Minutes:
Members
considered the ICT and Procurement Service Report Card.
Officers
advised that given the nature of the service upwards of 75% of the budget was
in relation to staffing costs and if additional savings targets were identified
then it would result in staff having to leave.
Members
welcomed the service’s use of modern apprentices and asked whether this would
continue in the future. Officers stated that there currently 8 full time staff
employed by the service, two are modern apprentices and six had previously been
apprentices. The service will continue to identify opportunities to utilise
more apprentices in the future.
Members
asked how sickness absence was monitored within the service. It was confirmed
that every Monday the Head of Service and his accountable
managers are e-mailed a copy of all the sickness absence taken the previous
week to ensure that it is managed immediately. Each individual’s sickness
absence details are appended to the return to work interviews and submitted
with the monthly returns.
Following
scrutiny the report was noted.
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