HR & Employment Services
South West Councils' team of professionally qualified and experienced specialists offer high quality independent Employment Advice and Support to help you manage challenging people related issues and build your workforce wellbeing and resilience.
South West Councils
Bringing people together local authority Leaders, Children's and Adult Portfolio holders, Chief Executives, Heads of HR, the South West Strategic Migration partnership, to support the sharing of best practice and information and working for the benefit of the South West.
Job Opportunities in the South West
Visit our Jobs site at South West Jobs and sign up for job alerts.
Learning and Development Services
South West Councils’ team of professionally qualified and experienced specialists will work with you to meet your learning and development needs. An overview of our provision.
We are an approved End-Point Assessment Organisation for apprenticeships.
We work to encourage coaching and mentoring across the South West supporting the South West Coaching and Mentoring Pool.
Full training events schedule
Contact Us
Dennett House, 11 Middle Street
Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1SH
Find Us
Tel: 01823 270101
Email: info@swcouncils.gov.uk
Room Hire
meeting rooms and offices available to hire.Latest...
South West Councils News
The latest news and information from across local government in the region.
At the AGM on 19 July 2019, South West Councils unanimously elected Cllr John Hart as Chair for the next two year term. He will be supported by the other office holders elected at the AGM:
Deputy Chair:
Cllr Stephen Jordan (Leader, Cheltenham Borough Council) (Liberal Democrats)
Vice Chairs:
Cllr Spencer Flower (Leader, Dorset Council); (Conservative)
Cllr Helen Holland (Bristol City Council) (Labour)
Cllr Ben Ingham (Leader, East Devon District Council) (Independent)
For latest press release, click here .....
Events & Training
We offer a range of support to equip Members and Officers with the knowledge and skills they need to meet the needs of their communities.
Training and Event schedule, click here...
Forthcoming events are:
- Oct 2, South West Apprentice Challenge
- Oct 3, South West Challenge 2019
- Oct 8, The essentials of teachers' pay and conditions - what you need to know.
- Oct 16, Management of Volunteers
- Oct 17, Facilitation Skills
- Oct 28, Pension Administration
- Nov 19, Pension Managers' Conference
- Nov 19, Coaching Master Classes Day
- Dec 12, Mediation for Line Managers
- Jan 7, Coaching Supervision
- Jan 22, Mentoring/Coaching
- Jan 22, Coaching & Mentoring