Agenda item

Presentation from the Assistant Director – Adult Services, the Workforce Development Manager and the Darlington Academy Coordinator

The Assistant Director, Adult Services, the Darlington Academy Coordinator and the Workforce Development Manager provided a presentation on workforce recruitment and retention in Adult Services.

The presentation provided Members with an overview of the issues in terms of recruitment and retention, the use of the workforce recruitment and retention fund, information in relation to recruitment and retention in Darlington, details of the Council’s retention schemes and programmes, details regarding recruitment campaigns and the different approaches adopted in terms of recruitment, and how that fed into the bigger picture.

Members entered into discussion on the success of the differing strands of the recruitment campaign, recruitment of both young people and older people into the sector, the use of relief contracts as opposed to zero hour contracts, the benefits and disadvantages of zero hour contracts within the sector, the need for workers to access services to enable them to continue to work within the sector, and the reduction in staff turnover in Darlington.

RESOLVED – That the contents of the presentation be noted.