|
Meet the Admin Staff
Steve Howcroft has worked at Crossways since July 1989 when he came as a full-time Residential Support Worker whose duties also included basic bookkeeping and administration. Over the years the administrative responsibilities have increased to the point where he ceased to do any care work in 2002.
Although some of the work is delegated to his two assistants, he is responsible for local authority contract and Supporting People negotiations, legislative compliance, budgeting, end-of-year accounting (getting Crossways’ accounts ready for audit), salary reviews, job applications, stationery ordering, IT advice. As a Criminal Record Bureau Countersignatory he also verifies and countersigns CRB Disclosures for Crossways’ new staff and for employees of other employers. He is also a member of the Crossways Community Management Team and gives finance and administrative briefings to the Directors’ Meetings.
Michael Eastwood joined in January 2002 and took over from Steve the responsibility for the computerised accounts, paying invoices, petty cash reconciliations and payroll. Although he mostly only works two days a week, he is particularly popular in that he makes sure that people get paid on time unlike his predecessor.
Judith Falkner started in June 2005 on a fast learning curve as her first day was a conference on Supporting People Accreditation. Her responsibilities include policy review and revisions, Supporting People compliance and resident, staff and stakeholder consultations.
|
