southwestlaw2
Solicitor, welfare benefits & community care, South West Law, Bristol
Member since 23rd Mar 2008
|
RE: Social fund appeals
Fri 22-Aug-08 04:09 PM |
hi! sorry for the delay in responding, i just needed to check what details I was able to give out on this site.
Someone kindly referred my post on to the Independant Review Service Commissioners business team, who I must humbly admit I I had never heard of! www.irs-review.org.uk
They have useful information on our website about the Social Fund generally, and a link anyone can use to feed back to them about their Social Fund experiences.
The person who contacted me, has agreed i can pass on their details and so......I quote...!
"If you wish to pass on the numbers of the Commissioner’s Business Team here (0121 606 2222 or 0121 606 2204) then we are happy to speak to anyone about any issues they have. Where appropriate, we can pass on the special contact numbers for the appropriate districts, but I’d prefer these to come directly from us rather than be passed on.
I’m sure I don’t need to reiterate this, but the Independent Review Service is independent of Jobcentre Plus, both by statute and ethos, and I’d be glad if you’d make that clear to anyone who may not “get it”. The point is that we are not an inspectorate, and have no powers over the administration of Jobcentre Plus, although the Social Fund Commissioner does feed back to senior officials and ministers any information we come across about how the Social Fund is operating."
happy days! it certainly worked for our cleint, so i hope that this information can help some others... best wishes
Caroline
|