Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands (IEWM) has invested in a number of initiatives to support the development of local government workers in the region.
IEWM has put £2.3 million into people and leadership development with the purpose of:
- improving leadership at both member and officer level
- increasing awareness and understanding of people and development issues in organisational change and transformational programmes
- establishing ‘core skills development programmes’ for officers and members
- reducing areas of skill shortages
- helping 90% of local authorities achieve the West Midlands Member Development Charter.
For more details contact: Rebecca Davis, Head of Organisational Development,
email: rdavis@westmidlandsiep.gov.uk,
telephone: 0121 678 1045.
In separate schemes IEWM has launched a guide to apprenticeships for public sector employers.
The online toolkit gives advice on effective processes for taking on apprentices and shares best practice in the region.
The guide has been developed in partnership with the National Apprenticeship Service and is sponsored by the IDeA.
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Contact Katrina McGuigan, email: kmcguigan@westmidlandsiep.gov.uk,
telephone: 0121 678 1073.
IEWM has also funded a regional coaching pool partnership formed by local authorities in the region. Trained coaches are deployed throughout the West Midlands to coach colleagues in other councils in the partnership.
The aim is to:
- give local authorities access to quality and free of charge coaching for employees
- enhance a culture of learning
- raise awareness of coaching skills
- share learning from the partnership with colleagues regionally and nationally.
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Contact Samantha Baker, email: sbaker@westmidlandsiep.gov.uk, telephone: 0121 245 0156
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