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极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Right to Reply

Right to Reply — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 14:54:05 +0000

It is great Cornwall has done well. However, it does need to be emphasized that the workers on the ground were very important for this to happen and that there were also quite a few agency workers who worked very hard in achieving this. I worked for Cornwall at that time and returned to London afterwards; agency staff were on the whole ‘let go of’ after the event in Cornwall and staff ended up filling the gaps they plugged; hopefully this won’t make things more difficult for the permanent field workers. Agency staff also did a lot to make this happen and there were many good ones there. It isn’t just about one Senior Mgr. and PSW it is about the whole support and effort. Well done guys on the ground, including admin.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Longtime SW

Longtime SW — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:09:44 +0000

It might be simplistic and I accept it does not fully account for the different complexities for children on caseloads, however mathematically (and logically?) how does a 35/36/37 hour paid week divide up if a caseload is 30+? It doesn’t, and what used to be seen as ‘good will’ in working beyond paid hours on the part of social care frontline staff has now become the expectation – guilt/intimidation/bullying workers into not taking TOIL or being short-changed is far too common for it to be an isolated practice

Individuals have to have the confidence and strength to resist pressure to take on new cases if they’re not managing their current caseloads for the reasons outlined above – bottom line is, it is ok to ask any line manger to put in writing what are priorities in the paid working hours availiable in that week – this is evidence that both defends the worker against unfair management practices and is evidence for those same managers to take to senior managers to justify why a service is at risk of failing unless there are more (human) resources.

Whatever happened to polite requests with offers of ex-gratia payments for working over and above contacted hours on a regular basis (used to be called overtime!)?

Sadly Cornwall may be the exception rather than the rule

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Kim wiltshire

Kim wiltshire — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:33:30 +0000

Sounds very much similar to Gloucestershire where Family Support Workers have to spend x4 days a week in the office doing paperwork and unrelated work. Supervision is either non existent or completely rubbish and is used purely to criticise and blame. Managers who bully, harrass and intimidate as well as openly lie on a regular basis. Workers are made to feel de skilled with responsibilities taken away from them. Little or no consultation and workers treated like children by management. Good sound intensive support work is being replaced with Triple P a parenting programme that just doesn’t work with a lot of families, although it is good with the less troubled families. It is being used more extensively to secure payments from the Government under the Payment by Results scheme….however in my opinion this does not help the families with major problems which are the ones the Government want to help, to drive down the cost to the taxpayer in benefits etc.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: lee pardy-mclaughlin

lee pardy-mclaughlin — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:56:26 +0000

Marion and colleagues at Cornwall have done an amazing job, PSW at the heart of the improvement journey. Nothing more nothing less!

Well done Marion and colleagues in Cornwall

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Geoffrey Haworth

Geoffrey Haworth — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:32:05 +0000

Of course, we are only hearing the narrative from the top t top, my 25 years as a manager including as an agency m
Manager tells me this is not the whole story!
Ofsted do not always paint a true picture in describing the
The transition or journey
Good luck to Cornwall, let’s hope it works out!