Our Ref: FOI 3097
Date: 13 July 2009
Linda Burnip
[FOI #13802 email]
Dear Linda Burnip
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information
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Peter Hay, Strategic Director, Adults and Communities
FOI 3097 / continued
Request
1
How many social workers are there working in adult care?
The number of social workers at 03/07/09 for Adults and Communities =
Headcount = 416 [each part-time staff member is counted separately]
FTE = 393.34 [full time equivalents conflate part-time into whole]
The Directorate also uses temporary agency social workers and their
numbers are not included in these figures as they are not registered to the
payroll system operated by the Human Resources department.
2
How many of these are working with disabled people under 60?
Headcount
=
44 { these figures cover the Learning Disabilities team
FTE
=
41.52 { and Physical Disabilities and Visual Impairment teams
3
How many adults are you providing some sort of community care service
to in total?
The most recent Referrals, Assessments & Packages (RAP) Return
submitted to the DoH in May states on Form P1 Community based
services –
21,281 Adults (18+) received such services in the Reporting
Year (01/04/08 - 30/03/09)
The latest client data extract from CareFirst shows
23,232 adult clients
with an open event as at 1st June 2009.
4
How many allocated cases are there in adult care?
Of the current extract number 16,160 clients have an Allocated Worker
relationship completed and of the remainder 1,752 clients have an
Allocated Team recorded totalling
17,912 (77.1%) with allocations in all.
5
How many unallocated cases are there in adult care?
The remainder from the above calculation for unallocated cases is
5,320
6
What is the ratio of all adult care cases to each social worker?
Based on the figures above, the average case per social worker is:
55.9 based on the headcount
59.1 based on the full time equivalent
Please note this average would be reduced if the number of agency social
workers was available to be used in the calculation.
7
What is the average time between referral for a service and assessment of
needs? What is the average time between referral and provision of the
necessary service?
RAP Form A7 Length of time from
first contact to completed
assessment for new clients - analysis of the base data for the time bands
for all client groups gives an average time of
26.1days for the year 08-09.
RAP Form A8 Length of time from completed assessment to receipt of
service for new clients - analysis of base data for all clients (excluding
those within Occupational Therapy Service because equipment and
adaptations are not recorded on the CareFirst system as services and so
we cannot measure an elapsed time) gives an average of 26.9 days for the
latest reporting year 08 - 09. Therefore the best figure we can estimate
(without considerable additional effort) for the average time between
referral and provision of service is
53 days.
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