Council meetings attended by the appointedBoard Liaison person.• Board and Council Attendees at joint meetings• Board member perception of the value anduse of Council input• Senior Management Attendees at jointmeetings• Senior Management perception of the valueand use of Council input• Perceived value of community members’ inputby Council members• Perceived value of Council participation by therepresented WRHA funded organization.• Perception of the Council members, WRHABoard members and WRHA seniormanagement of the support provided byWRHA staff to the Councils.7of 7
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