{"id":1017,"date":"2013-05-27T09:53:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T09:53:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-05-27T09:53:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T09:53:51","slug":"join-us-at-your-choice-care-workers-lobby-weds-29-may-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/2013\/05\/27\/join-us-at-your-choice-care-workers-lobby-weds-29-may-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us at Your Choice Care workers lobby Weds 29 May 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join us<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

at the Your Choice Care workers lobby<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday 29 May at 5.30 pm<\/span> outside Barnet House, N20<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

At 6pm we will b<\/span>e attending the Your Choice Board Meeting<\/span><\/p>\n

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This campaign concerns the plight of low paid social care workers facing a massive cut to their pay and terms & conditions. The scale of the attack is unprecedented and will drive already low paid workers further into poverty. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

But it is not just the attacks to staff which are our concern, it is the impact this will have on the service delivery to vulnerable adults with disabilities. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

UNISON is concerned that by \u2018dumbing down\u2019 care work will impact on quality of care as we have seen in the past at the private Winterbourne hospital where profit was put before care of residents. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

‘Your Choice’ care workers are carrying out critical and personal care for vulnerable service users; which makes it all the more abhorrent to hear the case for these cuts is driven by the need to make a profit. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

During consultation it has been confirmed the finances are worse that we were first led to believe. Apart from the \u00a31million loan from Barnet Homes, they now need to make another \u00a31million from staff costs. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

UNISON is campaigning to bring these critical services back into the Council. The more we learn about the finances the more concerned we are. Instead of Barnet Homes spending their reserves on propping up a failed One Barnet project, they should use this money to try and prevent Barnet residents and their families from being moved out of the borough. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year the Council made a commitment in their own business case which said if the project failed they would bring it back in house.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barnet UNISON commissioned Professor Dexter Whitfield to produce an analysis Barnet Councils proposals to outsource adult social care services. Please find links to reports below. <\/span><\/p>\n

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1. ESSU Dexter Whitfield Barnet UNISON 2010<\/span><\/b> http:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/barnet-adults-options-appraisal%202010.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

2. ESSU Dexter Whitfield Barnet UNISON 2011<\/strong><\/span> <\/span>http:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/analysis-of-business-case-for-local-authority-trading-company%202011.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

3. ESSU Dexter Whitfield Barnet UNISON 2012<\/o:p><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/latc-analysis-2012.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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