Allocations Changed in SMR Networks Without Consultation.
CPSU calls on all Allied Health Members to contact the union immediately if they are concerned that SMR networks seem to be pushing through changes without consultation.

It seems that in this one network, Allied Health professionals have been told that in term 2 their school allocations will change, and that a ‚Äö?Ñ??restructure of their work is going to take place without any consultation.

Allied Health workers have told CPSU so far that they have concerns about;

Leave issues. The use of TIL severely restricted.
The non event that was the Dawn Davis review, no recommendations have been formally proposed to CPSU.
That details of staff on HRMS is asked for by Network Management.
Schools allocations being changed at a moment s notice while case work is still open on children at existing schools.
The restriction on necessary administration time to complete work.
Employees being told by non health professionals how to do their jobs.

CPSU has been told of a growing angst arising from Service Agreements between Network Management Committees and Allied Health staff as management demands more face to face hours, less administrative time, denial of entitlements and movements to new schools with no choice.

Allied Health employees are also being told they must spend all of the term breaks in Base School rooms.

There is a clear process for consultation about changes to working conditions contained in the Victorian Public Service Agreement 2006 and this has been completely ignored to date by some SMR networks.

CPSU calls on SMR to instruct their networks to abide legally with the VPSA 2006 requirements with CPSU and to put a halt to the creeping reduction of working conditions.

What price therefore the Allied Health staff from DHS coming together with DOE to form DEECD in this climate?

The current trend for early childhood work to extend from 0-8 instead of 0-6 years puts the new DEECD Allied Health employees directly in the control of Network Management Committees as the structures now stand.

If the employment arrangement is to be different, then CPSU has yet to see the proposal that changes this.

The problems Allied Health employees have had in the old DOE with this structure seem to be continuing in the new entity that is DEECD.

CPSU s Industrial Organiser wrote to DEECD s HR General Manager outlining the concerns members have raised with CPSU.

DEECD was told that the smooth process of amalgamation that everyone desires could be derailed by neglecting these issues.

There seems to be no point to the power point presentations on how things should work and promises of more proposals to be written and wasting everyone s time while Networks and Regions push through changes regardless.

It seems as if DEECD s right hand doesn t know what its left hand is doing. Send your emails to ghughes@cpsuvic.org as CPSU meetings on this issue will be taking place shortly.


TOGETHER WE DO BETTER


KAREN BATT
CPSU Victorian Branch Secretary

Wednesday, 26 March 2008