SWCouncils

South West Councils has extensive experience of providing employment support.

Our team of professionally qualified and experienced specialists offer high quality independent Employment Advice free to member organisations including:

• Terms and Conditions for local government staff and school staff including teachers
• Day to day problematic employee relations

 We also provide consultancy (at discounted rates to member organisations) on:

• Recruitment and Workforce Development including suport via pyschometric testing and 360° appraisal 
• Job Evaluation / Pay and Grading 
• Disciplinary and Grievance Investigations
• Pre-Tribunal Conciliation 
• Mediation and Conflict Resolution 
• Conferences and Workshops 

Our services are summarised in a leaflet which can be downloaded Leaflet.

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 Epaycheck is the national online pay benchmarking service developed for local government by local government.  It enables participating councils to share and compare pay and reward data for all Chief Officer roles and a range of other job families of sector-wide interest.  

Focused reports are produced periodically using data from Epaycheck.  These reports are available at no additional cost to authorities subscribing to the service, the annual subscription fee for which is currently a modest £200. 

In September 2018 a report has been published entitled ‘Planning Roles: Pay, recruitment and retention’, responding to ongoing concerns about difficulty in recruiting and retaining planners. The report identifies variation in pay across the regions, explores recruitment and retention ratings and provides trend data on pay increases over recent years. 

We hope that this report demonstrates the value, quantity and depth of the data available on Epaycheck.  Users in subscribing organisations can also log in to Epaycheck to access all the information in ‘real time’, including new pre-set public reports providing full data on each job family at the touch of a button. 

For further information on the Epaycheck system please click here.  For any queries about the report or any aspect of Epaycheck, please contact your Regional Administrator, michele.evans@swcouncils.gov.uk.
 

South West Councils is a long established training provider for local government and the wider public sector and is increasingly engaging with private and third sector organisations.

Our team of professionally qualified and experienced specialists deliver a wide range of developmental training and fully accredited qualifications, including End-Point Assessment for apprenticeships.

Please contact us on training@swcouncils.gov.uk to discuss our cost-effective training solutions. Almost all of our courses can be delivered on an in-house basis at your premises if you have a group or wish to collaborate with another organisation.  We also have some distance learning qualification options.

Full training events schedule

All new apprenticeship Standards require an End-Point Assessment (EPA) which is a holistic assessment of the knowledge, skills and behaviour that has been covered throughout the apprenticeship programme.  EPA can only be carried out by an approved End-Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) using Independent Assessors (IAs) that are not in any way involved in the delivery of the apprenticeship or the employment of the apprentice.  The process can be compared to learning to drive with End-Point Assessment being the final theory and practical tests.

For more information on End-Point Assessment, click here or contact us on epa@swcouncils.gov.uk.

Find out more about the South West Coaching and Mentoring Pool.

Organisation Membership

Individual CPD Membership

Supervision

To access coaching ...

Coaching Conference 2018

Coaching Flyer 2018

For more information on costs click here. 

Looking for a town centre location for a meeting?

Meeting rooms at Dennett House are now available to hire.

Hire includes some free Car Parking and tea and coffee refreshments.  Lunch is available on request. 

To find out more click here.