Boundary spanners - the role of Wiltshire's community organisers

Wiltshire's community area managers are responsible for the delivery of the County's Community Governance arrangements as set out in the Council’s Constitution and the Area Boards Handbook.   This includes support for the Area Boards, Councillors, Parish and Town Councils, Community Area Partnerships and a wide variety of statutory partners, community groups and local organisations.  The Team is responsible for community engagement and community participation – enabling people to take part in the work of the Council and its public sector partners.  The Team is responsible for delivering social inclusion programmes to ensure that the Council’s services and decision making processes are accessible to all.  The team also works with communities and local organisation to co-design and co-produce solutions to local problems – speedwatch, first responders, and community cooperatives are examples.  The Team is also responsible for the redesign and devolution of public services to community level – working across organisation and agency boundaries to enable local people to have more influence over services they receive.   This involves the design of systems and processes that are effective, transparent and inclusive.