Capita: Counting the workers back into easyCouncil
On Wednesday 12 December, 2018 I sat in three Capita staff meetings here in Barnet.
It was a joint meeting with Barnet Council and Capita following the decision the previous night to start insourcing services at the Policy and Resources Committee (P & R).
The P&R Committee agreed to look at insourcing services back into Barnet Council in four phases.
Phase 1 – Finance and Strategic HR
These services are due to transfer back in-house on 1 April 2019
Phase 2 – Highways and Regeneration
These services will be considered for insourcing between January and September 2019.
Phase 3 – Barnet-based customised services – Estates, Social Care Direct, Safety, Health and Wellbeing (SHaW), Strategic Planning, Procurement, Insight, Cemetery and Crematorium
These services will be considered for insourcing between January and September 2019.
Phase 4 – Revenues and Benefits, Customer Services, Information Services, Planning (Development Management) and Regulatory Services, transactional HR services (including pensions administration).
These services will be considered for insourcing in 2020.
Public Consultation
The Council are consulting Barnet residents about both Capita contracts starting sometime next week and ending in February 2019. More details will be found on the Council web site.
Please note: Barnet UNISON branch meetings begin in January 2019
Wednesday 9th January Barnet House CR4
Thursday 10th January NLBP 4 Central
Tuesday 15th January Barnet House CR2
Wednesday 16th January NLBP 4 Willow
Wednesday 23rd January NLBP 2 G2
Tuesday 29th January Barnet House CR3
Wednesday 30th January NLBP 4 Central
Thursday 7th February Barnet House 1.1