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 Editorial policy Friday 11 November
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Left: Lucy Hunt, winner of Team Leader of the Year, Adult Services. Right: Natasha Round, Lucy Hunt, Tom Woodd and Sarah Asprey
The Social Worker of the Year Awards 2022 took place at a special ceremony in London on Friday 4 November and this year, we had five finalists nominated for awards. A huge congratulations to all of our nominees!
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Key messages 📣
🖱️ iTrent will be unavailable from 6pm this evening (Friday 11 November) until 9am on Monday 14 November.
💳 Today (Friday 11 November) is also the payroll deadline so please ensure claims are entered and approved by 6pm.
⏰ Devon Learning (DeL) remains unavailable until 00.00 tomorrow (Saturday 12 November) for planned maintenance.
🔧 There are currently issues with users not being able to access P2P/OnBase due to insufficient licences being available. Find out more.
✅ Social worker professional registration renewal is due by Wednesday 30 November 2022. Here's a reminder of what you need to do.
📅 Friday's Care first webinar at midday is called ‘Financial wellbeing’. You can access weekly webinars from our employee assistance programme (EAP) provider online.
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Have you registered your vehicle to park at County Hall?
From Monday 14 November, your vehicle will need to be registered with Visitor Express if you want to park at County Hall. The car park barrier will be down from midnight (00.00) on Sunday 13 November.
We upgraded the car park management system before the COVID-19 pandemic so access can be controlled by Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR). ANPR enables improved car park management, security and access for staff. The system will also provide live updates on how many spaces are available.
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 Armistice Day flag raising ceremony today
Today (Friday 11 November) is Armistice Day. We invite you to take time out of your day to honour and reflect upon the sacrifices made by our Armed Services personnel in the World Wars and in other conflicts around the globe, past and present.
In person: Join us at 10:45am today at the Bellair flagpole, County Hall, where we will mark the national two-minute silence at 11am.
On Facebook Live: tune in at 10:50am using this link.
Musicians and singers wanted for Christmas Carols event at County Hall 2022
Do you play a musical instrument? Or would you like to join a choir to sing Christmas Carols in County Hall one day in December?
‘Carols in CH’ is planning to return this year, if there is enough interest, for a lunchtime concert (with audience participation). It will be on Tuesday 20 December at 1pm in the Ante Chamber (the area on the ground floor below the Committee Suite rooms).
If you would like to join us, get in touch by Wednesday 30 November.
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Warm-up webinar: Devon Local Nature Recovery Strategy
We are looking for volunteers to plant native trees under The Woodland Trust‘s #EmergencyTreeFund with ParkLife SW. The planting schemes aim to increase biodiversity, replace the loss of trees through ash dieback, and capture carbon.
If you’d like to get stuck in with some practical, outdoor work that supports nature and climate resilience, please fill out this form and we'll send you a timetable of volunteer tree planting events for this season and in the future. We would love your help!
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Do you need new office furniture to make your home working environment more comfortable? If so, our Estates Team have surplus furniture available for you to use in your home. In County Hall there are pre-loved desks, chairs and other storage items, like pedestals, available to be collected.
If you would like to improve your home office set-up, contact Laurie, Project Manager, at laurie.harford@devon.gov.uk to discuss your needs.
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Coming soon! New changes to Devon Learning
Devon Learning (DeL) will be back online soon. Once live there will be changes to how you log into the system.
To bring this in line with our other systems, your username for DeL will become your iTrent assignment/payroll number. This is the number you use to log into your iTrent account.
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Improve your experience at work in just 30 minutes
Are you struggling to keep on top of your workload? Do you want some time to focus, de-stress or help keep on top of your collaboration? You need Viva Insights, Microsoft’s dedicated software to help you manage your work-life balance.
If you’re interested in learning what it can do for you, sign up to join the Digital Change Team on ‘Viva Insights’ on Monday 14 November.
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Young Devon event is helping The Way We Talk
Young Devon are holding a Way We Talk workshop in Cranbrook at 9:30am on Tuesday 15 November. The one-day course is for parents, carers and professionals and focusses on supporting young people aged 11 to 25 years old. It will look at how the way we talk can change how young people think about themselves and their environment for the better and can improve life outcomes. Book onto the free one-day workshop on eventbrite.
Explore the range of courses on offer through The Way We Talk programme and let others know what is on offer.
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Boundary Commission Review of England's constituencies
The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) is redrawing constituency boundaries in order to rebalance the number of electors represented by each MP, and a final consultation on proposed new constituencies is now open to the public.
A new revised map of constituency proposals, which takes into account feedback sent in by the public on the initial proposals, has been published on the consultation website bcereviews.org.uk.
Send in your views before the closing date of Monday 5 December to have your say on new parliamentary constituency boundaries.
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Check out the latest offers from Devon Discounts
Men's Health awareness week begins on Monday 14 November. Get your Eventbrite tickets for virtual events and talks taking place throughout the week, raising awareness and providing access to support for men working within the public sector across Devon, Torbay, Plymouth and Cornwall. |
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Antibiotics are medicines that treat bacterial infections. However, bacteria are becoming more resistant to our antibiotics making it harder than ever to treat infections. This is called antibiotic resistance and it can lead to more deaths and complications for people receiving medical treatment.
If you have any unused antibiotics then now is the time to return them to your pharmacist, who will dispose of them safely.
You can also pledge to become an Antibiotic Guardian.
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Last week Smarter Devon hosted their first data apprenticeship networking event, 'What good data looks like', for colleagues completing an apprenticeship linked to Data and Intelligence at DCC. You can read more on the Smarter Devon Share Point site.
The network now aims to meet once a month to support our apprentices during their learning journey.
If you are interested in knowing more about our apprenticeships, please contact the apprenticeship team at apprenticeships@devon.gov.uk
If you have a question about Data and Intelligence, please contact the Smarter Devon mailbox who will be happy to help explore more.
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 🖱️ *Please be aware of the change of how to log into DeL
Enrol on the Virtual Manager Programme
- You – Tuesday 29 November
- People – Wednesday 8 February
Other courses include:
👉 Follow the Devon Learning DeL community on Yammer to discover courses on DeL.
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Our Growing Communities Fund (GCF) is making a real difference, giving a helping hand to local communities during the cost-of-living crisis.
So far, we’ve awarded more than £250,000 to local projects, many of which are helping communities cope with the sharp increase in food prices and heating bills.
And now we have committed a further £200,000 and we are inviting applications for projects that support communities and help them to become more resilient.
Further news headlines
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Click on the image to see this week's photo on Inside Devon. You might spot some clues.
Last week's winner: Ros Cummings, Trading Standards Officer, Business Support Team
Last week's answer: The music room in Powderham Castle
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We'd love to get some of your photos of places in Devon to use in Where in Devon. Read the guidelines, get snapping, then send your pictures to the communications inbox.
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