Can you name our new chatbot?

In the coming weeks we are launching a chatbot for our main website and we need your help to name it!

As part of our digital programme, we’ve developed a chatbot as a customer service tool, to simulate human conversation and help website visitors get the information they need.

Naming a chatbot helps to make it seem more human to users. Many websites and local authorities have named their chatbots, including Monmouthshire County Council, which named its chatbot Monty.

Think you have a great name for our new chatbot? Please email your suggestion and a short explanation to the Digital Team digital@staffordshire.gov.uk by Friday 19 June. The team will then choose their favourites and run a quick snap poll to determine the winning name.

Hidden Heroes: Rangers vs COVID-19

In this video, Cannock Chase Ranger Rob Taylor explains how the team has worked tirelessly during lockdown to keep the public safe and prevent and manage wildfires.

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Make a difference to care in a couple of clicks

Our Care Market Development Team (CMDT) support Staffordshire's care organisations to recruit, retain and develop highly skilled staff, so that our residents receive the best care possible.

Now more than ever, we need people to become carers, but recruiting people into care roles is a challenge.

The team are currently supporting two recruitment campaigns – one regional campaign called Time to Care – and one national campaign called Care for Others. Make a difference.

You can help them by liking or sharing their posts on social media so that the opportunity to join a caring profession reaches as many local people as possible.

Here are the CMDT social media accounts:
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn

Update on parking in Stafford and the staff parking scheme

Stafford Borough Council have informed us that charges on all their car parks will re-commence from Monday 15 June 2020.

We will also be opening some of our staff parking scheme car parks from Monday.

Read more.

Coronavirus: Useful Links

• What to do if you think you have coronavirus
• Testing for coronavirus
• IT guidance
• All other coronavirus guidance

Learning and Development

iLearn

• Visit our new digital learning library from the iLearn icon on your desktop, the intranet or GO. iLearn offers bite-sized learning on topics including leadership and strategy, managing people and teams, and personal skills. Why not start with the Remote Working playlist? You can find it in the playlists tab on iLearn.

Staffordshire Community Learning

• From baby development to gardening and crafts, there are some great home learning courses available on the adult learning hub for Staffordshire.

Coronavirus Update Archive

All previous editions of The Knot: Coronavirus Update are available on the intranet archive.