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Daylight robbery – What happened to your Pay rise? #ScrapTheCap
For years now, public service workers have seen their pay held back by government in the name of austerity. First a freeze then a cap saw public sector pay rise by just 4.4% between 2010 and 2016 while the cost of living rose by 22%.
Barnet UNISON has produced some examples based on the top of each grade within the Council in order to provide an insight into how much pay our members working for Barnet Council has lost as a result of the Pay Cap imposed on public sector workers.
If you don’t work for Barnet Council you can still work out how much you have lost so far be using the UNISON online pay calculator here https://www.unison.org.uk/our-campaigns/pay-up-now/
Barnet Council worker grades
BE WARNED THE FIGURES ARE SHOCKING
Grade A has lost £2,995 Click Grade A flyer
Grade B has lost £3,095, Click Grade B flyer
Grade C has lost £3,306, Click Grade C flyer
Grade D has lost £3,529, Click Grade D flyer
Grade E has lost £3,821, Click Grade E flyer
Grade F has lost £4,303, Click Grade F flyer
Grade G has lost £4,868, Click Grade G flyer
Grade H has lost £5,237, Click Grade H flyer
Grade I has lost £5, 838, Click Grade I flyer
Grade J has lost £6,725, Click Grade J flyer
Grade K has lost £7,938,Click Grade K flyer
Grade L has lost £9,069 Click Grade L flyer
School Staff Grading Appeal imminent – “You are worth it “
This is an update for all Barnet Council school UNISON members
Before I start I want Barnet UNISON members to listen to the Prime Minister Theresa May where she states: “We have the fifth largest economy in the world.”
Hold on to what the Prime Minister has said.
Please don’t let others say that our members can’t be paid the proper rate for the job in a country which is the “fifth biggest economy in the world.”
Back to the grading appeals.
Barnet UNISON has for the last 12 months been supporting council workers with grading issues.
The last big group of workers to go to a Grading Appeal hearing are school support staff.
I want to go through the group appeals in order all of our members are aware and take part in helping deliver a positive result which will see an increase in pay.
# Please Note: School support staff are now all paid Term Time only. The Salary scales are calculated on a worker working 36 hour week and a standard 52 week contract.
Level 2 Teaching Assistant Appeal
The current salary range for a Level 2 Teaching Assistant is:
£19, 917 to £21,884
UNISON has registered an appeal which if successful would move the grade up to:
£21, 276 to £23,802
Level 3 Teaching Assistant Appeal
The current salary range for a Level 3 Teaching Assistant is:
£23,802 to £26,805
UNISON has registered an appeal which if successful would move the grade up to:
£26,805 to £30,324
Level 4 Teaching Assistant Appeal
The current salary range for a Level 4 Teaching Assistant is:
£26,805 to £30,324
UNISON has registered an appeal which if successful would move the grade up to:
£29,517 to £32,628 or £32,628 to £36, 373
After School Club Level 3
The current salary range for a Level 3 is:
£19,917 to 21,984
UNISON has registered an appeal which if successful would move the grade up to:
£21,276 to £23,802
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Sometime in September if you are in one of the above posts, you will receive a letter from Barnet Council.
The Council will ask a simple question.
“Do you support an Appeal to your grade?”
It is important that everyone replies YES and sends in the form to the Council.
Last term Nursery Nurses made sure we had a massive YES response.
If we get a YES vote the next stage will be the formal appeal hearing.
I will be conducting each appeal for Barnet UNISON members. However I will be accompanied by two UNISON members for each Appeal.
I will be contacting members to establish who will be attending with me.
Keep a look out for emails, and text messages from Barnet UNISON. It is important to us in Barnet UNISON that we help all of our members to get the right pay for the job they are in.
Any questions please contact the Barnet UNISON office on 0208 359 2088 or email contactus@barnetunison.org.uk
Solidarity
John Burgess
Branch Secretary
Barnet UNISON
Update on Barnet UNISON Family Services Drop-Ins
In order to find a way to support our members working in Family Services Barnet UNISON is offering two lunchtime informal drop in opportunities.
Every Tuesday from 12.30 – 1.30 Helen Davies, Barnet UNISON Branch Chair, will be in the canteen in Building 3 in order to meet with any Family Services member wanting a chat and or some advice.
Every Thursday from 12.30 – 1.30 John Burgess, Barnet UNISON Branch Secretary, will be in the canteen in Building 3 in order to meet with any Family Services member wanting a chat and or some advice.
Beverley Berrick, Family Services UNISON rep, will also attend some of these Drop Ins.
To view flyer click Family Services Flyer V2
Are you getting paid correctly?
Performance Reviews Update – Barnet UNISON
Barnet UNISON Family Services Drop Ins
oBarnet UNISON initial response to Ofsted report for Family Services
It is really disappointing and disturbing to read this damming Ofsted report.
I have been working in the London Borough of Barnet for 22 years.
I have a long history of knowledge of our social services.
Back in 2008 our Council celebrated being a five star Council. They actually hung the stars from the high ceiling in our Atrium (posh for staff canteen).
At this time we did not have any serious issues in social work. Barnet had a good reputation for social work and had no reliance on agency workers.
In May 2008 something changed.
The Council announced a major policy change called Future Shape later to be known as “easyCouncil” then “One Barnet” and finally “Commissioning Council.”
Barnet UNISON quickly recognised this change as mass outsourcing ideology.
Barnet UNISON has written much on what has transpired over almost a decade of ideological obsession with mass outsourcing.
For this press release it is not the outsourced contractors that we are focussing on, but the impact on those remaining Council services, in this case Family Services.
Over the past decade to ensure delivery of the outsourcing programme the senior management had to change.
I watched as managers who were good at delivery were replaced by strategic managers. Often they were replaced by interims who would later become permanent. The Council then looked to consultants to prepare services for outsourcing. This led some to argue the Council was becoming “consultant dependent.”
Corporate knowledge was not seen as a positive.
What has happened in Family Services is, in my opinion, a long time coming.
This is why I would say to those looking for heads to roll, to reflect on those architects that have long since left.
Where is the accountability for those who have left and those who took their eye off the ball?
What needs to happen now? Barnet UNISON has already begun discussions with our members in Family Services and the Council.
We want to make Barnet a safe place to work which will translate into better services for children.
This means a change and recognition that staff and UNISON need to be fully involved in changes in Family Services.
There must be no repeat of past mistakes.
Barnet Council must listen to the workforce and their representatives.
The life of the child must and always be at the heart of Family Services.
To achieve this you need a highly motivated skilled workforce that is well supported.
The next 12 months are going to be critical and Barnet UNISON is going to make sure we are there for our members and those children who need Family Services.”
(John Burgess Branch Secretary, Barnet UNISON).
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1. OFSTED inspection findings
2. Inspectors rap ‘inadequate’ Barnet Council children’s services
3. Barnet children’s services condemned as inadequate by Ofsted: ‘Serious failings put young at risk of harm’
Barnet UNISON: Pay and Grading communication 2016 to present
How we consulted over Pay & Grading review for all Council staff including schools.
To view the complete number of posts produced for our members going through the report please click on the link below.
Apart from the posts there were work place meeting, 1:1 meetings, flyers etc.
Click GRADING HISTORY
