July 7, 2008

HIGH CASELOADS OF DD CASE MANAGERS HEADED TO SPECIAL COMMITTEE

A group of Federation caseload resource managers from the DSHS Division of Developmental Disabilities pressed the agency secretary on their “incredible workload demands” – and now both sides will meet later this fall in a special union/management committee.

This “ad hoc” committee will “work collaboratively with management to look at that workload and to develop strategies to reduce and or prioritize the work,” said Randy Lorello, a Federation regional field services supervisor.

“All the members spoke candidly with management and did a great job articulating their concerns” in the July 1 meeting with DSHS Secretary Robin Arnold-Williams and other top officials, Lorello said.

The DD case resource manager workload committee will be modeled after the Children’s Services social worker workload committee created by the 2008 Legislature.

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