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Implementing Case Management for RCN Representatives. Steve Flanagan Regional Director RCN North West Region. Development of the new system. Sub Group of project Steering Group formed in 2009
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Implementing Case Management for RCN Representatives Steve Flanagan Regional Director RCN North West Region
Development of the new system • Sub Group of project Steering Group formed in 2009 • Developed new process based on the system used by RCN staff, housed on activist zone of RCN web site • Early work presented to Joint Reps Conference June 2009 and to UK Committees later that year. • Further refinement of the process • Pilot commenced in London, South East and Northern Regions of England and Lanarkshire patch in Scotland in September 2010 • Pilot concluded in February 2011.
Experience in Pilot sites • Slow start due to lack of training resources and preparation prior to roll out • By the end of the pilot: Sunderland 61 Croydon 36 Newbury 52 London 97 Scotland 0 Total 246 by 68 reps. Final 12 weeks average = 11.6 cases/week
UK Implementation • Steve Flanagan secondment to support from April to September • Bespoke Training package developed • Further refinement of the process and documentation housed in Activist Zone of RCN web site • Training package delivered to Regions and Countries May/June 2011 • Regions and Countries developed implementation plans July 2011 • Implementation (Go live) completed across the UK by December 2011
UK Implementation Region Training Dates Go Live N. Ireland August – December 12/11 Wales September 20/9/11 N. West August 1/9/11 Yorkshire September 30/9/11 East Midlands July/August 30/9/11 West Midlands October/November 1/12/11 Eastern September-December 12/11 South West October/November 1/12/11 All new stewards trained on new system from June 2011
Position at 30.8.2011 Region Open Closed Sunderland 88 62 Croydon 84 36 Newbury 74 67 London 144 88 Scotland 12 0 Total 402 253 Total Cases to 31st July = 655
Benefits • Robust documentation and process minimises risks to representative, member and RCN. • RCN is able to accurately quantify the good work that reps do in supporting members through casework • Representatives and staff are able to use information to make the case for adequate time off and facilities. • Representatives feel properly supported in case work • Members receive service to agreed standards
Representative Cases: Position at 28th May 2012 • 1533 Cases Open across the UK • 1051 Cases Closed across the UK • = 2584 cases that reps have opened so far
Next Steps • Case Management Manager appointed • Development of system to enable direct access • Consideration of supplying equipment to reps • Continuing process to ensure that all reps are logging cases on system • Ensuring that cases are closed • Customer satisfaction survey • Stewardship of case file stocks