Aberdeenshire UNISON
       
 
 

BRANCH RESPONSE TO THE SUPPORT FOR LEARNING MANAGEMENT REVIEW

UNISON demands more information

May 2010

UNISON has raised concerns that not all staff received paperwork about the review. The staff that have commented said that they did not know what the review meant to them.

At present they do not know how Support for Learning Auxiliaries time is currently allocated so the change to a formula based approach has no meaning to them.

Staff know that they are busy and there are ever increasing demands on their time by young people in schools who have ever increasing needs. If the formula means they will have more people to do the work then they are supportive.

Conversely they have a fear that the formula based approach will reduce the numbers of staff with the same amount of work to be done.

UNISON is concerned that the consultation in itself cannot be commented on in an informed way by the staff involved as they have no details on which to base their comments. The formula does not say if numbers will be reduced, how staff are to work or how the future will be affected by these changes.

UNISON would request that once details are known of how changes will effect the networks and staff directly that a further consultation be carried out.

Inez Teece
Assistant Secretary

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