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Joint Cabinet and Employment & General Committee - Tuesday, 10th December, 2024 10.00 am

December 10, 2024 View on council website
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Summary

This meeting was scheduled to include discussions about the potential restructuring of three Chesterfield Borough Council services: the ICT service, the Housing Assets Service, and the Careline Service.

Reshaping the ICT Service

This item was included for discussion on the agenda as a result of a previous decision of the Cabinet. It was previously agreed that the ICT service would be reshaped, and this item requests approval for the proposed new structure.

This report was summarised for the meeting by the Cabinet Member for Customers and Business Transformation, who explained that the changes were being considered to make the service more efficient and responsive to the changing technology landscape.

The new structure aimed to, streamline and improve the effectiveness of the ICT service and ensure that job roles and responsibilities were clearly aligned to the Council’s current technology stack which was being used to underpin service delivery to the borough’s residents and businesses. 1

The report explained that the current ICT staffing structure was fragmented, and that the changes would lead to a more customer-centric approach, better support arrangements, and better value for money from ICT contracts. The report noted that the current job descriptions did not reflect the work being undertaken or the technological advances being made.

The proposed new structure was included in the report pack for the meeting.

The report explained that, Employee briefing sessions had been held to explain the proposed structural changes and affected staff had received the support of their Trade Unions. It also set out how existing staff members would be assimilated into the new structure or supported through a process of reapplying for their jobs.

Reshaping the Careline Service

The meeting considered a report about the proposed future structure of the Careline Service.

The report, which was presented by the Cabinet Member for Customers and Business Transformation, explained that in a previous meeting, Cabinet took a decision to continue to provide the Careline assistive technology and falls recovery service 2 following changes to the way the service was being commissioned by Derbyshire County Council. It also explains that the Cabinet had previously agreed to reshape the service to reflect this change, and to make it more cost effective and commercially viable, while also increasing the number of customers.

The report included an explanation of the review of the existing service, and set out the proposed new structure, which included six operational delivery teams and several specialist roles.

The report explained that the service would be moved into the remit of the Head of Customer Services, who would take over the management of the service. It also explained that all of the 31 employees affected by the changes had attended briefing sessions, and were being supported by their Trade Unions.

Reshaping the Housing Assets Service

This item on the agenda considered a report on proposed changes to the Housing Assets Service.

The report, which was summarised for the meeting by the Cabinet Member for Customers and Business Transformation, explained that the changes were needed to enable the service to meet the requirements of the Regulator of Social Housing’s Consumer Standards, and to deliver on the Council's commitments on building new council homes and making them more environmentally sustainable.

It explains that the new structure would also give the service the resources to implement new ICT systems.

The report explains that in order to increase the number of new homes being built and to improve the environmental sustainability of the existing housing stock, the new structure would need to be able to bring in funding.

The report explained that the new structure would help the council to deliver on it's commitment to ensuring that all of its housing stock meets the Decent Homes Standard.

The report explained that current staff members would be given the opportunity to apply for the new roles within the reshaped service before they were advertised more widely.

Attendees

Liz Athorn
Democratic Services
Committee Services
Profile image for CouncillorGlenys Falconer
CouncillorGlenys Falconer  Liberal Democrats •  Brampton East and Boythorpe
Profile image for CouncillorAmanda Serjeant
CouncillorAmanda Serjeant  Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Asset Management •  Labour •  Hasland
Profile image for CouncillorTricia Gilby
CouncillorTricia Gilby  Leader and Cabinet Member for Economic Growth •  Labour •  Brimington South
Profile image for CouncillorSharon Blank
CouncillorSharon Blank  Chair of Standards and Audit Committee •  Labour •  Spire
Profile image for CouncillorGavin Baldauf-Good
CouncillorGavin Baldauf-Good  Cabinet Member for Customers and Business Transformation •  Labour •  Linacre
Profile image for CouncillorRobert Brock
CouncillorRobert Brock  Chair of Employment and General Committee •  Labour •  Brampton West and Loundsley Green
Profile image for CouncillorStephen Lismore
CouncillorStephen Lismore  Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing •  Labour •  Staveley North
Profile image for CouncillorDavid Culley
CouncillorDavid Culley  Labour •  Brimington North
Profile image for CouncillorJudith Staton
CouncillorJudith Staton  Cabinet Member for Governance •  Labour •  Linacre
Profile image for CouncillorMaureen Davenport
CouncillorMaureen Davenport  Liberal Democrats •  Brockwell
Profile image for CouncillorMartin Stone
CouncillorMartin Stone  Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Planning and Environment •  Labour •  Brampton West and Loundsley Green
Profile image for CouncillorPaul Holmes
CouncillorPaul Holmes  Leader of the Opposition •  Liberal Democrats •  Whittington
Profile image for CouncillorKate Sarvent
CouncillorKate Sarvent  Cabinet Member for Town Centres and Visitor Economy •  Labour •  Spire
Profile image for CouncillorJean Innes
CouncillorJean Innes  Cabinet Member for Housing •  Labour •  Dunston

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