Staffing Issues Emerging In High-COVID Areas

Social landlords are facing staffing issues in areas with high rates of COVID-19 as people stay away from work to self-isolate, a survey by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has found. In a summary of responses to its sixth monthly Coronavirus Operational Response Survey (CORS) for September the regulator said that some providers “described emerging issues including increased levels of absence” among care and support staff. The absences were a result of employees “self-isolating in locations where the number of COVID-19 cases is high”, it added. Read more on Inside Housing.

https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/staffing-issues-emerging-in-high-covid-areas-rsh-survey-finds-68275

Universal Credit at Risk of Collapse?

The flagship welfare reform has recently been described as “in meltdown” by its own staff.  In a survey by the PCS union, more than half of the staff admitted that they don’t think Universal Credit is an improvement for benefit claimants.Other key findings include:

·         90% of staff said they believe the multi million pound IT systems are less than adequate,

·         70% thought staffing levels were less than adequate,

·         Four in five said that the training given was less than adequate to prepare them for successfully working on the scheme,

·         Stress levels have increased amongst the majority of staff,

·         Two thirds said they were frequently asked to work overtime.

Read more on the Ready Rentals blog.