Service improvements

Bristol City Council

Showing service improvements between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024

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When we find fault, we can recommend improvements to systems and processes where they haven’t worked properly, so that others do not suffer from these same problems in future. Common examples are policy changes; procedural reviews; and staff training. Service improvements from decisions are published for 5 years and those from reports are published for 10 years.

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  • Bristol City Council (22 012 922)

    Category: Housing Date: 10-Sep-2023

    Summary

    We found fault on the complaint sent by Miss C on behalf of Mrs D about the Council’s failure to provide suitable interim accommodation for her and her family during 2022. The Council failed to provide her with timely advice, failed to record her son’s needs in a way that was accessible to all officers working on the case, placed her in unsuitable accommodation for seven months, initially wrongly reduced her banding, and prevented her moving to a risk area. It also failed to properly deal with her complaint. The agreed action remedies the injustice caused.

    Service improvements

    The Council agreed to review procedures to ensure officers give early advice about the need for applicants to provide supporting evidence for claims about household’s needs.The Council agreed to review procedures to ensure household needs are recorded on file so the information is accessible and visible to any other officer dealing with the case.The Council agreed to review how it assesses an applicant’s needs when providing temporary accommodation.The Council agreed to provide a copy of the banding reduction review outcome when completed.The Council agreed to review why it took five months to move the complainant after deciding the accommodation provided was unsuitable.The Council agreed to review procedures to ensure officers advise homeless applicants who already have secure accommodation about the implications this might have on rent and council tax.The Council agreed to ensure officers have clear guidance about providing consistent advice about whether to surrender a tenancy where a family has fled violence.The Council agreed to consider what action it can take to ensure the cause of delay under stage 2 of the complaints process is not repeated in future.

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