The Council regards the training of its Elected Members and Officers as a high priority. To that end each Member and each Officer has his/her own Personal Development Plan where training requirements are discussed in detail.
Personal Development Plans are reviewed on an annual basis as a minimum but may be more frequent if necessary.
New members and officers are required to complete an Induction Programme designed to provide background information on a local authority's core activities as well as keeping the individual up-to-date with current issues of interest with which the Council is involved.
Job Descriptions and Person Specifications are available for all posts advertised. The Employee Performance and Development Framework links employee objectives to Service Plans and the Council Plan and the Council operates an on-line Performance Management system to keep the monitoring of key tasks up-to-date.
The Council has also set up eight Local Community Planning Partnerships which participate in the work of the authority and contribute to the Council Plan and the wider Community Plan.