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Total attendances at the Centre numbered 17,049 during 1968. At the
end of the year 102 trainees were in attendance.
Holiday Camp Scheme
Holidays for trainees at the Castle School and the Adult Centres were
arranged this year again at St. Mary's Bay Holiday Centre, St. Mary's Bay,
Kent.
A party of 63 from the Adult Training Centre had a weeks holiday
from 3rd to 10th May and another of 24 trainees from Castle School had a
week from 13th to 20th September.
Our thanks are due to the staff of the Centres who accompanied the
parties and made the holidays a success.
HOME HELP SERVICE
(1) GENERAL
(a) There has been little or no change in the general organisation
and administration of this service.
A very close watch has been necessary on expenditure to keep
the service within the financial limit available. This has resulted in
careful selection of priority cases to be served and control in
the planning and replanning of duties of the Home Helps.
(b) During the year there has been representation from Trade Union
officials concerning:-
(i) Conditions of membership,
(ii) a fixed guaranteed working week for part-time employees,
(iii) the performance of certain duties,
(iv) the procedure for payment of wages.
These representations led to meetings at staff and Trade Union
District official level with the following result:-
(i) Casual employees are now required to conform to the conditions
of Trade Union membership by the fourth week of employment.
(c) The weekend emergency service arrangements continued in operation
but the demand for service was minimal.
(d) The resignation of an Organiser in June, the delay in filling the
vacancy and the subsequent appointment of a replacement Assistant
Organiser in December created difficulties in maintaining the previous
level of supervision.
(2) CASE LOADS
(a) Fluctuation from month to month continued and throughout the year
the following cases were served:-
Aged (over 65 years) = 1624
Chronic Sick = 221
Mentally Disordered = 6
Maternity = 33
Others = 8
Total 1892
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