Agency Usage

Dear Movya Makambwe,

 

Thank you for your request for information below which has been given
reference FOI 5256. Please quote this on any correspondence regarding your
request.

 

Stockport Council will respond to your request within 20 working days. If
there will be a charge for disbursements e.g. photocopying in order to
provide the information, we will inform you as soon as possible to see if
you wish to proceed; however such charges are usually waived if they
amount to less than £10.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Corporate Information Services

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

 

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Dear Movya Makambwe,

 

I am writing in response to your request for information below (Ref 5256).

 

The response to your request has been prepared by the relevant Council
services and is as follows:

 

1.     The  number of current qualified Social Workers supplied through
recruitment agencies is 15. Eight of these are within the Adults area and
seven are within the Children’s area.

2.     Adult Social Care: There are no in house residential units, and no
in house day care centres but we have 3 supported tenancy schemes with 9
properties. Children’s Social Care: Nil

3.     ASC: None are due to close. CSC: N/a

4.     See attached.

5.     We have interpreted this question as what is the process to recruit
to. As with any vacancy, if it is required to be filled the recruitment
team will work alongside the recruiting manager to design the most
appropriate approach to recruit to their vacancy. Most vacancies will be
advertised on the Council’s jobs website.

6.     [There was no question 6 in your request]

7.     If this is refers to an advertising contract, it is due to expire
in October 2012 and it currently sits with TMP.

8.     The Council has introduced an e-business portal (known as The
Chest), which enables existing and potential suppliers to view all
forthcoming contract opportunities for Stockport and other Councils in the
North West from one place.

 

Businesses and other organisations interested in supplying goods and
services can register to receive e-mail alerts for all relevant contract
opportunities on the day they are advertised.

 

Suppliers can register online via the supplier’s area to receive
notification of all contract opportunities relevant to your particular
business interests from as few or as many authorities in the North West as
you have expressed an interest in supplying.

 

The new electronic procurement portal allows suppliers to request details
of contract opportunities at their convenience.

 

The portal is a secure site and you will receive an e-mail notification
that your submission has been received and please note there is no charge
for using this service.

 

To register your organisation and access contract opportunities for
Stockport Council, and the North West, please click on the following link:
[1]www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk 

 

If you wish to speak directly to the Corporate Procurement Team they can
be contacted on tel: 0161 474 4103.

 

If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your request for
information, you are entitled to ask for an internal review; however you
must do so within 40 working days of the date of this response. Any
internal review will be carried out by a senior member of staff who was
not involved with your original request. To ask for an internal review,
contact [2][email address] in the first instance.

 

If you are unhappy with the outcome of any internal review, you are
entitled to complain to the Information Commissioner. To do so, contact:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

[3]www.ico.gov.uk

 

01625 545 745

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Corporate Information Services

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

 

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