HR and Employment Services
South West Councils has extensive experience of providing both employment support and training opportunities .
Our team of professionally qualified and experienced specialists offer the following services:
- Employment Advice and Consultancy
- Recruitment and Staff Development
- Job Evaluation / Pay and Grading
- Disciplinary Investigations
- Mediation
- National Pay and Pensions Negotiations
- Conferences and Workshops
Our services are summarised in a leaflet which can be downloaded here
Education HR Advice
South West Councils have responded to a request from Local Government Employers (LGE) and has taken over the responsibility for answering enquiries and advice on School Teacher Pay and Terms and Conditions of Employment.
Conference News
Creating a Culture of Coaching Conference
Featuring David Clutterbuck, one of Europe's
best known innovative writers and thinkers
on Coaching and Mentoring.
Epaycheck: New National Pay Benchmarking Service
Learning and Development Services
Our team of professionally qualified and experienced specialists offer the following services: |
Our services are summarised in a leaflet which can be downloaded here |
Coaching Pool
With coaching programmes featuring strongly in organisational strategies and change programmes, we have established the South West Coaching Pool to help organisations build internal coaching capacity and to enable managers to access coaches from other partner organisations with a range of different experience and expertise.
For more information click here.
South West Councils: Working for the South West
South West Councils
Bringing together local authority Leaders from the County, Unitary and District councils in the South West
Click here for more information on our collaborative working for the South West.
Improvement and Efficiency
The South West Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (SW IEP) continues to promote innovative sector-led improvement and efficiency support to local authorities.
For more information click here
Councils on track to save at least £153m over 4 years
The Driving Value for Money programmes are on track to save Councils at least £153m over 4 years click here to find out how...
SW Councils News
South West Councils News
The latest news and information from across local government in the region.
Local election results 2012
- Weymouth wins transport excellence award
- Supporting Troubled Families in the South West
To read the latest newsletter click here...
For latest news, publications, press releases, 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:
- May 28, Job Evaluation - NJC Scheme
- Jun 11, Committee Administration 3
- Jun 14, Local Government Structure
- Jun 14, Political Awareness
- Jun 19, Business Case & Specification Writing
- Jun 20, Public Speaking
- Jun 20, Councillors and Social Media
- Jun 20, Supporting Troubled Families in the South West
- Jun 22, Legal Aspects & EU Procurement
- Jun 25, Change Management Principles
- Jun 26, Contract Drafting & Supplier Relationship Management
- Jun 28, Job Evaluation - GLPC Scheme
- Jul 2, Chairing Meetings
- Jul 2, Speed Reading Tips and Techniques
- Jul 3, Obtaining Value for Money & EU Procedures
- Jul 4, Member Allowances
- Jul 9, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
- Jul 10, Creating a Culture of Coaching Conference
- Jul 12, Understanding the Role of the Frontline Councillor
- Jul 12, Understanding Community Leadership
- Jul 16, Business Change Planning
- Jul 17, Understanding the Lifestyle of the Travelling Community