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The National Education Union (NEU) has announced that its ballot of teacher members in England has met the thresholds required to begin industrial action.
We want to ensure all our employees feel confident with maths at home and at work.
We're aware of a problem with the Power App which staff use to book pool cars.
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January each year.
The nominations for Our Derbyshire Awards have been flooding in - thanks for taking the time to get involved.
We're transforming the way we support people to ensure they are at the heart of our adult social care services.
Find out more about Skills builder - Unison's new literacy and numeracy app.
We have received 95 nominations so far for the Our Derbyshire Awards
Use the blind carbon copy (Bcc) function when sending emails to multiple external email addresses.
Friday 27 January marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and it's a commemoration of victims of Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
We recently updated our Attendance Management and Ill Health Capability Procedure which is now in place.
We started running climate change courses in 2021 as part of our climate strategy.
A range of free workshops that will focus on basic things that will make your work much easier.
We will be partnering with a leading external training provider, t-three, to roll out our new leadership development programme.
Operation Explorer is a full day's immersive training on Prevent and safeguarding roles, run by Derbyshire Police's Prevent team.
Derbyshire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), is now consulting residents on the policing budget for 2023 to 24
Find out how more people from ethnic minority and other diverse backgrounds can get involved in taking part in public life and in their local communities.
To mark the start of the year we're encouraging residents across the county to consider starting their foster care journey.
Engineers from Circuit Compliance will be at County Hall to undertake Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) between Tuesday 10 January and Friday 3 February 2023.
We are delighted to announce that we are accepting nominations for Our Derbyshire Awards from today until midnight on Friday 27 January 2023.
An updated version of the constitution has been published which incorporates a number of amendments.
The digital adoption team has put together some top tips on how you can make your working routine easier, learn and upskill yourself.
Cyber criminals don't take a holiday, so the chances of the council or you becoming a victim of a cyber attack can increase.
As previously announced Pete Handford, Director of Finance and ICT, will be leaving the council this week.
Helen Jones, our Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health, will be leaving the organisation towards the end of the financial year.
As winter viruses are circulating, please remember the to follow guidance about attending your workplace.
Unfortunately, due to limited resources, the SAP upgrade planned for January 2023 has been delayed.
Christmas can be a tough time. It's easy to feel pressured, lonely, anxious or sad at this time of year.
A big thank you to everyone who's been taking part in Thank You Week.
Taking annual leave is important for your wellbeing so please make sure you take leave at regular intervals or whenever it is practical to do so.
There are increased fears that more people could be bitten by a loan shark this Christmas.
You can still get 5% off 7 day or 28-day Stagecoach Megarider tickets but the process is changing and this can now only be done using the Stagecoach app.
Emma Crapper has decided to leave the organisation to consider new opportunities.
The image for this year's corporate Christmas card has been supplied by one of our employees, Chris Cookman.
Did you know that you can view live pictures from traffic cameras that we have across the county?
We've increased the amount available to charities, community and voluntary groups to set up warm spaces across Derbyshire this winter.
We're taking steps to support colleagues with hidden disabilities by joining the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
This year December's pay date will be Thursday 22 December 2022.
Under our modern ways of working programme, we are currently looking at options for the future management of our printers, scanners and copiers.
Next week we are celebrating thank you week, to recognise the support and hard work of colleagues across our organisation.
Do you know which roads we grit? You can view a map which tells you when a road was last gritted.
From Monday 12 December 2022 we're celebrating Thank You Week to recognise the support and hard work of colleagues in delivering services for local people.
World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day.
A public consultation about Devolution for Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Derby, and Nottingham is now live and runs until Monday 9 January 2023.
We've made some changes to our data protection impact assessment process (DPIA) process.
Pride in Belper has teamed up with Derbyshire LGBT+ and the Reunion Deli to host a social evening for the LGBT+ community and allies every month.
We're running an online workshop on Thursday 8 December 2022 from 2pm to 2.45pm.
It's really important that we have a consistent style when it comes to email signatures.
Winter is on its way and many of our colleagues are now on standby to help out the travelling public by gritting the roads whenever needed.
Now that the heating is on in our office buildings you may find you need to adjust the room temperature to make it comfortable.
Join us on awareness sessions to learn more about neurodiversity and dyslexia.
As part of the SAP upgrade, Orderpoint is being replaced by a series of apps for ordering, approving and goods receipting.
As part of our work to support Derbyshire residents with the rising cost of living we're launching a newsletter containing advice and information to help them.
Do you care for someone or know somebody who is a carer? Please help us spread the word about this year's Carers' Rights Day on Thursday 24 November 2022.
This week is Trans Awareness Week which culminates in Trans Day of Remembrance on 20 November 2022.
Wearing the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower is a discreet way to choose to make the invisible visible.
The public consultation on the proposed East Midlands County Combined Authority has been launched.
We are delighted to announce that we are launching our new recognition toolkit.
It's International Fraud Awareness Week so it's a good opportunity to think about the risks of fraud and how we can protect ourselves.
My Plan is the tool that the majority of you will be using to agree an individual work plan.
We will be marking Remembrance Day at 11am on Friday 11 November 2022.
The SAP upgrade will see the introduction of dashboards to replace Workplace and OrderPoint and will also provide lots of additional finance functionality.
Please spread the word about our £50,000 Warm Spaces Fund, launched to support residents affected by the rising cost of living this winter.
You could receive a one-off payment for recommending people to join our care worker community team who support vulnerable people in their own homes.
During the engagement forums we received lots of brilliant suggestions and ideas from colleagues about what we could do to make improvements.
The 2022/23 national pay agreement for local government service employees has now been agreed.
We run a careers service which offers impartial information, advice and guidance about career opportunities, learning and employment.
From January 2023 the current Workplace portal will be replaced with Fiori.
Would you like to develop your administration skills, work with colleagues across the council and contribute to a disability inclusive workplace?
Please take this opportunity to share your views, which will help to inform our future policy on working arrangements.
Thank you to everyone who made last week's Black History Month event happen.
The next steps on the road to devolution are taking place as detailed proposals about a devolution deal are due to be discussed at key council meetings.
You may remember back in 2020 we sent out a survey asking for your feedback on how working arrangements were working for you.
Join us on Thursday 17 November 2022 from midday to 1pm for our next 'Equali-Tea Break' webinar focusing on Trans inclusion and awareness.
A new programme of wellbeing activities run by Joined Up Care Derbyshire is now available for all employees.
A series of spectacular night-time displays of light and sound set against the backdrop of iconic local landmarks is coming back to Derbyshire.
It's important anyone who is eligible and able to have a flu or COVID-19 jab should take up the offer.
You can get 5% off 7-day or 28-day Stagecoach Megarider tickets online using a unique discount code.
We're sending out a short series of communications to share with you. This week, we are focusing on "I am rewarded fairly".
Today is World Mental Health Day – a perfect chance to recognise how important it is to talk about how we feel and to seek help for help if we need it.
If you feel that talking to someone about your mental health would help, you can talk to one of our mental health first aiders.
New classes include circuits, midweek refresh, back care Pilates and 'core and more'.
Earlier this year we told you that the SAP upgrade would take place in October, however unfortunately this will now be delayed until early January 2023.
We're asking Derbyshire residents to have their say on our budget and services.
We want to start sharing with you our plan to address the feedback we've been hearing from you in our department and organisation engagement forums.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the support programmes that the Thrive mental health app offers.
Ensuring the confidentiality of information and keeping people's personal information safe is of huge importance.
If you manage anyone who uses a fleet vehicle, their own vehicle or a hire vehicle for business, you need to make sure they have the correct documentation.
Our affordable credit project wants to find out more about experiences of borrowing and saving and awareness of local community banks.
Our thanks go to all our employees who were involved in some way in making arrangements during the mourning period.
Join us on Wednesday, 28 September from 2pm to 4pm for our next online Women's Network meeting.
October's Black History Month is an annual celebration of the contribution that Black African and Caribbean communities.
Would you like to help your colleagues eat more healthily and get active?
Highways colleagues are invited to join the latest series of briefing events to find out progress and the next steps in the service's transformation programme.
Arrangements for booking British Sign Language interpreters will change from 1 October 2022.
In partnership with AVC Wise, we've introduced a new salary sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.
Thrive, the company which runs the Thrive mental health app, is running a series of webinars which are open to all employees.
On Monday 19 September 2022 there is an additional bank holiday in the UK to mark the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Colleagues in highways are invited to join our latest series briefing events to find out progress and the next steps in our ambitious transformation programme.
Pete Handford, Director of Finance and ICT, will be leaving the council to take up a new role.
The Digital Adoption team has a range of resources on the Learning Centre for you to learn more about Office.com, the starting point for online productivity.
Pension awareness week takes place from 12 to 16 September 2022 and is an opportunity to improve your pension knowledge.
If you have an LGPS pension with Derbyshire Pension Fund, your annual benefit statement may now be available through the My Pension Online Service.
High blood pressure doesn't have any symptoms so the only way to find out is to have a blood pressure check.
Thrive, the company which runs the Thrive mental health app, is running a webinar to mark World Suicide Prevention Day which takes place on 10 September.
You may have heard that the government is making cost of living payments to people who receive certain benefits or tax credits.
If you're working remotely and you need documents printing, our professional print production team in the business centre can do this for you.
Have your say on drug and alcohol recovery services in Derbyshire
Find out more about the concept of 'intersectionality' and what it's got to do with equality and diversity.
Our Cycle to Work Scheme is now available as a 24 month option.
The removal of pandemic restrictions in April has enabled us to consider the working arrangements for everyone
We have been made aware of potential strike action by Royal Mail on 26 and 31 August, and on 8 and 9 September.
Thank you to all of you who supported the Chesterfield and Belper Pride events this summer
The Public Health department is inviting all our Derbyshire colleagues to join us for a 'Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) development workshop'.
Since we ran our employee survey in February, each department has run an engagement forum to discuss the results
The Director of Public Health's Annual Report is now out and this year the report looks at our response to COVID-19.
Each year the International Association for Suicide Prevention marks 10 September as World Suicide Prevention Day.
Anyone receiving Pension Credit will automatically be paid the cost of living payments – and they could be entitled to an extra £650, paid in two instalments.
Our finance division now operates as one team, supporting departments with advice on a range of accountancy and finance matters.
We recognise that employees are likely to make use of social media in a personal capacity.
Our countryside service is busy organising their flagship event – the Woodland Festival.
Between now and the end of September, Joined Up Care Derbyshire is running a large number of wellbeing sessions that you're welcome to join.
We're working to improve the health and wellbeing of men across the county.
Our 'no purchase order (PO) no pay' policy is now in force and will apply to invoices dated from 1 August 2022 onwards.
We want to make ICT as accessible as possible to everyone. You can find out more by visiting accessibility on the Learning Centre.
As part of the work we're doing to support your wellbeing, we joined up with Thrive - an NHS-approved mental wellbeing app.
If you're producing content for our website, including the Our Derbyshire website, please take a few minutes to read through the web accessibility guidelines.
If you've uploaded a profile picture to Office 365, or would like to, please make sure it meets with our simple criteria.
Our digital adoption team have given the Learning Centre homepage a revamp.
We are very proud to have been involved in this year's virtual Local Government Apprentice of the Year 2022 event.
We are delighted to announce Ellie Houlston as our new Director of Public Health.
As forecasters continue to predict a prolonged period of high temperatures it's important to be aware of the risks and stay safe.
No matter how hot it gets, don't be tempted to cool down in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and quarries. You really don't know what is lurking beneath the surface.
Join Deaf-initely Women's online session to find out how they empower deaf and hard of hearing women
The Guide Dogs charity is running free sighted guiding training sessions.
You are now able to reset your password yourself, securely, anywhere, anytime, without needing to contact the ICT Service Desk.
A note about key payroll data and personal identifiers
We're working with 3 other councils in the East Midlands to bring decision-making powers out of Westminster and more investment to the region.
Is your pension enough to support you in retirement so you can spend future summers the way you want to?
July is the Samaritan's Talk To Us Month, reminding people that they are there to help.
CiC – the company behind our employee assistance programme – will be running a mindfulness webinar on 13 July at 11am.
We're upgrading SAP this October - the software that we use to manage our data and information in HR, including Workplace, finance and procurement (Orderpoint).
We are aware of the current pressures around recruitment and retention, and the challenge this poses in the provision of our services.
My Plan provides the opportunity for our employees to agree an individual work plan.
High inflation rates and increased costs are beginning to affect our suppliers, who have begun to seek to increase the prices of their goods and services.
We're offering a wide range of events at our countryside sites designed to appeal to all the family with some offering the chance to learn new skills.
We're implementing a no purchase order (PO), no pay policy which means that suppliers will need to quote a valid PO on their invoices before we'll pay them.
Cabinet members have agreed a new sustainable procurement policy designed to help staff make greener purchasing decisions.
We are pulling together a showcase of all the great things our council has to offer for its employees.
As the cost of living is rising it's important to understand what advice and support is available to you, your family and the people you work with.
Colleagues in highways are invited to join a series of face-to-face and online briefing events to find out more about the ambitious transformation programme.
As a result of the pandemic we introduced some interim travel claim guidance to reflect the temporary changes to the way some colleagues were having to travel.
Our people are at the heart of enabling change, ensuring our partners and communities thrive and our organisation succeeds.
Congratulations to everyone involved in the delivery of the Woodville to Swadlincote Regeneration Road.
If you're still experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 four weeks after contracting the virus, the Derbyshire Long COVID employee support service is here for you.
Men's Health Week aims to raise awareness of preventable health issues and encourage men and boys to seek professional advice for health-related problems.
Winning Goals is a 12-week weight management programme followed up with monthly one-to-one sessions specifically aimed at adult males.
It is important that all we all recognise the importance of looking after ourselves and preventing ill health.
Webinars running throughout July 2022 for LGPS members who'd like to find out more about the shared cost salary sacrifice scheme.
We process large amounts of personal data and ensuring confidentiality and keeping people's personal information safe is of huge importance.
We've recently updated our guidance on workplace health and safety inspections.
We're hosting an online question and answer session on 14 June with a panel of leadership apprentices who will be available to respond to your questions.
We've made some changes to our attendance management and ill health capability procedure.
Windrush Day is on 22 June 2022 and marks the date when the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in 1948.
From online workshops on how to manage anxiety to 'virtual' cuppas and free tickets to the cinema, there's lots going on during National Carers Week 2022
We'll be lighting up County Hall purple after dark for the whole of the extended bank holiday weekend.
We want to make everything as accessible as possible to everyone.
Our YES Derbyshire Project supports young people to access training, job opportunities and a range of health and wellbeing services.
Find out more about benefits of credit unions and community banks so that you can understand what they do and how they can help the people you support.
Are you passionate about workplace wellbeing? Do you want to promote healthy eating or physical activity in your department and team?
We're offering a second opportunity for colleagues interested in applying for a leadership apprenticeship to take part in a webinar to find out more.
We've signed up to take part in Britain's Healthiest Workplace, the UK's largest workplace-wellbeing survey
The COVID-19 HR advice for managers has now been updated to reflect the latest position on living with Covid
Last week was 'get to know your digital champion week', which saw us celebrate what their fantastic community does
Alongside our colleagues across Joined Up Care Derbyshire have signed up to take part in Britain's Healthiest Workplace.
On 13 May, we detected an attempted cyber-attack on our IT systems which had the potential to cause disruption to services.
Following feedback on Mental Health Awareness Week, we've set up a mental health peer support Teams chat.
Are you, or any friends or family interested in joining our ambitious and forward-thinking policy and research team?
The ability to be resilient, to learn, adapt and continuously improve in the face of such challenge is crucial.
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of bladder cancer which is one of the 10 most common types of cancer in the UK.
We are delighted to announce that our new Executive Director of Corporate Services and Transformation, Joe O'Sullivan, will join the council in July 2022.
We provide a hard of hearing service which carries out assessments and demonstrations of environmental hearing equipment for people who are hard of hearing.
Today we'll be proudly flying the Pride Progress flag at County Hall to show our support for International Day Against Homophobia Transphobia and Biphobia.
Modern ways of working is helping us achieve our aim to provide the services local people want and need by thinking and doing things differently.
The council's commitment to secure the future of County Hall
We're expanding our programme of leadership and management apprenticeships
One of our colleagues, Luke Impey, has launched a campaign for potentially life-saving treatment for his baby daughter Winnie. Donate to the appeal here.
We have more than 500 digital champions that are dedicating an hour of their working week to supporting their colleagues and departments.
It's Mental Health Awareness Week and this year it's all about getting connected and combating loneliness.
With fewer employees working in our office buildings, we're taking a different approach to fire evacuation.
Share our message and encourage people across Derbyshire to consider starting their fostering journey
As part of a Joined Up Care Derbyshire initiative, you can take advantage of a number of free activities that can help with your overall wellbeing.
An invitation to all our Joined up Care Derbyshire colleagues to join us for a session with the Erewash Health and Wellbeing Partnership.
An invitation to all our Joined up Care Derbyshire colleagues to join us for a conversation with Lizzie Cain from the Co-Production Collective.
Take 5 minutes to complete the ICT equipment survey so that we have an accurate record of the equipment you currently have at home.
Dean Wallace, Director of Public Health, will be leaving us in late summer / early autumn to take up ta new role.
Hybrid meeting rooms are perfect when you want a meeting with colleagues who are in the office and working remotely as it brings everyone together.
Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 9 to 15 May 2022.
We're relaunching our employee network groups with an online and in person event on 25 May 2022.
Each head of service and above will receive their own results report of the employee survey.
We provide a service which gives blind and visually impaired people information and advice
Our employee survey results will be out by the end of April
We'd like to get your views on the Derbyshire Women's Network role.
The next online neurodiversity drop-in session is on Thursday 19 May from 11am -12pm.
Join us on 18 May 2022 for this exciting online event which will explore the specific needs and experiences of young LGBT+ people.
We've made the apprenticeship application and approval process quicker and easier.
Do you know someone who's gone the extra mile? You can nominate them for Radio Derby's Make a Difference Awards.
We recently ran our employee survey and thank you to all those who completed it.
Are you, or any friends or family interested in joining our fantastic in-house highways team?
Stress is something that we all experience at some point. Whether it's a work deadline, financial worries or something more serious.
If you or someone you know is looking for a job or change of career, check out a new website promoting careers in care across Derbyshire and Derby.
We recently marked Neurodiversity Celebration Week, challenging stereotypes and raising awareness about neurodiversity and neurological differences.
From 1 April 2022 the COVID-19 advice to employers is changing as we transition to the government's living with COVID plan.
We're leading a partnership of organisations to support people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine by safely resettling them into Derbyshire homes.
If you or your colleagues are working on any projects that would benefit the health and wellbeing of employees across Derbyshire, let us know.
The pay award has been applied in March 2022 backdated to 1 April 2021 for local government service employees
There are just a few days left now before the annual employee survey closes on the 27 March so this is our last opportunity to remind you to complete it.
You're invited to find out all about Office.com and the increased flexibility and productivity it can add to your working week.
Social worker Sarah Clarke is sharing her story to help shine a light on the strengths and accomplishments of our neurodivergent workforce.
Social worker Deb Solomon is sharing her story to help shine a light on the strengths and accomplishments of our neurodivergent workforce.
Assistant director Helene Denness is sharing her story to help shine a light on the strengths and accomplishments of our neurodivergent workforce.
We have now trained around 8,000 county council colleagues, but we still need to ensure the remaining 2,200 staff have completed their mandatory training.
Do you, or any friends or family have experience providing administrative support and would like to accept work placements and hours to suit?
Our new salary sacrifice Shared Cost AVC benefit has launched and offers LGPS members a cost-efficient way to boost their pension pot.
We're now at the midway point of the annual employee survey. We're very pleased to report that so far, 34% of people have responded.
From April 2022 employee National Insurance contributions are increasing by 1.25 percentage points.
Some employees have been re-enrolled into a pension scheme to comply with the Workplace Pension Reform Regulations.
If you're a smoker we expect you'll know the main reasons why you should quit, and you might have tried before.
As more people return to using office spaces please remember that you must wear your council ID badge in council buildings.
The annual employee survey has now been open for just over a week and so far, we've had a 22% response rate. What a great start!
International Women's Day is an annual celebration of women's achievements to raise awareness of issues affecting women and girls on a local and global level.
Neurodiversity is the concept that all humans vary in terms of how we think and process information. Everyone has talents and things they find challenging.
International Women's Day is marked on 8 March each year around the world as part of the Women's History Month.
Following a review, we've decided to maintain our existing COVID-19 secure measures until the end of March.
Stagecoach is raising its bus fair prices but don't forget that employees can get a discount off daily, weekly and monthly tickets.
Stopping smoking is one of the best things you can do for your health and if you're ready to quit for good then there's lots of support on offer.
You will be pleased to hear that the national pay agreement for Local Government Service employees for 2021/22 has been agreed.