The way that we work is changing, and the pace at which we need to adapt is ever-increasing.
What we have done
We have:
- built strong links and collaborations with a wide range of partners, including charities, health organisations, suppliers and the voluntary sector
- adopted sector-standard platforms such as Local Government Drupal (LGD) for our website and intranet
- become active participants in the LGD community of practice and benefit from developments made in other councils, as well as sharing and contributing our own
- made it easier and quicker for those serving Essex residents to work together by enabling secure digital collaboration and information sharing
What we are doing
We need to:
- make sure services continue uninterrupted, especially in the context of devolution and local government reform
- empower and enable people to do the best for those we serve
How we will know we are successful
We will know that we have been successful when we:
- have developed strategic relationships with all our partners
- have a shared understanding of the systems that support our work, and plans to consolidate, rationalise and simplify them to make devolution and reform easier with common ways of working
- have a strategic map of relationships with key partners across Greater Essex
- are working across Greater Essex to define and share blueprints and repeatable standards for digital services, as well signing up to the same best practice standards
- have established multi-disciplinary, multi-organisation teams across Greater Essex to work towards outcomes that matter for the people that we serve more quickly