South West Councils

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

South West Councils provides a lobbying voice for member authorities where there are issues of common concern across the South West e. g. on pay and funding issues. This includes raising issues through the Local Government Group which is assisted by the Chair of SW Councils being a member of the Executive of LGG and other SW Councils Members having key roles in the national LGG Structure.

South West Councils supports local authorities, police and fire authorities and other organisations with all aspects of their employer role. In addition SW Councils Employers Panel constitutes the Employers side of regional consultative and negotiating body with the South West Trade Unions, the South West Provincial Council and works at a regional level with the national Local Government Employers. SW Councils also offer a wide range of learning and developmental activities to support all our Members and partners in developing a highly skilled and motivated workforce.
Members of SW Councils played a key role in the work of the South West Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (SW RIEP) providing a framework for Local Authorities to act together and support each other to improve public services and deliver value for money and SW Councils continues to support the legacy through sharing of information and best practice from these programmes. SW Councils also
provides the local democratic leadership in the South West for the SW Migration Partnership, a role supported by Home Office funding which is continuing into 2012-13 although the longer term remains uncertain.