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Customer Care Charter

Our Customer Care Charter sets out the standards of service you should expect from us.

We want to provide you with the best possible service in a caring and efficient way.

Courtesy and consideration

  • We will be welcoming, polite, courteous and helpful
  • We will listen in order to understand and respond to your needs
  • We will respect your right to privacy, confidentiality and safety

Access

  • We will make sure that signs are easy to follow and that you can find us
  • Our opening times will be clearly displayed and will be adhered to
  • We will strive to make our services as accessible as possible

Efficiency

  • We will ensure that the most appropriate officer is dealing with your enquiry
  • We aim to keep to our appointments, and will let you know if we can't
  • We will respond to your written and emailed enquiries within 10 working days - if we can't we will write to you and tell you why
  • When you contact us by telephone we will answer within 15 seconds
  • We will provide an efficient and reliable service

Communication

  • We will use clear language and not jargon
  • We will tell you who you are speaking to
  • We will strive to make our services as easy to use as possible

Helping us to help you

  • Let us know when we have done something well
  • Treat us with courtesy and politeness as we are here to help you
  • Make suggestions if you think there are ways we could improve our services

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