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Performance Management
Customer Care

Warwickshire County Council believe that everyone has the right to be treated fairly, politely and with respect. We also want you to be happy with the service you receive from us. So whenever and however you contact us you are entitled to the following high standards of customer care...


Individual attention - you can expect...

maroon bullet Polite, helpful and honest staff in all our dealings with you
maroon bullet Accurate answers in plain Language
maroon bullet To be treated fairly
maroon bullet Clear and accessible information in a variety of formats and languages on request
maroon bullet Issues you raise to be dealt with confidentially
maroon bullet Our comments, complaints and compliments procedure to be easily available so you can tell us what you think of our services


Prompt Service - we aim to...

maroon bullet Give an immediate response to your query whenever we can


Visits - we aim to...

maroon bullet See you within 10 minutes of your arrival


Telephone Contact - we aim to...

maroon bullet Answer telephone calls within 5 rings during office hours:

The Customer Service Centre will also take calls outside office hours
01926 410410
8am – 8pm Monday – Friday
9am – 4pm Saturday

maroon bullet Keep voicemail & answer phone use to a minimum during office hours, but any answer phone message will state when you should expect to be called back.


Written Contact - we aim to...

maroon bullet Respond to letters within 5 working days
maroon bullet Tell you how your enquiry will be handled and how long it will take if the full answer is not possible within five working days
maroon bullet Acknowledge emails within 1 working day


Click here to view our Customer Standards Charter


You have the right to request information under the Freedom of Information Act. Please see our pages on Access to Information

Mystery shopping exercises are carried out to monitor the standards of service and track levels of satisfaction. The mystery shoppers contact the Council using all forms of communication available to them - telephone, visits, letter and e-mail. The answers are monitored against what the correct response should be. See the Mystery Shopping page for more information, as well as previous waves carried out and results.

These are the Annual Customer Care Figures for the period April 2007 - March 2008.



Directorate
% telephone calls responded to within 5 rings or 15 seconds
% letters responded to within 5 working days
% e-mails responded to within 5 working days
Adult, Health & Community Services
74%
85%
87%
Children, Young People & Families
94%*
60%
70%
Community Protection
These calls are not covered by the WCC switchboard
95%
39%
Environment & Economy
97%
78%
82%
Performance & Development
83%
98%
88%
Resources
97%
60%
88%
Corporate
84%
82%
78%

Please note:

* Saltisford Building only







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