Slides used by Edith Lang and Sue Davies, partnership members Allenton Big Local, Joe Russo, chair and CE at Enthusiasm Trust (LTO), and Jane Bettany, worker, at the ‘Locally trusted organisations and Big Local partnerships’ learning and networking event. The event took place on Wednesday 7 December 2016.

1. Learning and networking event for local
trusted organisations and partnerships
Managing workers
2.20 – 3.10
Allenton Big Local
Edith, Sue, Jane, Joe and Bill

2. Managing workers
Our aim is to:
Explore good practice for managing workers
and the relationship on the ground between
the partnership, locally trusted organisation
and workers.

3. Our own experiences of being managed
Getting started:
• Introduce who we are.
• The name of our Big Local and where it is.
• Our position in the Big Local partnership.
• Name one quality you value from your
experience of being well managed (this could
be through work, as a volunteer or some other
position or activity).

4. The triangle of accountability
Big Local partnerships
Local Trusted
Organisation
Local Trust
(including Big
Local Rep)

5. Allenton Big Local
(Derby, East Midlands)
Accountability, relationship and communication
between the local trusted organisation, the
partnership and the worker.
Different perspectives:
• Resident partnership members and vice chair
• LTO lead and resident chair
• Worker
• Big Local Rep

6. FOUR key questions
1
2
3
4
1. What’s your role and responsibilities for
managing the worker and how does this fit
with your organisation's policies and
procedures?
2. What's the relationship between the
partnership and locally trusted
organisation in managing the worker?
3. What do you do that works well for both
parties? Do you have any top tips?
4. What have you done which hasn't worked
well?

7. Questions and conversation
• What’s worked for you?
• What have been the
challenges?
• How can these difficulties
best be overcome?