Specialist Staff Recruitment and Retention
Ealing Council is currently grappling with significant challenges in recruiting and retaining specialist staff.
Ealing Council is facing significant difficulties in attracting and keeping specialist staff, a situation exacerbated by an aging workforce and market competition. The Strategy and Change Scrutiny Panel heard on 20 October 2026 that these persistent problems remain despite progress in other areas of the council's Workforce Strategy.
The panel was informed that while Ealing Council's Workforce Strategy has shown progress in areas such as management capability, career progression, and equality, diversity, and inclusion, the specific challenges for specialist roles persist. No upcoming meetings are listed to discuss this topic further.
Key facts
- Ealing Council is struggling to recruit and retain specialist staff. Source
- An aging workforce and market competition are exacerbating Ealing Council's recruitment and retention challenges. Source
- The Strategy and Change Scrutiny Panel heard about these difficulties on 20 October 2026. Source
- Ealing Council's Workforce Strategy has made progress in management capability, career progression, and equality, diversity, and inclusion. Source
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