EDR04 - Financial Savings 2024-2025 - ELC Quality Support and Service Delivery
| Title | EDR04 - Financial Savings 2024-2025 - ELC Quality Support and Service Delivery |
|---|---|
| Council Resource | Education |
| Aims and Objectives | This proposal will see the removal of 2.5 FTE clerical support from Personnel Services supporting the recruitment for expansion, as the expansion is now in place. These are Grade 1 Level 3 from April 2024 (£75,000) (non-teaching post). In relation to the Equity and Excellence Leads (EELs) There are currently 26 FTE. These posts were identified in 2018, to support Local Authorities to close the poverty related attainment gap. The priorities for these posts are: SIMD Higher concentration of vulnerable and in need families High level of multi agency input Eligible 2-year-olds Free school meal entitlement Early Intervention Rurality The EELs are placed within Local authority and funded provider settings for a period of time to work alongside the manager and staff to provide very targeted support to upskill practitioners and support capacity for improvement. At this time, we have 2 FTE posts vacant, and 13 term time posts. We propose to remove 3.8 FTE providing a potential saving of approximately £170,000 at this time. These are grade 2 level 4 posts from April 2024 (non-teaching posts). In addition, the proposal is to remove a post supporting the development of SEEMiS NAMS Early Years system. This activity will need to be managed from within the remaining be Education central admin team when the project goes live. This post is currently vacant (£45,000). This is 1 FTE grade 2 level 4 post from April 2024 (non-teaching post). Also, proposed is a saving in relation to contribution to SPELL (Support for Play and Early Learning in Lanarkshire). SPELL provide support to the parent and toddler groups and voluntary sector playgroups. This includes training and development which complements the training that is delivered centrally. This amounts to a total saving of £0.300m and includes a reduction of 7.3 FTE. |
| Conclusion | The conclusion of this impact assessment is that there is no evidence that any of the groups covered by the protected characteristics would have particular needs in respect of this proposal. No negative impact is anticipated on the group covered by this protected characteristic as these posts are currently vacant. Approved by Council on 21 February 2024. |
| Completion date | 21 February 2024. |
| Contact Email address | equalities@southlanarkshire.gov.uk |
| Area | Council Wide |