UPDATE NO 293 16 March 2018

SESLIP Consultants List 2018-2021

We are refreshing the SESLIP list of suitably qualified freelance consultants who are available on an “as and when” basis to support one or more of the activities of the programme.

Please will you draw this opportunity to the attention of any contacts you think may be interested in joining the SESLIP consultancy team.

In order to be considered applicants must register at the SE Shared Services e-Sourcing Portal and respond to advertisement ESCC – 019165. 

The return date for applications is 20 March 2018.

Please direct all enquiries about this opportunity to Richard Tyndall, Programme Manager (contact details below).

SE DCS Peer Challenge 2018

Planning is underway for 4 Director’s Peer Challenges in 2018. The confirmed participants and dates are in bold on the accompanying chart. Nominations are invited to join the visiting team to Oxfordshire in July, names to Richard Tyndall in the first instance please. For more details please go to the SE ADCS Peer Challenge page. Colleagues requiring a more detailed briefing should contact Anna Wright (details below).

The 2018 MoU is now available for particpants to download, sign and return. Thanks to Bracknell Forest for returning a signed MoU.

Triad	Host	Visitor	Observer	Challenge Session Date	Fieldwork Date
1	Oxfordshire	Milton Keynes	Portsmouth	to be arranged	23 & 24 July 2018
2	West Berkshire	Southampton	East Sussex	to be arranged	to be arranged
3	Hampshire	Windsor and Maidenhead	Brighton and Hove	to be arranged	October 2018 tbc
4	West Sussex	Kent	Bracknell Forest	to be arranged	October 2018 tbc

Consultation on 2018-19 DCS Peer Challenge Arrangements

A consultation document has been published seeking views on the nature and shape of the 2018-19 DCS Peer Challenge Arrangements. These proposals arise as a response to the DfE’s Regional Alliance programme.

The consultation document is available here. The deadline for responses is Friday 30 March 2018, which should be sent to Richard Tyndall (details below). If you have any questions please contact Richard Tyndall or Anna Wright (details below).

Home Office: Trusted Relationships Fund

The Home Office has launched (on 25 February) a £13 million fund to help foster relationships between frontline professionals and young people at risk of sexual exploitation.

The Trusted Relationships Fund will invite local authorities to apply for funding to run projects aimed at fostering relationships between frontline staff and at-risk children. Through the fund, local authorities are encouraged to work with local partners to improve the way professionals, including social workers, youth workers, police and voluntary sector practitioners, work together to support vulnerable young people.

The announcement in full is available here and further details are here

The prospectus is available here and Annex A: application questions, criteria and scoring is here.

Expressions of interest deadline is 13 April

For further information, you can contact TrustedRelationships@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Leadership Development

We continue to offer our successful portfolio of Leadership Development Courses all of which have been positively evaluated by delegates.

We are offering LAs the opportunity to train their own trainers for all our courses. Our aim is to increase the capacity and capability across the region  to ensure future sustainability within LAs. Courses can also be delivered with adult services and/or for schools. Please contact Di Smith, details below, if this is of interest to you

All courses are run in-house in the LA who provides the venue. Each course is accompanied by a range of training resources for the delegates including a comprehensive handbook. The current courses on offer are as follows and details of each course and the costs for each can be found by downloading the April 2016 Leadership Development Prospectus. 

Coaching to Improve Performance

Embedding a Coaching Culture

Leading Change in Times of Austerity

Step Up to Leadership   

We can also arrange one-to-one coaching, especially to support newly appointed 2nd and 3rd tier managers

If you require further details or wish to book a course please get in touch with Di Smith (contact details below)