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Trusted youngsters renovate Brandwood community centre

PCSO Martin Kennedy working with youngsters from the Prince's Trust Team Programme in Brandwood.

AN INNOVATIVE new partnership between police in south Birmingham, Solihull College and youth charity The Prince’s Trust has seen a group of unemployed young people renovate a community centre in Brandwood. Eleven people, aged between 16 and 25, are working together as part of The Prince’s Trust Team programme being run from Kings Norton police station by PCSO Martin Kennedy ... Read More »

My Service – booking leave and claiming expenses

My Leave icon from the My Service portal

YESTERDAY newsbeat daily began a five-day bitesize tour through the new My Service portal to explore each of the functions which now allow you to manage your own day-to-day HR and business needs. Today, we look at the My Leave and My Pay and Expenses icons… The My Service portal is managed by Shared Services. Shared Services is a central ... Read More »

Three hundred log on to Dep’s web chat

The Dep answers questions in web chat

MORE than 300 people logged on to watch Deputy Chief Constable Dave Thompson answer questions from the public about policing in the West Midlands. The public asked more than 100 questions over the two hour web chat, held between 1pm and 3pm yesterday. With questions covering everything from recruitment, gang-related violence and cyber crime through to boy racers, bus crime, ... Read More »

Solihull Council praises officers’ ‘enthusiasm and commitment’

PC Oliver Latchford, PCSO Ian Carr, PCSO Jayne Turner and Sergeant Steph Rolfe were all praised

NEIGHBOURHOOD officers in Solihull have been working with the local council as part of its Support Towards Employment, Progression and Satisfaction (STEPS) project – and a letter to LPU commander Chief Superintendent Sally Bourner has demonstrated how important their contribution is to the initiative. The project aims to place adults with learning disabilities into suitable employment or volunteer work placements. ... Read More »

My Service portal – icons explained

My Workplace icon from the My Service portal

LAST month the brand new ‘My Service’ portal went live forcewide – bringing a whole host of day-to-day HR and transactional business functions under one colourful, easy-to-use hub. This week, newsbeat daily takes you through each of the functions of the portal to help identify which icon you need for the task at hand and how to use it. The ... Read More »

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