Successful relationships between councillors and officers
February 6, 2018
Probity and decision making in planning
February 6, 2018Effective scrutiny methods and good practice
Purpose of the Module
To consider the role of scrutiny in the council, to review methods of effective scrutiny and to identify good practice and top tips.
Perfect for
- Councillors in a scrutiny role
- Councillors in a leadership role subject to scrutiny
- Councillors involved in joint scrutiny e.g. of health functions
Module Content
- The statutory requirements for scrutiny
- Call-in of decisions
- Scrutiny of policy development
- Scrutiny of health and other services
- Methodologies of scrutiny
- Examples of best practice and top tips
Workshop examples were so useful
Skills Framework
Addresses all the skills but particularly
- Political understanding
- Scrutiny and challenge
- Regulating and monitoring
