Policy And Resources Committee - 10/12/2001

At a MEETING of the PERSONNEL AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 10th December 2001.

 

Present:-

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Lord Provost John R LETFORD

Willie W SAWERS

Dave BEATTIE

George de GERNIER

Joe FITZPATRICK

C D P FARQUHAR

Betty WARD

George REGAN

Fraser MACPHERSON

Jill SHIMI

Bruce D MACKIE

Jim BARRIE

Neil I C POWRIE

Roderick A J WALLACE

Julia M STURROCK

Ian BORTHWICK

Kenneth J N GUILD

Neil GLEN

Robin PRESSWOOD

Derek J SCOTT

Fiona M GRANT

Richard BEATTIE

John CORRIGAN

David BOWES

Andrew DAWSON

 

Mervyn J ROLFE

 

Lord Provost LETFORD, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 12th November 2001 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I MINUTES OF PERSONNEL APPEALS SUB-COMMITTEE

(i) Minute of Meeting of 29th October 2001 (Appendix I)

(Ii) Minute of Meeting of 5th November 2001 (Appendix II)

(Iii) Minute of Meeting of 26th November 2001 (Appendix III)

 

The minutes of the above meetings, copies of which are appended hereto, were submitted for information.

 

II SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT - DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOME CARE SERVICE - A NEIGHBOURHOOD APPROACH - REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

 

On a reference to Article XII of the minute of meeting of the Social Work Committee of 20th August 2001 there was submitted Joint Report No 748-2001 by the Director of Social Work and the Director of Personnel and Management Services relative to proposed changes to the management of the City Council's Home Care Service consistent with the recommendations for the development of the Service previously agreed by Committee.

 

The Committee agreed to:-

 

(a) the proposed staffing structure detailed in Appendix 1 to the report;

 

(b)the establishment of 15 posts of Social Care Organiser, residential grade SCP27-30 (18,378 - 20,397);

 

(c)the deletion of 14 posts of Home Care Organiser, AP3 SCP23-26 (16,173 - 17,796);

 

(d)the establishment of a Home Care Manager post AP5/PO1-4 (21,036 - 25,476);

 

(e)the establishment of a part-time Clerical Assistant post (18.5 hours) GS1/2 SCP3-12 (9,180 - 12,399);

 

(f)note the agreement on shift working for all grades of social care employees; and

 

(g)approve suitable deployment arrangements from within the current organiser workforce.

 

III AREA HOUSING OFFICE STRUCTURE

 

There was submitted Joint Report No 760-2001 by the Directors of Personnel and Management Services and Housing advising the Committee of a revised Area Housing Office staffing structure for the Housing Department.

 

The Committee approved the revised Area Housing Office and Anti-Social Behaviour Team staffing structures as outlined in the report.

 

IV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT - EXTENSION OF FIXED TERM POSTS

 

Reference was made to Article IV of the minute of meeting of the Recess Sub-Committee of 13th July 1998 wherein the Committee approved Report No 483-1998 "Developing the Business Base in Community Regeneration Areas", which included a recommendation to establish two posts of Temporary Project Officer, graded AP5, in the Economic Development Department.

 

The Committee noted that further external funding had now been secured and accordingly agreed to extend the duration of these posts until 31st December, 2005.

 

V NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT - REDESIGNATION AND REGRADING OF POST

 

It was reported that, at the request of the Director of Neighbourhood Resources and Development, the Director of Personnel and Management Services had reviewed the duties and responsibilities of the post of Neighbourhood Development Worker and recommended, in light of a change and an increase in responsibility, that the post be redesignated to Staff Development Worker and regraded from CEW, 16,173 - 21,036, to AP5, 21,036 - 22,959.

 

The Committee approved the above, having noted that the cost of implementing the above recommendations would be 500, inclusive of employer's costs, in the current financial year and 1,500 inclusive of employer's costs, in a full financial year, and would be contained within the department's Revenue Budget.

 

VI NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT - EXTENSION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIXED TERM POSTS

 

Reference was made to Article II of the minute of meeting of The Personnel and Management Services Committee of 21st May 2001 wherein approval was given to the establishment of three part time posts of Community Capacity Worker graded AP3/4 (6,993 - 8,820 for 16 hours per week) for a two year fixed term period.

 

It was reported that since then, further funding of 17,000 had been awarded from SIPS Empowering Communities Fund and the European Regional Development Fund had awarded a total of 99,092 to the Project for the period October 2001 to March 2003.

 

Accordingly the Committee approved the following:-

 

(a)the extension of one of the above part time AP3/4 posts (6,993 - 8,820 for 16 hours) to a full time post (16,173 - 20,397); and

 

(b)the establishment of a further three part time posts of Community Capacity Worker, graded AP3/4 (6,993 - 8,820 for 16 hours).

It was noted that the above proposals would cover the period to March 2003 and that the total cost in a full financial year would be 33,200, inclusive of employer's costs, the initiative to be funded by Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPS) and the European Regional Development Fund.

 

VII PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT - REDESIGNATION AND REGRADING OF POST

 

Reference was made to Article III of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 10th March 1997 wherein the Committee approved Report No 145-1997 (Planning and Transportation Department - Review of Organisational Structure).

 

As part of the review, it had been agreed to transfer the post of Transport Assistant (Cycling and Walking), grade AP1/AP4, 13,164 - 20,397 from the Roads and Transportation Division, to the Policy and Regeneration Division.

 

It was reported that the complexity of the work involved in dealing with cycling and walking issues had increased and now equates with other functions in the Policy and Regeneration Division and a review of the duties of the post had taken place.

 

The Committee therefore agreed that the post be redesignated Planning Officer and regraded to AP1/PO4, (13,164 - 25,476), having noted that the additional cost of the regrading of this post in a full financial year would be 3,694 inclusive of employer's costs, provision for which had been made in the 2002/03 Revenue Budget for Planning and Transportation.

 

VIII PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT-CAREER GRADE AND STAFFING STRUCTURE

 

It was noted that this report had been withdrawn.

 

 

 

 

LORD PROVOST LETFORD, Convener.

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