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Three way meeting (31/01/13)

 Thursday 31st January 2013 a meeting was held between me, my OSS and

my PE for the rst time sine he too! o"er as my on#site su$er"isor mid#

%o"ember 2012 to ma!e sure that e"eryone was aware of their

res$onsibility and what needs to be done for the mid$oint&

Discussed what needs to be done by midpoint 

 PE told OSS that by the mid#$oint he needed to do an obser"ed $ratie,

that ' will write a $lan for beforehand and gi"e to him so that he an

assess and (udge whether ' ha"e met my $lanned outomes& PE also

laried that he )OSS* has to ll out my e"aluation on the word "ersion of 

the $laement doument, PE o+ered to send him a o$y of this doument

by email&

PE went through res$onsibilities as outlined by the P- and OSS said that

he had not loo!ed at this1  or the $laement doument as his $redeessor

had mis$lae the o$y that had been gi"en to him and also said he was

unfamiliar with the role as he had only beome my OSS .th January&

/isussed su$er"ision with OSS and obser"ed $ratie by PE whih were

sheduled for earlier in the wee! but had to be anelled due to /

ha"ing to lose due to unforeseen irumstane& OSS onrmed that as

we will be at the same loation net wee! )/ or -/* we an ha"e

our rst su$er"ision then, also one we are aware of when / will re#

o$en we an shedule and obser"ed $ratie&

Discussed organisational change

OSS mentioned that the organisation was urrently going through a big

restruturing leading to understa4ng and my old OSS being demoted and

therefore being unable to arry out ertain tas!s& 5e also e$ressed

feeling under $ressure due to not being fully ba! at wor! and

1 On#site su$er"isor res$onsibilities whih formed $art of the P- were emailed to OSS $rior toP-6 on 7th /eember 2012&

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e$eriening eessi"e wor!load and o$erational demand& ' agreed that a

lot of hanges ha"e been ha$$ening and mentioned a boo! that ' had

read and the $ossible o$$ression inherent in organisational hange as

ser"ie users are ne"er onsulted and how with indi"iduals who ha"eommuniation $roblems, this an lead to frustration and beha"iours that

are labelled as hallenging& PE suggested that as a PS ' ould om$are

and ontrast the e+et of organisational hange on sta+ and ser"ie

users&

Discussed what the organisation does

OSS mentioned the nature of the organisation and the role of the ounil

as its sole share#holder also the role of s$ot $urhasing an OSS e$ressed

doubts that the

TP where ' am based has ade8uate learning o$$ortunities and

disussed the $ossibility of me s$ending some time in 9s$eial are:& PE

also said that ' am su$$osed to be fullling the role of wor! and training

su$$ort wor!er, OSS said that this had not been handed o"er to him and

he belie"ed that ' was doing some !ind of wor! e$eriene& OSS said that

there are additional things that ' should be doing and that ' should ha"e

had a more formal indution and a su$er"ision ontrat&

Discussed how to move forward 

e agreed that ' should ontat OSS the net 6onday to see whether

/ is o$en and !ee$ PE u$dated so that we an reshedule obser"ed

$ratie& -lso ' should ontat uni"ersity and ma!e them aware of the

urrent situation with obser"ed $ratie in ase / is losed long#term&

Possible follow-up

1& OSS will assist me to gather information on how ser"ie users at 2 are

funded; ' will also researh s$ot funding inluding eligibility re8uirements and

guiding legislation&2& 6e and my OSS will ha"e a su$er"ision to disuss how what ' do on

$laement an be hanged&

3& one wor!ing $oliy does not inlude SS, wor!ing with my OSS ' will see

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whether this and other $oliies ould be hanged to inlude students&