Officer Development Framework

This course will define "young people" and how to effectively reach and engage them, both on and offline.

This course focuses on how to spark interest in your community for serving as a councillor.

This course explores how to get the most from key social media platforms to ensure your social media output supports your council to achieve its goals and aims.

This course explains the basics of Facebook so you can get started in the right way and improve your council's communication.

There are currently no dates available for this course. Please check back again soon.

This course is for councillors, clerks and employees, new and experienced, and explores what a local council can do when considering if a bad or unlawful planning decision has been made. 

This e-learning course explores the practicalities of good time management, providing tips and coping mechanisms to make you more productive and efficient at work, and by default, everyday life!

In-person events aimed at smaller parish councils in Dorset, providing topical updates and opportunities for networking at venues around the county.

Online events aimed at clerks of smaller parish councils and parish meetings in Dorset, providing topical updates and opportunities for networking.

This e-learning course helps to identify activities that are classed as work at height under the law and how to carry out such activities safely.

Designed to help councillors, clerks and employees understand the new version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), the key national planning document.

Dorset Council, facilitated by DAPTC, are holding a series of listening events on Zoom to help inform the parking review. Register now to attend the event or events relevant to your council.

For officers who want to understand how to prepare their council’s Annual Governance & Accountability Return on an income and expenditure basis (mandatory for councils regularly spending over £200,000) and comply with the requirements of the audit process.

This session explains how to convert receipts & payments accounts to income & expenditure accounts, how this affects the Annual Return and the timing of year-end activities and the audit process, enabling you to complete all the relevant steps correctly.