Submission Documents: By Councillor John Letford:- "Council notes the long-running strike by homeless service caseworkers employed by Social Work services over concerns about the fair application of the council's job evaluation scheme to their roles. Council believes that these employees provide an invaluable service for homeless people and families across Glasgow, notes that they carry a caseload of nearly 3,000 individuals, and regrets that their concerns were not responded to sooner and that they felt themselves forced into taking strike action. Council further notes that, more than a year after the intervention of the Scottish Housing Regulator, in response to Glasgow City Council's breaches in its statutory duty to provide homeless people with accommodation, we are still regularly failing to meet that duty, resulting in homeless people being turned away from our services. Council believes that any suggestion that other organisations, such as housing associations, are in any way responsible, is an error and calls on the Leader of the Council to take immediate action to address the current state of homelessness services in Glasgow. Council further calls on the Leader of the Council to convene a homelessness summit, comprising elected members from across the Chamber, homeless service staff and trade unions, registered social landlords, third sector and academic experts, to investigate the causes of and potential routes to alleviate homelessness, in order to formulate a long-term partnership plan to radically improve the Council's performance in this area." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor John Letford:- "Council notes the long-running strike by homeless service caseworkers employed by Social Work services over concerns about the fair application of the council's job evaluation scheme to their roles. Council believes that these employees provide an invaluable service for homeless people and families across Glasgow, notes that they carry a caseload of nearly 3,000 individuals, and regrets that their concerns were not responded to sooner and that they felt themselves forced into taking strike action. Council further notes that, more than a year after the intervention of the Scottish Housing Regulator, in response to Glasgow City Council's breaches in its statutory duty to provide homeless people with accommodation, we are still regularly failing to meet that duty, resulting in homeless people being turned away from our services. Council believes that any suggestion that other organisations, such as housing associations, are in any way responsible, is an error and calls on the Leader of the Council to take immediate action to address the current state of homelessness services in Glasgow. Council further calls on the Leader of the Council to convene a homelessness summit, comprising elected members from across the Chamber, homeless service staff and trade unions, registered social landlords, third sector and academic experts, to investigate the causes of and potential routes to alleviate homelessness, in order to formulate a long-term partnership plan to radically improve the Council's performance in this area.".

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Item Minute - 25 June 2015 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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