Case studies and related documents

These case studies and documents relating to workforce planning are drawn from good practice in the sector.

If you would like to share the workforce planning activity of your organisation with the sector, contact:

Helen Sinclair-Ross
Consultant
Email: helen.sinclair-ross@local.gov.uk

Milton Keynes workforce development strategy: 2010/14

Milton Keynes's new workforce development strategy sets out how the council plans to develop an efficient and effective workforce to help deliver excellent services and achieve the council's priorities.

Milton Keynes Council workforce development strategy (PDF, 30 pages, 389KB)

Making a ‘Leaner’ machine in Enfield

The drive for efficiency savings has become ever more pressing for local government since the recession. The coming years will see budgets squeezed, and increasing demands on services. Enfield Council is rising to the challenge through its in-house ‘Leaner’ programme.

Making a ‘Leaner’ machine in Enfield

Piloting reforms to help embed major change

Social care is being radically transformed up and down the country. Major change like this can be unsettling for staff, but Worcestershire County Council is managing to avoid this pitfall by piloting its reforms.

Piloting reforms to help embed major change

Sutton Council tailoring solutions to workforce planning problems

Developing staff is a key part of creating a motivated workforce with the right skills. Sutton Council has met this challenge head-on by developing tailored solutions to particular problems. The approach has involved introducing everything from flexible working to numeracy and literacy training and access to university courses.

Tailoring solutions to workforce planning issues

A multi-dimensional approach to successful workforce planning

St Edmundsbury Borough Council has been recognised as one of the best performing district councils for workforce planning and development. It has set up or taken part in a range of programmes, including developing its senior staff, a comprehensive well-being scheme, and tackling problem areas.

A multi-dimensional approach to successful workforce planning

Placing workforce planning in the business planning process

Workforce planning is a key priority for local government. Recognising that the issue cannot be tackled in isolation, Epping Forest District Council has integrated workforce planning into the business planning process.

Placing workforce planning in the business planning process

West Midlands workforce planning project

In 2008 the IDeA (now LG Improvement and Development) managed a workforce planning project for the West Midlands region in partnership with Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands and the West Midlands Local Government Association. The project aimed to:

• raise the quality and profile of workforce and succession planning
• share approaches and solutions among the partner councils
• share learning across the region.

The following case study is a key piece of learning from the project:

Telford & Wrekin Council: Anticipating future workforce needs

Walsall Council

View Walsall Council's 2009/12 workforce plan:

Walsall Council workforce plan 2009/12 (PDF, 87 pages, 876KB)

East Riding of Yorkshire

View East Riding of Yorkshire's latest workforce development strategy:

East Riding of Yorkshire: Workforce development strategy (PDF, 18 pages, 341KB)

Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth Borough Council's 2010/11 workforce development plan:

Great Yarmouth Borough Council workforce development plan 2010/11 (PDF, 14 pages, 344KB)

Case studies from 2007 and earlier

North Lincolnshire Council

Dacorum Borough Council

Buckinghamshire County Council

Rotherham workforce development plan (PDF, 19 pages, 144KB)

Rotherham workforce planning matrix (PDF, 4 pages, 29KB)

Rotherham matrix guidance (PDF, 3 pages, 41KB)

South Tyneside workforce development plan (PDF, 64 pages, 849KB)

Page updated April 2010.