Appendix xii
Centrelink undertakes a comprehensive customer satisfaction research program. Overall, customer satisfaction has remained stable over 1999–2000.
Table 31: Overall Satisfaction (As measured by various Customer Satisfaction Surveys)
|
NOV 1999
%
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MAY 2000
%
|
Overall Quality of Centrelink (including people, services and information)*
|
70.0
|
66.0
|
Overall Level of Service by Customer Service Centres (including quality of people, services and information)†
|
77.1
|
77.2
|
Overall Level of Service by Call Centres (including quality of people, services and information)‡
|
69.7
|
70.1
|
Overall Level of Service by International Services (including quality of people, services and information)§
|
95.5
|
94.0
|
Overall Level of Service by Visiting Service (including quality of people, services and information)†
|
N/A
|
79.7
|
Overall Level of Service by Community Agent/Agency (including quality of people, services and information)†
|
N/A
|
83.9
|
Centrelink staff overall*
|
78.0
|
77.0
|
Sources
* National Customer Satisfaction Survey (Millward Brown Australia).
† Customer Service Centre Customer Satisfaction Survey (Roy Morgan Research).
‡ Call Centre Customer Satisfaction Survey (Roy Morgan Research).
§ International Services Customer Satisfaction Survey (Roy Morgan Research).
Appendix xiii Customer Charter Performance Tables
Key
A-CSC Customer Satisfaction Survey.
B-Call Centre Customer Satisfaction Survey.
C-International Customer Satisfaction Survey.
D-National Customer Satisfaction Survey.
Table 32: Customer Charter Performance for the Customer Service Network
|
A
|
A
|
B
|
B
|
C
|
C
|
D
|
D
|
We will help you by:
|
Nov ’99
|
May ’00
|
Nov ’99
|
May ’00
|
Nov ’99
|
May ’00
|
Nov ’99
|
May ’00
|
1. Making it easy to access government services delivered by Centrelink
– Overall, how easy is it to access government services provided by Centrelink?*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
58.0
|
59.0
|
2. Offering you a package of services and products that can help you with what is happening in your life
– How much did the package offered help you?*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
73.0
|
73.0
|
3. Providing or referring you to other services you may need
– Were you referred to other services? (% said YES)
– Handling of referral
|
8.2
65.8
|
8.0
67.2
|
18.0
59.1
|
18.0
61.1
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
4. Having one person familiar with your situation who can be your on going point of contact to help you with business you can’t do over the phone:
– Satisfied with the service
Of one-to-one contact?*
– Yes
– No
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
92.0
8.0
|
91.0
9.0
|
5 Making an appointment for you to visit us or for us to phone you at a time that suits you
– How would you rate the appointment system on: how well the time and date suited you?*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
81.0
|
81.0
|
6. Identifying ourselves when we talk with you
– Did staff identify themselves to your satisfaction?
– Yes
–No
|
73.2
15.3
|
73.5
14.3
|
87.8
7.9
|
86.5
8.2
|
52.2
18.9
|
86.5
8.0
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
7. Listening carefully to what you say to us
– Communications skills listening
|
76.3
|
76.9
|
77.5
|
78.4
|
95.5
|
95.5
|
*
|
*
|
8. Being friendly, helpful, respectful and sensitive to your individual needs
– Staff friendliness
– Staff helpfulness
–Way staff treated you
– Understands customers’ needs
|
79.9
80.1
80.4
61.3
|
80.1
80.6
80.1
61.7
|
82.4
79.0
80.8
59.0
|
83.0
79.0
80.5
58.5
|
98.0
94.5
96.5
77.1
|
97.0
96.0
95.0
89.0
|
*
*
*
*
|
*
*
*
*
|
9. Explaining the things you need to know
– Communication skills—explaining
|
74.3
|
74.2
|
73.3
|
75.7
|
94.1
|
94.0
|
*
|
*
|
10. Providing accurate and consistent information that is easy to understand
– Accuracy of information
– Consistency of information
– Information that is easy to understand*
|
70.0
63.0
*
|
71.2
63.4
*
|
67.0
61.4
*
|
68.4
62.2
*
|
84.1
88.0
*
|
89.1
88.0
*
|
*
*
73.0
|
*
*
65.0
|
11.Giving you prompt and efficient service
– Staff speed and efficiency
|
63.7
|
63.8
|
77.8
|
77.1
|
93.0
|
94.0
|
*
|
*
|
12.Fixing mistakes
– Purpose of last visit/call to
fix a mistake
– Rating of mistake resolution
|
21.2
58.4
|
19.8
58.0
|
31.7
59.2
|
31.2
61.8
|
27.9
76.8
|
43.0
89.5
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
13. Improving our letters and
telephone services
– Letters overall*
– Telephone service overall*
|
*
*
|
*.
*
|
*
69.7
|
*
70.1
|
*
*
|
*
*
|
71.0
*
|
66.0
*
|
14. Making it clear what you need to do
– Explaining what you need to do
|
74.0
|
73.2
|
75.0
|
74.1
|
88.1
|
94.5
|
*
|
*
| Glossary Explanation of terms used in the Report
‘Life events’: A ‘life event’is a significant change that affects a person, family or community, which causes people to approach Centrelink for assistance. They include experiences such as having a baby, looking for a job, planning for retirement or arriving to settle in Australia.
‘One-to-one’: ‘One-to-one’refers to Centrelink’s new service delivery model, under which every customer has one main customer service officer who manages all the business that a customer cannot do over the phone.
Outcomes: The results the Government expects to achieve in a particular area.
Outputs: The goods and services an agency produces to contribute to the achievement of outcomes.
Explanation of acronyms and abbreviations used in the Report
AASW Australian Association of Social Workers
AAT Administrative Appeals Tribunal
ABA Australian Bankers’Association
ACM Accelerated Claimant Matching
AEC Australian Electoral Commission
AFFA Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia
AGL Australian Gas and Light Company
AIC Assistance for Isolated Children
AM Member of the Order of Australia
ANAO Australian National Audit Office
APS Australian Public Service
ARO Authorised Review Officer
ATM Automated Teller Machine
ATO Australian Taxation Office
ATSI Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
BHP Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited
BSPVES Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme
CDEP Community Development Employment Project
CD-ROM Computer Disk-Read-Only Memory
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CEPS Centrelink Education Payments System
CPSU Community and Public Sector Union
CSA Child Support Agency
CSDA Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency
CTC Competitive Tendering and Contracting
DETYA Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
DEWRSB Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DIMA Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
DOCITA Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
DoFA Department of Finance and Administration
DoTRS Department of Transport and Regional Services
DRP Disaster Relief Payment
DVA Department of Veterans’Affairs
ECRP Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EMG Emergency and General Assistance Payment system
EFTPOS Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale
ESAS Education Student Assistance Scheme system
FaCS Department of Family and Community Services
FAO Family Assistance Office
FFRS Farm Family Restart Scheme
FIS Financial Information Service
FMA Financial Management and Accountability
FMIS Financial Management Information System
FOI Freedom of Information
FT full-time
FTE full-time equivalent
GIC Government Information Centre
GST Goods and Services Tax
HA State and Territory Housing Authorities
HACC Home and Community Care Health Department of Health and Aged Care
HIC Health Insurance Commission
HR Human Resource
IFSW International Federation of Social Workers
I&T Information and Technology (group or team)
IT Information Technology (system or application)
JET Jobs, Education and Training
MIFS More Intensive and Flexible Services
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MP Member of Parliament
NESB non-English speaking background (or diverse cultural and linguistic background)
NSW New South Wales
NT Northern Territory
OH&S Occupational Health and Safety
PBS Portfolio Budget Statements
PC personal computer
PT part-time
PWD person with a disability
QLD Queensland
RAS Remote Access Services
REMOVE Reduced Employment Moving Test
RTC Rural Transaction Centre
SA South Australia
SAP Software Application Product
SBS Special Broadcasting Service
SES Senior Executive Service
TAS Tasmania
TFES Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme
TIGERS Trials of Innovative Government Electronic Regional Services
TILP Team and Individual Learning Plan
TSG Tasmanian State Government
USA United States of America
VIC Victoria
WA Western Australia
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