Kevin
Is your example figure of 5.5 an average per open hour? Presumably at slack
periods you might only need, say, 4 staff, whereas at busy periods or for
some kind of hectic children's activity for example, you might need 7? The
art always seems to lie in trying to juggle/negotiate the pattern of staff
hours worked (giving a total of 192.5 in your case) to fit the requirements
and coverage at any given time (plus in our case trying to make sure we have
a Librarian or Library Manager in charge as much as possible - we use
Library Assistants to take charge in an emergency if no-one else is
available).
Adrian Olsen
Head of Libraries and Information
Southwark Council
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> From: Kevin Batchelor[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 7:54 AM
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> Subject: Re: Staffing rotas
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> In Brent we establish the staffing level needed for each hour open. This
> is
> set higher than what is actually needed, to take account of leave and
> sickness. We have just reviewed staffing levels due to the implications of
> managing ICT services.
>
> If this level is, say 5.5 and the library is open 35 hpw, we need 5.5x35
> or
> 192.5 hours of staffing. This is then split up by the level of staff. In
> our case this includes part or all of a Librarian, a Customer Services
> Officer (the site manager), Customer Services Assistants on Scale 3 (who
> occasionally open and close), and Library Assistants on Scale 1/2
> - these include 2-4 Saturday staff per library, a number we'd like to
> reduce!
>
> Kevin Batchelor
> Principal Librarian
> Brent Library Service
>
> Town Hall Library,
> Forty Lane,
> Wembley,
> Middlesex,
> HA9 9HV
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> tel: 020 8937 3503
> mobile: 07947 068577
> fax: 020 8937 3504
> email: [log in to unmask]
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> Do you have a formula for allocating staff time and working out staff
> rotas?
> Would you be willing to share? I will collate for the list if enough
> people
> respond and give permission.
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> Thanks
>
> Viv Watkins
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