Issue - meetings

Restructure of Tenancy Services

Meeting: 23/11/2010 - Executive (Item 115)

Restructure of the Tenancy Services Team

To consider the report of the Head of Housing Services seeking approval to the restructure of the Housing Unit’s Tenancy Services team to create a new neighbourhood management team.

 

Scrutiny Committee – Community considered the report at its meeting on 9 November 2010 and comments will be reported.

 

(Report circulated to Members)

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

The report of the Head of Housing Services was submitted seeking approval to the restructure of the Housing Unit’s Tenancy Services team to create a new neighbourhood management team. The Director Community and Environment reported a small decrease in the reported overall cost of the new team structure.

 

Scrutiny Committee – Community considered the report at its meeting on 9 November 2010 and the support of members was noted.

 

Members supported the proposed restructure and urged that all Council officers with neighbourhood responsibilities worked collaboratively and involved ward Councillors.

 

Executive resolved that:-

 

(1)     the new structure of the Tenancy Services Team be approved as shown in Appendix 2 to the report, including the creation of 2 Neighbourhood Manager posts, a Voids and Lettings Co-ordinator post, a Neighbourhood Assistant post and a new Neighbourhood Support Officer post, subject to the completion of staff consultation on both the restructure and any resultant redundancies; and

 

(2)     subject to full and proper consultation, the employment of the holders of the posts of Tenant Participation and Liaison Officer (CE06176) and Tenant Liaison Officer (CE06180) be terminated on the grounds of redundancy on the 31 December 2010 in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 19 of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 2007; with compensation being paid to the holders of the posts in accordance with the discretion exercised by the Council under the provisions of the Local Government (Early Termination) (Discretionary Compensation) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006; a payment of compensation be made in respect of the notice/unexpired period of notice to which the employees would otherwise be entitled under their contracts of employment and the posts be deleted from the establishment of the Council.

 

 

Minutes:

The report of the Head of Housing Services was submitted seeking approval to the restructure of the Housing Unit’s Tenancy Services team to create a new neighbourhood management team. The Director Community and Environment reported a small decrease in the reported overall cost of the new team structure.

 

Scrutiny Committee – Community considered the report at its meeting on 9 November 2010 and the support of members was noted.

 

Members supported the proposed restructure and urged that all Council officers with neighbourhood responsibilities worked collaboratively and involved ward Councillors.

 

RESOLVED that:-

 

(1)     the new structure of the Tenancy Services Team be approved as shown in Appendix 2 to the report, including the creation of 2 Neighbourhood Manager posts, a Voids and Lettings Co-ordinator post, a Neighbourhood Assistant post and a new Neighbourhood Support Officer post, subject to the completion of staff consultation on both the restructure and any resultant redundancies; and

 

(2)     subject to full and proper consultation, the employment of the holders of the posts of Tenant Participation and Liaison Officer (CE06176) and Tenant Liaison Officer (CE06180) be terminated on the grounds of redundancy on the 31 December 2010 in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 19 of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 2007; with compensation being paid to the holders of the posts in accordance with the discretion exercised by the Council under the provisions of the Local Government (Early Termination) (Discretionary Compensation) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006; a payment of compensation be made in respect of the notice/unexpired period of notice to which the employees would otherwise be entitled under their contracts of employment and the posts be deleted from the establishment of the Council.

 

(Report circulated to Members)

 

 

 

 


Meeting: 09/11/2010 - Scrutiny Committee - Community (Item 72)

72 Restructure of the Tenancy Services Team

To consider the report of the Head of Housing Services setting out proposals for the restructure of the Housing Unit’s Tenancy Services Team – report circulated to Members.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of Housing Services presented the report setting out proposals for the restructure of the Housing Unit’s Tenancy Services Team to create a new neighbourhood management team that provided a range of responsive and pro-active services to the Council’s tenants and leaseholders.

 

Scrutiny Committee - Community supported the report and requested Executive to:

 

(1)        approve a new structure for the Tenancy Services Team, as set out in the report, including the creation of two Neighbourhood Manager posts, a Voids and Lettings Co-ordinators post, a Neighbourhood Assistant post and a new Neighbourhood Support Officer post, subject to the completion of staff consultation on both the restructure and any resultant redundancies; and

 

(2)        agree, subject to full consultation, to the termination of the employment of the holders of the posts of Tenant Participation and Liaison Officer (CE06176) and Tenant Liaison Officer (CE06180) on the grounds of redundancy on the 31 December 2010 in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 19 of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 2007, with compensation being paid to the holders of the posts in accordance with the discretion exercised by the Council under the provisions of the Local Government (Early Termination)(Discretionary Compensation)(England and Wales) Regulations 2006; payments of compensation to be made in respect of the notice/unexpired period of notice to which the employees would otherwise be entitled under their contracts of employment, the posts to be deleted from the establishment of the Council.

 

(Report circulated to Members)