Managing complaints and customers in Scotland's public sector: how to get it right (online)
AGENDA
09:25 Chair's opening remarks
Judith Turner, Deputy Chief Ombudsman, Rail Ombudsman and Dispute Resolution OmbudsmanRailOmbudsman
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Session 1: Understanding what public services users and clients want
09:25 What do good service user relations look like?
Nicola Harvey, Chief Officer – Director Customer & Digital Services, City of Edinburgh CouncilEdinburgh_CC
- Transforming relations at pace with service user interests at the core of all plans
- How tackling global pandemic at a local level has reforged the relationship between Council and citizens
- Delivering digitally and real engagement: What do service users want
09:45 Re-establishing relationships - moving from transactional exchange to person-centred engagement
Rosemary Agnew, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman SPSO_Ombudsman
- Public service providers and consumers in a reshaped world
- Why we need to think about how we re-establish relationships between service users and producers
- What does person-centred engagement mean?
10:00 What do consumers and service users think and want
Mark Diffley, Founder and Owner, Diffley Partnership markdiffley1
- What does the public really think about public services?
- Service users and service delivery: Getting to what really matters
- Experience versus perception in shaping opinion
10:15 Question and answer session
10:25 Comfort Break
Session 2: What to do when services go wrong
10:40 Consumer complaints and effective dispute design
Jane Williams, Senior Lecturer in Dispute Resolution, Queen Margaret UniversityDisputeResearch
- Culture change in complaints handling: Welcoming complaints
- The value of a participatory approach in complaints systems
- Effective dispute design, what is it and how should you do it?
11:00 Promoting early intervention and proactive engagement with service users and clients
Sarah Chisnall, Head of Scottish Policy and Public Affairs, Ombudsman Servicessarah_chisnall
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- Understanding the benefits of early intervention and proactive engagement
- What does early intervention look like and how should it be supported?
- What do people value in early intervention, where and when is it appropriate?
11:20 What does good complaint handling look like?
Niki Maclean, Director, Scottish Public Services OmbudsmanSPSO_Ombudsman
- What is best practice in complaints handling?
- Driving organisational learning and improvement through complaints handling
- Professionalising complaints handling and early accurate resolution
11:35 Question and answer session
11:35 Comfort Break
Session 3: What happens when it’s too late for prevention
11:50 Using effective mediation for resolution
Graham Boyack, Director, Scottish Mediation ScotMediation
- What is mediation and how does it work?
- When is mediation appropriate and why?
- Adopting mediation practice and principles
12:10 Reputation, relationship breakdown and the media
Andy Maciver, Director, Message Matters MessageTweet
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- The danger of complaints becoming grievances in the modern media age
- What to do – and not do – when things go badly wrong
- When you have a reputational crisis – start here
12:30 Thinking about the legal dimension - care, conflict and consequences
Johanna Boyd, Barrister (England & Wales) and Associate, Brodies LLPBrodiesLLP
- Reflecting on the potential legal implications of public services failure and complaints
- Thinking structurally and strategically rather than episodically about services, service users and complaints
- What’s the worst that can happen? Thinking and acting toward prevention rather than cure
12:50 Question and answer session
13:05 Chair's closing remarks
Judith Turner, Deputy Chief Ombudsman, Rail Ombudsman and Dispute Resolution OmbudsmanRailOmbudsman
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