Complaint Policy and Procedure What is a complaint? The Council - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Complaint Policy and Procedure What is a complaint? The Council - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Councils Corporate Complaint Policy and Procedure What is a complaint? The Council defines a complaint as any expression of dissatisfaction about the Councils provision of, or failure to provide, a service for which it has


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The Council’s Corporate Complaint Policy and Procedure

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What is a complaint?

The Council defines a complaint as any expression

  • f dissatisfaction about the Council’s provision of,
  • r failure to provide, a service for which it has

responsibility and when it has not put right any service failure in a reasonable timescale

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  • Has three stages
  • Stage 1 is considered within Service Areas
  • Stage 2 is reviewed by the Chief Executive
  • Stage 3 Member Review Panel
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Stage 1

  • Acknowledged within three working

days

  • Full response sent within ten working

days following receipt into the Council

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Stage 2

  • Acknowledged within three working

days

  • Full response sent within 25 working

days following receipt into the Council

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Member Review Panel (Stage 3)

If the complaint is not the subject of a formal decision making process or Policy decision, the customer can ask for the matter to be considered by Councillors.

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Where next?

Customers who remain unhappy with the

  • utcome of their complaint have the option to

ask the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman or Housing Ombudsman to investigate. The Council co-operates with any investigation carried out by either organisation.

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Questions?

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Thank you