Does centralisation for
local authority services make IT sense?.
Not exact matches
Speaking at a conference hosted by the
Local Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public build
Local Government Network, Mr Denham said: «
Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public build
Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced
services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared
services, sharing senior staff with other
local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public build
local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through
making the best use of public buildings.
As highlighted in our recent report,
Making Young Minds Matter, we need
local authorities to collaborate more closely with
local charities and social enterprises in
service commissioning, contract design and target setting.
«We
made # 20 million available from our dedicated funding for domestic abuse
services, of which all
local authorities in England were able to bid for a share.
The transfer of some policy
making traditionally associated with
local government to combined
authorities means that citizens are increasingly unclear about who is responsible for what, especially in terms of public
service delivery in their
local communities.
Local authorities - with new public health responsibilities - are encouraged to promote smokefree homes and cars while making sure local people get top quality, good value stop smoking serv
Local authorities - with new public health responsibilities - are encouraged to promote smokefree homes and cars while
making sure
local people get top quality, good value stop smoking serv
local people get top quality, good value stop smoking
services.
But we can and should expect migrants here to learn English, which is why it must
make more sense for
local authorities to spend money on English courses rather than translation
services.
If you really want to campaign against bonuses and you want to be inclusive in your campaign, do it across the board (Civil
Service,
local authorities, private and public industries of all kinds) and
make higher basic pay the focus of your campaign.
During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and
local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000;
making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal
authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision
making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human
services.
The new guidance for
local authorities exposes the claims
made by «bin barons» to justify
making cuts to
services in England, the Conservative Cabinet Minister said.
Many
local authorities, faced with having to
make cutbacks to
services, have withdrawn the provision lollipop men and women.
• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to
make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and
local control by distant
authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other
services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.
The Welsh government has already
made it a requirement for
local authorities to provide accessible school - based counselling
services for children between 11 - 18, including pupils in Year 6 of primary school.
Local Authorities and Further Education Institutions have proposed # 2.3 billion of projects, which meet the investment objectives of Band B of the Programme including: addressing growth in demand for Welsh medium education; reductions of surplus capacity and inefficiency in the system; expansion of schools and colleges in areas of increased demand for educational
services; and
making assets available for community use where demand exists.
Academy Trusts are charities, and the only way to
make money from them is to sell them
services, as many
local authorities do.
Her warning follows Debbie Barnes, the director of the ADCS educational achievement policy committee, which brings together
local authority children's
services, who has
made a number of suggestions about exclusions.
The
Local Government Pension Scheme ACCESS pool (
made up of eleven LGPS Shire County Administering
Authorities) has appointed Link Fund Solutions to provide pool Operator
services.
The Senate substituted a more comprehensive version for HR 3858, which would grant FEMA the
authority to assist in developing disaster plans and
make financial contributions to state and
local authorities to procure or construct emergency animal shelters, and allow the federal government to provide direct assistance during a disaster to help people with companion animals and
service animals, as well as the animals themselves, following a major disaster.
Our experience spans the whole public sector, from
local authorities and NHS bodies to major government departments, including the Insolvency
Service and HMRC,
making us a genuine public sector firm of a calibre which is rarely seen outside of the expensive «City» law firms.
The defendant, her
local authority, was required by s 47 of the National Health
Service and Community Care Act 1990 to assess needs, and to decide by reference to that assessment whether the provision of relevant
services was required before
making arrangements for the provision of those
services.
Judicial review of unlawful decisions
made by the Mental Health Second Tier Tribunal, NHS Trusts, Social
Services and
Local Authorities.
[2008] UKHL 14, [2008] All ER (D) 390 (Feb)
makes plain the crucial need for
local authority housing and social
services departments to compile joint protocols for assessing the needs of homeless 16 - and 17 - year - olds, to ensure that the appropriate agency takes responsibility, that adequate care is provided and ultimately to prevent them from being passed from pillar to post.
So far as the ambit of the Bill is concerned, the regulations will be able to
make provision for greater control and choice in the provision of a «relevant
service» by a «relevant
authority» such as a
local authority.
The issue in R (M) v Birmingham CC [2009] EWHC 688 (Admin) was whether a
local authority had complied with its general disability equality duties despite not having consciously taken them into account when assessing a disabled person's community care needs and
making service provision decisions based on those needs.
These cases illustrate the arguments which can be deployed to attack decisions to cut funding in adult social
services, and the traps which
local authorities need to avoid to
make such decisions lawfully.
(3) before
making an adoption order the court must be satisfied that there is no practical way of the
authorities (including the Health
Service) providing the requisite assistance and support and Judges must explore rigorously whether a
Local Authority is seeking a Placement Order because resource issues
make it unwilling to provide the necessary support.
The
local authority, which has statutory obligations to provide for disabled people, and to protect children in need, could be expected to outline to the court what
services could be
made available to help the family, which might obviate a need for such drastic intervention.
The decision of the High Court in R (Binomugisha) v Southwark LBC
makes it difficult for a
local social
services authority to refuse to accommodate a failed asylum seeker who
makes what purports to be a fresh asylum or human rights claim to remain in the UK if: (i) the individual is one of the more vulnerable individuals who, as asylum seekers, were accommodated by
local authorities; and (ii) the purported fresh claim is not manifestly unfounded.
It is unclear how prepared
local authorities are for this change; while some have appointed extra kinship assessors and FGC co-ordinators, extra government money has not been
made available for these appointments so other
services will by necessity suffer.
Again, the travel insurance policy's emergency assistance
service will work with
local authorities and medical facilities to
make sure the necessary medical transportation and treatment is received.
According to Bloomberg's sources, peer - to - peer transactions won't be policed, but any organizations that facilitate market -
making, settlement, and clearing
services for centralized trading will be targeted by
local authorities.
• Accurately processed payroll as well as monitored vacation / benefit accruals independently • Actively managed wage garnishments and processed termination checks • Accepted accountability for the overall teamwork and stood responsible for meeting the deadlines • Assisted HR department with compensation and benefits for payroll related tasks like processing benefits premiums, wage ceilings, long term disability claims, life insurance, group health insurance, fringe benefits, and overtime pay analysis • Assisted internal and external auditing procedures related to payroll by following company standards and policies • Monitored and reviewed complete payroll accounts for verification of accuracy and in case of any discrepancies
made appropriate corrections and updates, at the end of every month • Communicated effectively with all staff responding to their requests and inquiries related to payroll information • Correctly
made payroll related general ledger journal entries for each record • Created and dispersed payroll vouchers to the company employees every month on the pay day • Created benefit audits and reports for terminated / retired employees • Maintained perfect reconciliations of balance sheet accounts related to the payroll • Executed special research projects regarding payroll management and for detailed analysis of financial facets of payroll • Gave suggestions to the management for the policy and procedure updates and refreshers related to payroll management and its financial aspects • Organized and maintained outstanding payroll checks and lists in coordination with the HR department • Managed contacts and communicated regularly with all the internal and external stakeholders ensuring effective flow of information • Organized files, accounts, ledgers, records, employee books for payroll documents and other related purposes • Prepared SDLs — Salary Distribution Journals and other distribution journals every month for payroll accounts • Processed and prepared corporate payroll using Pay Expert Application, managing all paperwork for the wire transfers and generated return funds • Processed payroll changes for new hires and terminations ensuring accuracy and timeliness of the process • Proficiently used PRG (Millennium) payroll and TMx labor scheduling software applications for effective payroll management • Resolved all issues related to payroll tax payments and reported after every pay run
making sure that all filings were accurately represented by the tax
service provider • Reconciled tax payments for federal, state and
local payroll as well as returns for multiple
authorities on monthly basis.
Making sure the
local authority refuse collection
service remove rubbish bins on time and properly.
You can request that the
Local Authority make a regular payment (known as a «direct payment») to you instead of arranging
services for your child, so you can purchase the
services yourself.
44 % agreed that the support they received from FRG
made a positive difference to the
local authority plan and / or
services for their child / children.
If programs are to be effective, Indigenous people should have the
authority to
make decisions about the
services they receive at both the State level and at the
local level.
Many
local authorities who have piloted new approaches to relationship support were already convinced by the evidence but have had to
make the case for change across a range of different
services encouraging them to embrace new ways of working.
A young person who has been under a Special Guardianship Order but was previously looked after by the
local authority has a right to advice and assistance from children's
services to
make their own arrangements when moving into independent living.
If the assessment shows that therapeutic
services would be beneficial, your
local authority could
make an application to the fund.
Strategies: Promote respect fro traditional family values and systems of
authority through formal recognition; support and resource forums, camps and activities that address social wellbeing for youth, men and women; identify demographic needs at the regional and
local level, establish targets and performance standards and revisit State based policies; monitor effectiveness of parenting programs; ensure that information about existing government assistance programs and
services is
made available to all communities, organisations and individuals.
Many
local authorities have set up multi-agency safeguarding models where a hub of key agencies (which can include children's
services, police, health, education, probation and youth offending) are co-located or have an agreed protocol in place to promote better information - sharing, decision -
making and communication in relation to concerns about children.
When a person is dissatisfied with Children's
Services, for example they disagree with a decision or want to complain that a
service they need has not been offered, they can
make a formal complaint to their
Local Authority.
Our
services will also help you position yourself as an
authority on your
local housing market, which
makes people more inclined to contact you.