adult social care

HMS/DW FOI - SS0141

30 June
2009

Dear Ms Burnip

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

I acknowledge receipt of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

This is being considered and I shall be in touch with you again shortly.

Yours sincerely

Heather Mytton-Sanneh

H. Mytton-Sanneh

Head of Business Management

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HMS/MW FOI - SS00141

22 July 2009

Dear Ms Burnip

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 * Request for Information

Your request for information has now been considered and I can provide the
attached response.

1. How many social workers are there working in adult care?

80 Full Time Equivalent Social Workers

2. How many of these are working with disabled people under 60?

9.5 Physical/Sensory Social Workers

6 Learning Disability Social Workers

3. How many adults are you providing some sort of community care
service to in total?

6,385

4. How many allocated cases are there in adult care?

1723

5. How many unallocated cases are there in adult care?

The current pattern of working mainly allocates tasks rather than
*cases* so there is no meaningful way of measuring the number of
*unallocated cases*.

6. How many *held* cases are there in adult care?

The current pattern of working mainly allocates tasks rather than cases so
there is no meaningful way of measuring the number of *held cases*.

7. What is the ratio of adult care cases to each social worker?

The ratio of all adults receiving services to social workers is
currently 80 to 1. The ratio of allocated cases to social workers is
currently 22 to 1.

8. What is the average time between referral for a service and
assessment of needs?

The average time from receipt of referral to COMPLETION of assessment is
23 days (22.8)

9. What is the average time between referral and provision of the
necessary service?

The average time between the end of assessment and the provision of ALL
assessed services (i.e. until the final service is arranged) is 21 days.
Therefore the average time from referral to provision of all services is
44 days?

10. What is your total adult care budget for 2009-2010?

£78,814,610.00

11. What proportion of this is spent providing care in the community
through Direct Payments or Individual Budgets?

£4,547,500.00

12. What proportion of this is spent on residential care provision?

£23,424,650.00

13. What is the average length of time for provision of aids?

The average length of time from assessment to the provision of aids
is 5.6 days. The average time from order to provision is 1.8 days.

14. What is the average length of time for provision of adaptations?

Minor adaptations 3.1 weeks

Major adaptations 25.5 weeks

I hope this provides the information that you require. If not, please
contact me again.

If you wish to complain about the way in which your request has been
handled, please set out in writing your grounds of complaint and send in
the first instance to:

Amy Hardiman

Corporate Compliments and Complaints Department

Office of the Chief Executive

Civic Centre

St Peter*s Square

Wolverhampton

WV1 1SH

You also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner*s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone 01625 545 700

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Heather Mytton-Sanneh

H. Mytton-Sanneh

Head of Business Management

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HMS/MW FOI - SS0180

Dear Ms Kaar

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

I acknowledge receipt of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

This is being considered and I shall be in touch with you again shortly.

Yours sincerely

Heather Mytton-Sanneh

H. Mytton-Sanneh

Head of Business Management

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HMS/MW/FO/SS181

Dear Ms Kaar

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 * Request for Information

Your request for information has now been considered and I can provide the
attached response.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Supported Learning Disability Packages (with a weekly fee of greater|
|than £1000 per week) |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Name of Organisation |Date Care Package|Weekly Fee paid by the|
| |Commenced |Council |
|--------------------------+------------------+--------------------------|
|Lifeways | 01/04/07 | £1863.36 |
|--------------------------+------------------+--------------------------|
|Lifeways | 30/04/07 | £1999.23 |
|--------------------------+------------------+--------------------------|
|Lifeways | 03/12/07 | £3532.62 |
|--------------------------+------------------+--------------------------|
|Lifeways | 30/04/07 | £1999.23 |
|--------------------------+------------------+--------------------------|
|Lifeways | 18/02/08 | £1485.03 |
|--------------------------+------------------+--------------------------|
|Lonsdale Midlands Limited | 28/04/08 | £1575.84 |
|--------------------------+------------------+--------------------------|
|Milbury Care Services | 27/01/04 | £2452.80 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Part (e) of your request, the price paid by the Council for each hour of
care provided, is being withheld with reference to section 43(2) of the
Freedom of Information Act (commercial interests).

I hope this provides the information that you require. If not, please
contact me again.

If you wish to complain about the way in which your request has been
handled, please set out in writing your grounds of complaint and send in
the first instance to:

Amy Hardiman

Corporate Compliments and Complaints Department

Office of the Chief Executive

Civic Centre

St Peter*s Square

Wolverhampton

WV1 1SH

You also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner*s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone 01625 545 700

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

H. Mytton-Sanneh

Head of Business Management

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