How AI can support the local government accessibility challenge
With an EU Directive on the accessibility of online platforms coming into force, the public sector should act fast and step up with Artificial Intelligence, says Nathaniel Konzon.
Social care sector faces 'disastrous' staffing black hole
10/09/2019 A care workers union has warned of a 'disastrous' staffing black hole in England’s social care sector as research shows there are tens of thousands of vacant posts. |
Over 40% of emergency hospital admissions ‘avoidable'
25/07/2019 Council chiefs have called for more resources to recruit care home staff after research shows four in 10 hospital admissions from care homes could be avoided. |
'Slow progress' two years after inadequate judgement
24/05/2019 Gloucestershire CC is making ‘slow progress’ in improving its services for its children and young people two years after it was judged inadequate, Ofsted has found. |
Double the number of providers handing back care contracts to councils
12/02/2019 The number of social care providers handing back contracts to councils has more than doubled in 2018, new research has revealed. |
Whitehall launches social care recruitment drive
12/02/2019 The Government has launched a new national recruitment campaign to help fill the 110,000 vacancies in the adult social care sector. |
Ashford BC offers £3,000 bursary to undergraduates
14/01/2019 A Kent council has approved the introduction of an undergraduate work placement and bursary scheme - the first of its kind amongst local authorities in the county. |
Shortage of social care workers to reach 290,000 by 2030, says report
06/12/2018 NHS figures show that in the last two years two million hospital beds were unnecessarily occupied because of a shortage of social care to support patients ready to be discharged, according to management consultants. |
A leading question
28/11/2018 Jayson Darby considers the traits of good leaders and the role people assessment tools can play in identifying if someone’s leadership material. |
The rise of predictive analytics in local government recruitment
20/11/2018 Why does data have such an important role to play in improving recruiting practices within the local government? Charles Hipps reports. |
Fighting for talent in local government
13/11/2018 How are councils transforming approaches to talent acquisition using tailored technology offerings? Charles Hipps reports. |
Counties launch joint venture to recruit temporary agency staff
21/09/2018 Hampshire has joined forces with a company set up by Kent County Council to recruit temporary agency workers. |
Council announces recruitment ‘freeze’ to tackle £60m budget gap
03/08/2018 Shropshire Council has announced it will be ‘freezing’ all recruitment in order to ensure the authority stays within its budget. |
Staff churn in local government - an unsustainable reality
26/07/2018 Garry Nelson explains how councils can improve effective talent acquisition, retention and development programmes. |
Bristol first council to become ‘Ban the Box’ employer
17/04/2018 Bristol City Council has become the first local authority in the country to use job applications without a tick box that asks applicants about their criminal record. |
Five recruitment trends in local government
05/03/2018 Jes Ladva argues that local authorities are embracing genuine transformation in recruitment as the austerity freeze continues. |
Project launched to retrain 100 social workers
23/10/2017 Three regions will take part in a new programme to help retrain 100 social workers who have left the profession. |
Councils face recruitment crisis unless pay restraint eased, say financial experts
20/09/2017 Councils could face a management-level recruitment and retention crisis unless public sector pay restraint is eased, a respected think-tank has warned. |
New plans to increase mental health services revealed
31/07/2017 Plans to boost mental health services and recruit thousands of new staff have been announced today by the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt. |
County Council announces jobs freeze to tackle £8m overspend
05/01/2017 Devon County Council has announced a jobs freeze in order to manage a projected £8.1m budget overspend. |
60% of local councils want a new leadership approach
14/12/2016 The majority of HR directors in local government believe a new style of leadership is required to help them deliver a better quality of service. |
This issue of Local Government News explores how councils can tackle modern slavery and trafficking in their supply chains, finds out more about Cambridge's first cohousing scheme and the launch of a new project to build a shared service pattern library for local government.
This issue also contains a special focus on children's services and how councils are protecting children following local safeguarding children boards being abolished.
