Online courses
The Corporate Governance training courses on My Learning include 2 mandatory modules to help us all fight fraud, corruption, bribery and money-laundering.
Every year you should complete:
- anti-fraud and corruption training – learn to spot the signs of fraud and corruption and report them effectively
- anti-bribery and money laundering training – how to prevent bribery and detect and report money laundering
Get support from the Counter Fraud team
The Counter Fraud team can offer additional support with:
- fraud prevention training - tailored fraud awareness training for teams to raise awareness
- investigation - promptly providing guidance as to how any issue or concern raised may be investigated locally or alternatively allocate resources to fully investigate referrals and provide feedback on the outcome of any investigations
- detection - conducting proactive audit or fraud work, for example data matching exercises (PDF, 189KB), to detect any high-risk areas where fraud or error may occur and report them effectively
Contact the team
Get in touch with the Counter Fraud team for further support:
- 03330 138 917
- counterfraud.team@essex.gov.uk
The team includes a Counter Fraud Manager, Counter Fraud Specialist and a Data and Intelligence Specialist. They handle all issues relating to fraud and corruption within the council and from outside.
They report to the Head of Assurance and work closely with the Internal Audit team. You can see how the teams are connected in the full team structure chart (PPTX, 723KB).