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Recruitment of Social Workers
Charlotte R Quinn made this Freedom of Information request to Kent County Council
The request was partially successful.
From: Charlotte R Quinn
16 June 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
RE - Recruitment of Social Workers
Under the Freedom of Information Act please email me a copy of any
information you hold on your policies, procedures and guidance for
the recruitment of Social Workers. Including how, when and where
job adverts are placed, how long they placed and after the closing
date how long the interview process should take. How the
shortlisting of job applications is undertaken and recorded. How
long you retain copies of job applications and related information.
How shortlisted candidates should be interviewed and what methods
of assessment and interview are used. How interview questions,
assessments and case study exercises are devised and formulated.
Copies and details of any guidance and training interviewers are
given on how to conduct interviews, record and evaluate how
interviewees respond to questions, complete assessments or case
study exercises. What procedures should be followed to inform
candidates of the outcome of any interview/assessment. What
criteria is used to make one candidate more successful or
employable than any other.
Yours faithfully,
Charlotte R Quinn
Kent County Council
18 June 2009
Dear Ms Quinn
Thank you for your email.
I acknowledge your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Assuming we hold this information, I will endeavour
to supply the data to you as soon as possible but no later than 15th July
2009 (20 working days from date of receipt).
I will advise you as soon as possible if we do not hold this information
or if there are exemptions to be considered and/or any costs for providing
the information. Please quote our reference - FOI/09/675 - in any
communication regarding this particular request.
Best regards
Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...
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Kent County Council
13 July 2009
Dear Ms Quinn
Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.
Kent County Council's Children's Services team has a forum called the CSS
Recruitment Group which meets on a regular basis to monitor levels of
staffing and arrange recruitment to vacancies as required. Recruitment
campaigns are carried out under the terms of KCC's best practice policies
and information about our recruitment methods are published on the main
council website [1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/. We are
passionate about fairness and diversity and operate under the Job Centre
Plus "Two Ticks" policy. Advertisements for Social Workers are published
on this website on a rolling basis and we occasionally conduct campaigns
using specialist recruitment agencies. From time to time and according to
requirements, we publish recruitment advertisements in specialist
publications such as Community Care and national newspapers like The
Guardian. KCC makes every effort to reduce costs by training and
developing its own social workers. We recruit people at non-qualified
levels and train them via our own systems and in conjunction with
universities.Our policies and procedures for recruitment and selection
interviewing are constantly updated to meet the requirements of best
practice in both the public and private sectors and staff involved in
recruitment and selection receive the necessary training to meet the
standards.
I have also attached a document on the recruitment of care managers from
Kent Adult Social Services.
If you are unhappy with this response, and believe KCC has not complied
with legislation, please ask for a review by following our complaints
process; details can be found at this link
[2]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...
on our website. Please quote reference FOI/09/675.
If you still remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you can
appeal to the Information Commissioner, who oversees compliance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Details of what you need to do, should
you wish to pursue this course of action, are available from the
Information Commissioner's website
[3]http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/freedom...
Best regards
Michelle Hunt
Access to Information Co-ordinator
Communication & Information Governance
Children, Families & Education Directorate
Kent County Council
Room 2.35, Sessions House
Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ
External: 01622 696692
Internal: 7000 6692
Email: [email address]
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From: Charlotte R Quinn
13 July 2009
Dear Kent County Council,
RE: Request for review of information request
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re...
I do not feel you have fully responded to my information request.
You have just provided policy statements. I have asked for far more
specific information. For example please see the response I have
from another local authority, for the exact same information
request.
Response from Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Recruitment of Social Workers
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re...
Unlike the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea you have decided
to take a very narrow view of what I requested.
Therefore please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Kent County Council's
handling of my FOI request 'Recruitment of Social Workers'.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re...
Yours faithfully,
Charlotte R Quinn
Kent County Council
14 July 2009
Dear Ms Quinn
Thank you for your email. I am sorry you are unhappy with our response
to your request for information.
The Director of Law and Governance and our Legal Department will
investigate your complaint and review our original response on behalf of
the Chief Executive. Their reply will be forthcoming within 28 days from
receipt (by 11 August).
Best regards
Michelle Hunt
Access to Information Co-ordinator
Communication & Information Governance
Children, Families & Education Directorate
Kent County Council
Room 2.35, Sessions House
Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ
External: 01622 696692
Internal: 7000 6692
Email: [email address]
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Kent County Council
19 August 2009
Ben Fulton
Locum Legal Adviser
Legal and Democratic Services, Kent County Council
Sessions House, County Hall
Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ
T. 01622 696120 F. 01622 694498
[1]www.kent.gov.uk/Legal
This communication may contain advice or information, that attracts legal
professional privilege and may be exempt from disclosure under the Data
Protection Act 1998 or the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Accordingly
do not disclose this communication to a third party without first taking
legal advice from the sender.
References
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1. http://www.kent.gov.uk/Legal
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Mr D Ferguson (Account suspended) left an annotation (17 June 2009)
You could ask how much money they are putting forward to recruit if you do not get a successful answer, after reading their posts this is highly likely.
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