Council workforce demographics highlighted in recent report
Cara Connachan, Senior Research Officer at the Improvement Service, discusses the make-up of the Scottish local government workforce, the challenges councils face and the state of workforce planning across local authorities.
Scotland paving the way in creating a trauma-informed and responsive workforce
Cara Connachan, Senior Research Officer at the Improvement Service, examines the knowledge and practice of trauma-informed approaches across the Scottish workforce and outlines support available to embed trauma-informed and responsive working.
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Scotland's Councillors 2017-2022
A survey of councillors elected in 2017. It looks at the demographic profile of councillors and questions relating to their role, such as additional employment status, how councillor duties are managed and why they chose to stand for election.
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#FollowMe2: a Social Media Guide for Elected Members
An introduction to what social media is and how councillors can use it for communication. This also contains brief guides to the most popular social media tools.