{"id":24698,"date":"2018-02-09T14:04:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=24698"},"modified":"2018-02-09T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T14:04:20","slug":"new-councillors-overwhelmed-essential-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/09\/new-councillors-overwhelmed-essential-training\/","title":{"rendered":"New councillors &#039;overwhelmed&#039; by essential training, says survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SOME new Cardiff councillors are overwhelmed by how much they have to learn when they start, they told an official survey.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two-thirds (63%) of councillors responded to the anonymised survey carried out in November about induction training carried out after the May 2017 election.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDon\u2019t try to get it all in straight away\u2014becoming a councillor is an emotional and confusing time, and feeling bombarded with demands on your time can feel overwhelming,\u201d said one respondent.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was a lot to take in for new councillors at a time when many were still excited that they had been elected,\u201d said another.<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cIt would have been nice for dates to be circulated in advance of the elections so that we had some prior notice of what to expect if elected,\u201d was another comment<br \/>\n\u201cSome of these courses were a bit death by PowerPoint and at the end of a long day concentration levels lapse,\u201d one comment said.<br \/>\nAnther councillor admitted ignoring emails about training.<br \/>\n\u201cThe flurry of training in the first months of this administration has risked swamping councillors to the point that I don\u2019t know what I should have attended, what I haven\u2019t attended, when I need to attend. It\u2019s got to the point where I simply ignore training related emails,\u201d said the councillor.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The democratic services committee heard this week that an\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">induction day on May 8 was followed by s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">everal training sessions, most over the summer. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Areas the \u00a0councillors wanted more training on inciude &#8220;how to make a difference in council and government&#8221; , dealing with the media, negotiating, dealing with conflicts, and finding a work-life balance.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> One asked for more training on \u201chow to deal with confrontational constituents\u201d.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some sessions, on topics like the code of conduct, data protection, and equalities and diversity training, were compulsory and marked \u201cessential\u201d. If councillors break the rules in these areas they can be fined or sanctioned.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite this many councillors asked in the survey for \u201cfewer compulsory sessions\u201d.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only 24% of councillors attended the essential session on Welsh awareness and 33 per cent of respondents said they didn\u2019t find the training useful. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Around half said they were not confident using the modern.gov app to access electronic copies of council and committee papers and cut down on the use of paper.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the meeting councillor Rod McKerlich, echoed the survey&#8217;s findings.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI totally agree with the idea of training. But what is highly desirable and what is essential? [We need to be] careful not to devalue the strong force of that word by putting too much in that category.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But councillor Kathryn Kelloway said: \u201cIf you can\u2019t take a few hours, then are you really fit for public duty?\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Davina Fiore, director of governance and legal services, said: \u201cThe council is a multi-million pound business and in any business board members would be expected to undergo essential training.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOME new Cardiff councillors are overwhelmed by how much they have to learn when they start, they told an official survey. 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