Behaviours FAQs

Reflecting what we need now and for the future…

• We reviewed: Our Core Values, existing job profiles, Code of Professional Practice for Social Care Workers.
• We included key priorities from the Corporate Strategy: Welsh Language & Culture, Decarbonisation & climate emergency, Organisational Transformation, Equality & Inclusion
• We then created Our Behaviours: With clear, positive descriptions, themed against our 6 core values, simplified into 20 behaviours, organised into 3 different levels
• We consulted teams in different departments: To check the content of the framework is useful and clear, working with teams to test the framework in practice.
• We then updated and finalised: Our Core Values and Behaviours Framework

What we do in delivering Council services includes:

Our Vision and Strategy, these are what we want to achieve for the Council. This includes:

• Cabinet Vision Statement https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-democracy/strategies-and-plans/cabinet-vision-statement-2022-2027-july-2022/
• Wellbeing Objectives https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-democracy/consultation-performance/well-being-objectives/
• Corporate Strategy https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-democracy/strategies-and-plans/corporate-strategy/
• Strategic Priorities https://ourpeople.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/our-people/strategies-plans/

Plans and Objectives are the actions that are needed to make that vision and strategy happen. They include:

• Thematic and service priorities
• Service delivery plans
• Departmental objectives

How we work when we are delivering Council Services is led by:

Our Values, which are the guiding principles for how we work. 

• Our Core Values
• 5 Ways of Working - Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015

Behaviours are individual actions for how we work and how we treat other people. That includes:

• Our Core Value and Behaviours

Email us at LearningandDevelopment@carmarthenshire.gov.uk