Children’s social workers’ pay to increase
WSCC, like many other local authorities, is facing a major crisis of children’s social worker recruitment and retention. As well as having concerns about the …
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Overpayments
The branch has continued to support members who have been overpaid because of administrative or other errors in calculating their pay. This can happen in …
Local FE college mergers update
Our rep Karen Fisher reports of an ‘inauspicious beginning’ at Northbrook College, Worthing: “The Greater Brighton Metropolitan College (‘The Met’ – formerly Northbrook and Brighton …
Membership is on the up
We’re delighted to report that membership of UNISON West Sussex is at its highest level ever. We have a total number of 5,398 full members plus 611 retired members. It’s a full-member increase of 4.8% on our 2012 membership numbers, with significant numbers recently joining from schools. This is in spite …
IPEH changes: UNISON supports members
Over 500 staff working in prevention and early help (IPEH) services for children and families were re-organised by West Sussex County Council for April. Although redundancies …
Maternity changes
The branch has helped West Sussex County Council change its approach to redundancy policy for those on maternity leave. Prior to this, if managers decided …
Membership fees during maternity leave
If you choose to take the full 12-month maternity leave allowance, you may well have several weeks towards the end of this period where you …
Grant successes for local members
UNISON West Sussex members have successfully bid for a range of grants either to help reach learning targets, achieve Open University qualifications or support them …
School uniform grants: now open!
The 2017 School Uniform Grants programme is now available. You can find an application form below. Please ensure UNISON receives this by 21 July 2017. Families on …
‘We Own It’ campaign video launched
‘We Own It’ has launched a 30 second video this week. It is part of their campaign to bring railways, water and energy into public …