Safeguarding Adults Co-ordinator Closing Date 26 June 2009 at Midday Reference: KASS/09/0258

Dear Ms Quinn
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 1st
September 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/09/912 - 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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Dear Ms. Quinn

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000- REQUEST
FOR INFORMATION

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

I am now able to provide the following response to your questions
relating to the Safeguarding Adults Co-ordinators post.

1) How many people applied?
We had 11 applicants.

2) How many people got short listed for interview?
3 people were short listed.

and a copy of.

3) The actual questions used in the interview(s) for this post,
including a copy of the document/form or documents/forms used to
record the interviewees responses, in addition to scoring or
evaluating any interviewee's responses.

With reference to our response to question 5, it is currently
necessary to withhold this information as an appointment has yet to be
secured. Disclosure at this point in time would risk undermining any
subsequent recruitment to this post. Therefore this information is
currently exempt from disclosure under Section 43(1) (prejudice to
commercial interest of KCC) of the Freedom of Information Act.

However, I would like to invite you to make a new request for
this information once an appointment has been made.

4) A copy of any document/form or documents/forms used to shortlist
candidates for this post.

See response to question 3: this information is currently exempt
from disclosure under Section 43(1) (prejudice to commercial interest
of KCC) of the Freedom of Information Act.

5) Was anyone recruited for the post, and

No appointment was made. The post has been re-advertised.
Reference: KASS/09/0363 with a closing date of 28th August 2009.

5.1) Was the successful candidate already an employee or agency
worker, or an external one? See above

6) A copy of any actual Case study or computer or paper based
exercise/task used in the interview(s) or recruitment for this
specific post, in addition to any document/form or documents/forms
used for scoring or evaluating any interviewee's exercise/task.

See response to question 3: this information is currently exempt
from disclosure under Section 43(1) (prejudice to commercial interest
of KCC) of the Freedom of Information Act

7) What was the Job Title or Designation of all those who conducted or
participated in the interview(s) for this particular post.

Participants included the Locality Team Manager, Personnel
Manager and Safeguarding Adults Co-ordinator.

I hope the information we have been able to provide satisfies your
request. If you have a query with the information provided, please do
not hesitate in contacting me.

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
http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...
s/complaints-procedure.htm#foi on our website. Please quote reference
FOI/09/912.

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
http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/freedom...

Yours sincerely

Sandra Town
Information Governance Co-ordinator
Policy & Service Standards Unit
Kent Adult Social Services
3rd Floor, Brenchley House, Maidstone
01622 221790
7000 1790

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