News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 26th July 2017

The collaboration agenda for Welsh councils appears to be warming up again, with the Welsh Assembly minister Mark Drakeford telling councils that they “need to work together more, in return for remaining as 22 separate authorities”.

A useful tactic employed in other sectors, has been the clause in new programme grant funding, that it must be delivered in partnership. Most recently, Bluelight innovation fund money has been offered in that context.

That removes several collaborative working barriers. No posts will be made redundant, new innovative collaborative ideas can be developed without threatening the current ways of working, and the partners can gain experience working together and test the strength of their working relationships.

Here is the collaborative working news, and the job opportunities from the last seven days.


Health & Social Care

Local authorities in joint bid to attract care and support workers
Councils across the South West are backing a campaign launched this week to raise the profile of care and the positive role of care workers in a drive to recruit the “right people” to the sector. Read more >>>


Local Government

'Work together' demand put to Welsh councils

Councils across Wales need to work together more in return for remaining as 22 separate authorities, the finance secretary has warned. Read more >>>

LG mutual mooted to reduce £650m a year council insurance costs

The Local Government Association (LGA) has today announced that it is “exploring options” to set up a local government mutual to reduce the huge amounts that councils currently spend on insurance. Read more >>>


Blue Light Transformation

"This is not a merger" says PCC over proposed changes

Plans for the Police and Crime Commissioner to take control of the way the fire service is run are open to consultation from today. Read more >>>

New £15m, emergency services ‘tri-station’ for Lincoln

Plans for a new £15 million joint fire, ambulance, and police station in Lincoln have been revealed, which will be built on the site of the existing fire and ambulance station at South Park Avenue and house over 400 staff. Read more >>>


Devolution

CCN calls for ‘new deal’ on devolving powers to counties
County councils have today called for a “new deal” to reshape the government’s relationship with rural England and grant a greater devolution of powers to these areas. Read more >>>


Housing

Manchester associations merger completes

A new housing group has launched in the North West. The Mosscare St Vincent’s Housing Group (MSV) brings together long-established housing providers, Mosscare Housing Group and St Vincent’s Housing Associations, and Mossbank Homes as a subsidiary. Read more >>>


Misc

Partnership Working ‘Key to Business and Careers Support’ Says Cabinet Secretary
Economy Secretary Ken Skates has said closer working between Business Wales and Careers Wales could help improve support for both individuals and firms in Wales. Read more >>>

Harnessing data sharing in transport

Simon White of Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) argues that the UK can be at the forefront of innovative mobility solutions if the government encourages better data sharing in the transport sector. Read more >>>


Upcoming Seminars

Here are the dates of the next Collaborative Leadership and Collaborative Transformation Practitioner programmes:

The Postgraduate Certificate In Collaborative Transformation (Oct 2017 Cohort begins) You can see what previous students are saying about their experience by clicking here.

Collaborative Transformation Practitioner Programme (London) – 4th to 6th October. Attending this programme will grant you recognition as a CTPrac™.

In-house Collaborative Transformation Practitioner and Collaborative Leadership programmes are available for five or more delegates. These are helpful for organisations who need to reduce staff travel and accommodation costs. Contact Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an informal discussion on programme content and fees.


Collaborative Working Opportunities

Combined Authority Senior Media Relations Officer

Stockton-on-Tees, Durham (£31,601 - £34,538)

UK Shared Service Centre Manager

Wrexham

HR Shared Service Manager

Reading (£45,000 - £60,000)

Corporate Manager, Transactional Service Centre

Chester (£64,208 - £71,233)

Senior Contract Manager - Local London
Multi-Partner Work and Health Programme

London (£55,494 - £58,515)

Combined Authority Director of Housing and Regeneration
Birmingham (up to £125,000)

Combined Authority Director of Skills and Productivity
Birmingham (up to £125,000)

UK Shared Services Manager
Cambridgeshire (£60,000 - £80,000)

Multi-Partner Public Health Specialist
Rochdale (£49,230-52,584)


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News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 19th July 2017

Plenty of collaborative working news for you to tap into below. The only comment I would make is that you should watch the health and social care environment explode in the need for good collaborative transformation practitioners over the next 12 months.


Here is the collaborative working news, and the job opportunities from the last seven days.


Health & Social Care

Shared vision for quality social care is essential for all, says NHS Providers
NHS Providers have welcomed news revealed today that the CQC will join with over 100 people, organisations and national bodies involved with social care to mark a renewed effort to improve the sector. Read more >>>

Making the most of NHS estate
Clive Shore, acting executive director (partnering) of Community Health Partnerships (CHP), explains how the organisation’s expert facilitation can transform estate for local health economies, without laying a single brick. Read more >>>

Councils threatened with ‘non-incentives’ to move health integration forward
The government has indicated that it will start “increasingly scrutinising” local authority performance and look at putting in incentives – or non-incentives – to encourage them to “step up to the mark” when it comes to effective health and care integration. Read more >>>

Think tank urges urgent health and social care ‘reboot’
The integration of health and social care requires an urgent ‘reboot’ by Whitehall following last month’s General Election result, think tank says. Read more >>>

New multi-disciplinary health team in Norwich piloted to stem unnecessary hospital trips
A new way to help people in Norwich when they’re heading for a health or care crisis is being put to the test. Read more >>>

First trainees embark on course to transform health and care workforce
The first trainees have embarked on a Coventry University course that will prepare them for a new role that aims to transform the health and care workforce. Read more >>>


Local Government

Local authority run-companies 'should avoid too many council board members'
Local authority-run companies should avoid having too many council members on executive boards to ensure commercial success, CIPFA’s annual conference was told. Read more >>>

CIPFA highlights signs of councils’ financial stress
CIPFA has called on local government to be alert for five warning signs of financial stress and has set out how it can build resilience into plans and operations. Read more >>>

Council could save £110m through transfer of parks to trust
Plans to transfer the responsibility of parks and green spaces to a charitable trust in Newcastle would save the council £110m over a 125-year lease agreement. Read more >>>

East Dorset District Council votes to join merger debates
A council that rejected replacing Dorset's nine authorities with two has voted to be involved in debates leading to a potential merger. Read more >>>

Structure of CAs too complex to drive real change, warns NAO
The introduction of combined authorities has led to the structure of local government becoming too complicated to drive real change, an independent review has found. Read more >>>

Shared services map: The LGA has re-launched the national shared services map for 2017
The LGA has re-launched the national shared services map for 2017 which shows how shared services have contributed to taxpayers saving more than £640m. Read more >>>


Blue Light Transformation 

Katy Bourne (PCC) will not take over East Sussex fire service
Sussex’s Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne has decided to drop plans to take control of fire and rescue services in East Sussex. Read more >>>

Crime Commissioner Could Oversee NY Fire Service
Julia Mulligan, North Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, has launched a consultation proposing changes to the way the county’s fire service is overseen. Read more >>>

Norfolk firefighters train with American counterparts at RAF Mildenhall
Norfolk firefighters visited RAF Mildenhall to take part in a training exercise to familiarise themselves in how to tackle an aircraft on fire. Read more >>>

First tri-service station in county opens doors
Hungerford Community Fire Station has officially opened following a major refurbishment, which began in November. Read more >>>

Fire stations could be shared with police under vision to combine Hertfordshire emergency services
However, opposition councillors fear police and crime commissioner (PCC) David Lloyd’s bid to take over the running the fire and rescue service could mean fire stations in St Albans and elsewhere could close. Read more >>> 

Housing

North West associations set to merge
Two northern-based housing associations, New Charter Group and Adactus Housing Group, are set to merge creating a new organisation with 33,000 homes. Read more >>>

Peabody merger marked by 6,000 home deal
Family Mosaic and Peabody have now merged, marking it by signing a 6,000 home deal with the mayor of London. Read more >>>


Outsourcing

Public sector outsourcing: a marriage that must work
Kerry Hallard, the president of the Global Sourcing Association, argues that despite some highly-publicised cases of breakdowns in public sector outsourcing, the relationship has generated much success. Read more >>>


Upcoming Seminars

Here are the dates of the next Collaborative Leadership and Collaborative Transformation Practitioner programmes:

• The Postgraduate Certificate In Collaborative Transformation (Oct 2017 Cohort begins) You can see what previous students are saying about their experience by clicking here. 

• Collaborative Transformation Practitioner Programme (London) – 4th to 6th October. Attending this programme will grant you recognition as a CTPrac™. 

In-house Collaborative Transformation Practitioner and Collaborative Leadership programmes are available for five or more delegates. These are helpful for organisations who need to reduce staff travel and accommodation costs. Contact Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an informal discussion on programme content and fees.


Collaborative Working Opportunities

Head of Major / Head of Minor Projects

Manchester Devolution (£60,000 - £65,000)

Project Coordinator Collaborative Working

Sheffield (£30,000 - £45,000)

Service Owner - Shared Services & Corporate

Warwick (£46,400 - £63,800)

HR Shared Service Leader

Wolverhampton (£35,000 - £37,000)

Personalisation Senior Advisor Collaborative Working

Manchester Health £46,625 - £57,640)

Shared Services Senior Project Manager
Oldham (£31,696 - £41,787)

Shared Service Centre Director
Thames Valley, Berkshire (Six figure salary +)


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