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www.socitm.net Learning from Better connected 2014 Intelligent sharing of third party services John Fox Digital consultant & Better connected reviewer This presentation, with speaker notes, will be available to download from the Socitm website.
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We have observed in Better connected reports in the past three years or so that there may be a world of difference between a very poor and a very good implementation of a shared service. In this presentation the customer journey to the shared service website is examined for each of the four partners who operate it.
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Learning from Better connected 2014
Intelligent sharing of third party services
John Fox
Digital consultant &
Better connected reviewer
This presentation, with speaker notes, will be available to download from the Socitm website.
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Why share a service?• Council services are often merged to create
efficiencies for each council participating.• Through economies of scale, service delivery
can be enhanced and substantial savings realised by removing duplication of effort.
• Efficiencies created often lead to faster processing times, reduced cost to serve and implemented well could be a huge boost to the authority to achieving significant channel shift.
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Current practice
• Good examples of shared web services tend to be isolated rather than the norm.
• Many shared web services appear to benefit the service providers rather more than the customers they purport to serve.
• A shared service is treated like it has been outsourced to an unconnected third party and often appear to abdicate responsibility for ensuring customers journeys to task completion are smooth and trouble-free.
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Council tax and benefits• The perfect service to share between
multiple councils.• Significant improvements in service delivery• Annual financial savings in excess of £2m
per annum.• Consultancy, training and resilience
services to other local authorities• Ripe for achieving external recognition,
accolades and government efficiency or innovation awards.
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Citizen benefits of a shared service
• A straightforward to access service?
• High quality information provision?
• An improved, hassle-free service?
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Recipe for success
• Introduce the shared service properly (eg council partner, represents the council, etc).
• Explain how it is intended to improve customer service.
• Thoughtful links, including wording.• Work hard to achieve an excellent,
consistent end-to-end user journey deep into shared service website.
• Ensure that key information is not omitted, eg council-specific requirements stated.
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CASE STUDY
www.angliarevenues.gov.uk
A group of four district/borough councils (one in Cambridgeshire, one in Norfolk and two in Suffolk) who are “working together to provide a quality council tax, business rates and benefits service” to all their residents.
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The Anglia Revenues Partnership
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Eh?
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ARP home page
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ARP home page text
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Council tax and benefits• The perfect service to share between
multiple councils.• Significant improvements in service delivery• Annual financial savings in excess of £2m
per annum.• Consultancy, training and resilience
services to other local authorities• Ripe for achieving external recognition,
accolades and government efficiency or innovation awards.
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Council tax leaflets
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Dorset For You
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SPOT THE HOST!
I’m going to show you the council tax customer experience provided by each of the four partners.
Can you spot which of the four hosts the Anglia Revenues Partnership shared service?
I’ll invite a show of hands when you’ve seen you all four.
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Breckland home page
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ARP pop-up appears!
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Breckland newsflash
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East Cambridgeshire council tax landing
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East Cambs ‘service’ description page
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Forest Heath council tax landing
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St Edmundsbury council tax landing
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St Edmundsbury ctax service description
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The Anglia Revenues Partnership
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Intelligent sharing of third party services
• Introduce the shared service properly (eg council partner, represents the council, etc).
• Explain how it is intended to improve customer service.• Thoughtful links, including wording.• Work hard to achieve an excellent, consistent end-to-
end user journey deep into shared service website.• Ensure that key information is not omitted, eg council-
specific requirements stated.• Regularly test the user journey on both council and
shared service websites. • Ideally a consistent user experience across all
shared service partner websites.
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Learning from Better connected 2014
Intelligent sharing of third party services
John Fox
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This presentation, with speaker notes, will be available to download from the Socitm website.
