Working For Worcester

Working for Worcester is the product of our improvement planning process and sets out how we fulfil our obligations as a community leader and service provider. It helps stakeholders and external observers to check we’re doing the right things in the right way and explains -

• how we performed in the past year
• how the Council is organised and how it functions
• how the Council is funded and what the money pays for
• how we compare with other Councils.

The companion document to Working for Worcester, the Corporate Plan 2008-2013, lays out what we are aiming to achieve for this next year, and how we intend to build on our strengths and improve on our areas of weakness

We are an Equal Opportunities Organisation and we are committed to equality of opportunity for both our customers and employees, aiming for our services and employment opportunities to be equally available and accessible to all.

The Council operates on the Leader and Cabinet model under the Local Government Act 2000. The Cabinet is made up of the Leader and 6 Cabinet Members.

The Council’s most senior employees are the Chief Executive and six Heads of Service making up the Corporate Management Team.

Click here for a detailed statement on Our Commitment to Corporate Governance and here for a statement on the Remuneration of the Cabinet and Corporate Management Team

With over 600 employees, we manage assets of £50 million and have over 95,000 customers, providing services within Worcester City that affect our daily lives and the environment within which we live. We also seek to improve our City through our five key priorities.

We are an improving Council, as recognised by the Audit Commission, our performance during 2007/08 continues to improve, and our achievements span

An explanation of the Council’s finances and the full Annual Statement of Accounts, is available as part of Working for Worcester.

The Accounts are due to be audited by Grant Thornton plc, our external auditors, during August and September. They will report and make an Independent Auditors Statement by the end of September 2008, and this will be reported to our Audit Committee.

The Accounts will be open to public inspection and the auditor will be available to receive questions from interested persons, these arrangements will be advertised in the local press.

Previous Annual Audit and Inspection Letters can be found here

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