Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Corporate Services

Forward Plan Ref: 2022/161

Contact:Joanne Pitt, Interim Director of Human Resources, joanne.pitt@oxfordshire.gov.uk .

Report by Corporate Director Customers, Organisational Development & Resources (CA11).

Quarterly staffing report providing details of key people numbers and analysis of main changes since the previous report.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the report.

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a report providing an update on the key strategic workforce priority areas for Quarter 3 and a refreshed workforce profile.

Councillor Glynis Phillips, Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, summarised the report.  A new workforce strategy and action plan was being developed across the organisation.  The results of the staff wellbeing survey will be reflected in this work.

Councillor Phillips stated that emotional support was the main reason for staff seeking employee assistance and for referrals to the occupational health service.  It was clear that more needed to be done to support staff, especially in Children’s Services and schools.

Although spending on agency staff had risen in this quarter there was positive news from Children’s Social Services where the proportion of agency staff had been reduced from a 46% high in December 2021 to 23% in January 2023.

The recommendation was proposed by Councillor Phillips, seconded by Councillor Lygo and agreed.

RESOLVED to note the report.