Councillors in Swansea have shown their commitment to corporate parenting as a result of a report produced by the Child & Family Services Overview & Scrutiny Board. The scrutiny report (PDF), called ‘Care to Help?’ turned the spotlight on the role of councillors as corporate parents and its findings were recently accepted by Cabinet and Council. […]
Shared Services – Making it Work for Our Council
April 4, 2011 by 1 Comment
Earlier today the Performance and Finance Overview & Scrutiny Board signed off their review of Shared Services. This work was started last October and conducted through a small task and finish group of councillors. You can find the final report of the review, and the findings report detailing all the evidence collected, on our reports library page here. Why This […]
Looking at the future of ICT
March 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Today the Performance & Finance Board heard from Dave Tosh, the Council’s Head of Information & Customer Services about the Council’s ICT contract. This was originally set up in 2005 and there was a major scrutiny report produced at the time. You can find the report here (PDF). Dave took the Board over the significant features […]
Talking to Partners about Shared Services
February 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Earlier today councillors from the Performance and Finance Overview and Scrutiny Board held a focus group for local partners as part of their review of shared services. The focus group included people from the police, the health sector, Swansea University, Job Centre Plus and Swansea Council for Voluntary Services. The purpose was both to learn from experiences […]