2019-08-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                6 AUGUST 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                       CURRENT PRIORITIES                         THE NEXT QUARTER
People and Culture
Domestic and Family Violence        Developed a Domestic and Family         Develop a Workplace Domestic             Continue to look at initiatives that
Awareness and support program         Violence Strategy along with suite        and Family Violence Policy as part         reduce the stigma related to
                                      of internal resources including           of a Workplace Health and Safety           domestic and family violence and
                                      education and awareness                   initiative.                                promote ways in which we can
                                      sessions and marketing campaign.        Council will partner with the              support supervisors and staff
                                    Engaged an external provider (DV          Australian Services Union who              effected.
                                      Connect) to deliver information           have significant resources
                                      sessions to Directors, Managers           available for dealing with Domestic
                                      and Supervisors to develop their          and Family Violence in the
                                      skills and knowledge to support           workplace to continue to support
                                      staff and colleagues experiencing         awareness and victims of DFV at
                                      domestic and family violence;             Council

Leadership Group Development        The newly formed Leadership             The Leadership Group has                 Feedback and monitoring of the
Program                               Group have developed a facilitated        adopted a defined purpose for the          program to ensure return on
                                      program that will build trust,            group and an agreed set of                 investment is achieved.
                                      strengthen working relationships          principles about how we work
                                      and improve the effectiveness of          together.
                                      the Leadership Group in
                                      demonstrating Councils values,
                                      promoting collaboration across
                                      Council and creating a high
                                      performance culture.

Supervisor Development Program      Following on from the success of        Monitoring feedback from                 Participants will utilise their training
                                      last year’s program, 25                   participants to ensure the program         in the rollout of Performance
                                      participants completed a                  is relevant to their needs and the         Planning for outside staff. This is
                                      development program designed              needs of Council.                          due to commence in September
                                      specifically for our supervisors.       People and Culture Advisors will
                                      The program running over 5                continue to work with supervisors
                                      months Feb – June                         so they are supported when using
                                                                                the new skills they develop during
                                                                                the program.




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