UPDATE NO 281 15 December 2017

SE DCS Peer Challenge 2018

Planning is now underway for 4 Director’s Peer Challenges in 2018. The confirmed participants and dates are in bold on the accompanying chart. For more details please go to the SE ADCS Peer Challenge page. Colleagues requiring a more detailed briefing should contact Anna Wright (details below).

Modern Slavery – call for case studies

Katy Block, Policy Officer at ADCS has written

Dear Colleagues,

The LGA are planning a series of regional workshops on modern slavery in the new year.  They are looking for LAs to input real life examples on the day, more info and dates below.  I would be grateful if you could share this request with colleagues in your region, anyone interested in participating or finding out more about these events should contact Lucy Ellender at the LGA directly.

Many thanks

Lucy at LGA is keen to hear from councils and showcase good practice as a part of the workshop. She is still working out the exact details of how the sessions will work but it might be good if speakers can talk about what they’ve done on modern slavery in their areas. She is keen for the workshops to be interactive and get attendees thinking about how they would work in their own councils. If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Lucy on 020 7664 3321.

The dates for the workshops are below. 

• London,  Wednesday 17 January
• Newcastle, Thursday  25 January
• Manchester, Wednesday  31 January
• Bristol,  Tuesday 27 February
• Nottingham,   Wednesday 7 March

DWP Secondment opportunities: Reducing Parental Conflict – Senior Transformation Lead and Regional Transformation Leads

Senior Transformation Lead and Regional Transformation Leads

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is looking for people with the right skills and professional experience to join on secondment to help drive local transformation, embedding activities to reduce parental conflict locally and improve outcomes for children.

Ground-breaking evidence shows that children who are exposed to frequent, intense and poorly resolved conflict can experience a decline in their mental health and suffer poorer long term outcomes – and that workless families are three times more likely to experience this relationship distress.

This is an opportunity to play a role at the heart of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme.

For details of how to apply please email rpc.programme@dwp.gsi.gov.uk. The Senior Transformation Lead job description is available on request from DWP, the Regional Transformation Lead Job Description is here.

Should you wish to discuss either of the roles please contact Kim Webb on 0114 2098664 or Kati McHugh on 0114 2934803. Applications for the Senior Transformation Lead are open until 16 December 2017. Applications for the Regional Transformation Leads are open from 11 December 2017 until 12 January 2018.

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)