Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Central Services presented a report on the Council’s success in achieving Bronze level accreditation against the Investors In People (IiP) Standard.

The Cabinet Member explained that the Council had held IiP status since 2005 but had agreed to be assessed against the Bronze level for the latest review which took place between October 2013 and October 2014.  The assessor had identified a number of improvements and strengths since the previous review in 2011, while the aspects requiring approval had been built in to the Council’s People Strategy 2014/15 which was approved by Cabinet on 25 September 2014 (Minute 25).

Issues raised during the discussions included:

·  The need for the Council to have a consistent approach to home working;

·  The improvements expected from the centralisation of departmental learning and development functions and budgets and the need to ensure that all staff’s needs and requirements are addressed under the new approach; and

·  The important role that organisations such as the Adult College can have in supporting the Council’s learning and development programme.

The Cabinet Member placed on record his appreciation of the HR team and all Members and officers that contributed to the achievement of Bronze status.

Cabinet resolved to accept the Investors in People Report 2014 attached at Appendix A to the report and agree the priority actions of ‘Skills and Ways of Working’, ‘Leading and Managing Through Change’ and ‘The Deal for Our Workforce’.