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HOME HELP SERVICE
(1) GENERAL
(a) There has been no change in the general pattern of organisation
or administration.
It has been necessary, of course, for financial reasons to keep
the provision of service at a restricted level.
(b) The week¬end emergency service arrangements continued to operate
but the demand for service has been negligible. Due to a vacancy
in establishment for almost 9 months of the year, organising
staff have been "on call" 1 week¬end in 4, instead of as previously,
1 in 5 The question of compensatory leave for stand¬by duty
remains unsettled.
(c) Routine visiting has not been carried out at the desired level
due to:-
(l) the almost continual vacancy for an Assistant Organiser.
(11) the termination of duty of 2 clerks, July/August which
necessitated the remaining Assistant Organiser becoming
all but fully engaged on clerical duties.
(d) With a view to overcoming this particular difficulty, coupled
with the overall increase in case loads and deployment of labour,
consideration is being given to some amendment of the staffing
of the section.

(3) RECRUITMENT OF LABOUR
Recruitment of labour was restricted due to the overall need
for economy. Wastage and replacement was as follows:-
Terminations of employment = 105
(for varying reasons)
Commencement of employment = 107
At the close of the year the labour force stood at 232
(4) TRAINING
(a) Due to (i) overall economy, (ii) inadequacy of staff, no
training for manual workers was carried out.
(b) One Organiser and one Assistant Organiser attended London
Boroughs Training Committee Seminars, one day per week for six
consecutive weeks as follows:-
19th February - 26th March 1969
8th October - 26th November 1969
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