Recruitment of Social Workers

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

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews. This request is currently overdue a response
from Leeds City Council. By law, the response had to be prompt but
no later than 15 July 2009

I am writing to request an internal review of Leeds City 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

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

You have just created new information to respond to this request, I
was asking for existing information. Can you please provide copies
of all your internal policy and operational documents that inform
the recruitment of social workers.

The kind of response I consider was good can be seen at:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/kensi...

I am writing to request an internal review of Leeds City 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...

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copy of request

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.
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Yours faithfully,

Charlotte R Quinn

Dear Sir or Madam,

Here are further examples of how other Public authorities have
responded much more openly than you have thus far done

Tower Hamlets

4 substantial internal documents provided.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re...

Kensington and Chelsea

19 internal documents provided.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re...

In your Independent Review please advise why other Public
Authorities are providing far more information and not just
generating new information.

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte R Quinn