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Social worker salary budget

Max Power made this Freedom of Information request to Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

The request was successful.

From: Max Power

16 April 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could you please provide me with details of the total amount of
money spent paying the salaries of all permanently employed social
workers within Edenvilla Childrens Home, Banbridge for the each of
the last five financial years? If you hold records could you also
provide the total amount spent on paying overtime for social
workers within Edenvilla Childrens Home and the total amount spent
paying non-permanent/agency social workers for the same time
period?

Please note that replies which involve attachments in proprietary
file formats (such as PDFs, Word Documents and others) are not
acceptable. A reply which is not in plain text format will be
deemed to be a refusal to answer.

Yours faithfully,

Max Power

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From: Haughey, Stephen
Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

20 April 2009

Dear Mr Power,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

I acknowledge your request which was received on 16th April 2009 requesting information held by the Trust.

Your request is currently being addressed and if approved you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000. For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. If any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your right of appeal.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release the information to you. You will also be informed if this is the case.

There may be a fee payable for the information you have requested. In this event the fee must be paid before the information is processed and the 20 working day time limit for responses will be suspended until receipt of the payment. I will write to you again to advise whether or not a fee is payable.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact the Head of Corporate Records at:

Southern Health & Social Care Trust

Ferndale

Bannvale Site

10 Moyallen Road

Gilford

BT63 5JX

Email: [email address]

Tel: 028 38 833250

Fax: 028 38 832808

Many thanks

Stephen Haughey
Corporate Records Manager
Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Tel: 38833341

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From: Wright, Elaine
Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

15 May 2009


Attachment FOI 102 Mr Power 140509 signed version.pdf
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Dear Mr Power
Please find attached FOI response.
Many thanks.
Kind regards, Elaine

Mrs Elaine Wright
PA to Mr Colm Donaghy, Chief Executive
Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Tele: (028) 3861 3960

This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Southern Health and Social Care Trust. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender.

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From: Max Power

15 May 2009

Dear Wright, Elaine,

Thank you for your prompt reply to my request. However I am unable
to read it due to the file format you sent it in. In my original
message I said:

"Please note that replies which involve attachments in proprietary
file formats (such as PDFs, Word Documents and others) are not
acceptable. A reply which is not in plain text format will be
deemed to be a refusal to answer."

You have sent me a PDF file, a format I specifically mentioned as
being unacceptable. I am unable to read this format and require the
response to be delivered to me in plain text format. Please resend
your reply as plain text so I can read it, or I will have to
proceed with an internal review.

Yours sincerely,

Max Power

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From: Wright, Elaine
Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

15 May 2009


Attachment FOI 102 Mr Power 140509.doc
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Attachment 20090514 FOI102Response Word V1 CR.doc
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Dear Mr Power
Please find as requested.
Kind regards, Elaine

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From: Max Power

15 May 2009

Dear Wright, Elaine,

This is not at all what I requested - its a Word Document. Please
read what I wrote in my original request

"Please note that replies which involve attachments in proprietary
file formats (such as PDFs, Word Documents and others) are not
acceptable. A reply which is not in plain text format will be
deemed to be a refusal to answer."

Plain text is ordinary inline text inside an email, or a .txt
attachment. If you do not know what this is please read the
Wikipedia article on Text files, at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_file

I require your response in this format because I'm visually
impaired and require the response to be delivered in a format my
screen reader software is compatible with.

Yours sincerely,

Max Power

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From: Wright, Elaine
Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

15 May 2009

Dear Mr Power
Please find below the information you requested.
I trust this is satisfactory and you are able to access it.
Kind regards, Elaine

Our Ref: CD/ew/FOI 102/2009

14 May 2009

By email: request 10462 [email address]

Dear Mr Power

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Your request for information regarding the salaries of Social Workers within Edenvilla Children's Home has now been considered and the information requested is enclosed.

If you are unhappy as to how this request has been handled, you should write to Mrs Claire Graham, the FOI lead for the Trust.

If, after receiving a response, you remain unhappy, you can refer your complaint to the Information Commissioner. It is important to note that if you refer any matter to the Information Commissioner, you will need to show evidence of having gone through the Trust's complaints procedure to try to resolve the matter with the Trust in the first instance.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact Mrs Claire Graham, Head of Corporate Records at the following address:
Mrs Claire Graham
Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Ferndale, Bannvale Site
10 Moyallen Road
Gilford
BT63 5JX

Tel: 028 38 833250
Fax: 028 38 832808
Email: [email address]

Yours sincerely

COLM DONAGHY
CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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Could you please provide me with details of the total amount of money spent paying the salaries of all permanently employed social workers within Edenvilla Children's Home, Banbridge for the each of the last five financial years?

2004/05
Costs of all social workers (permanent and temp) salaries: £305k

Cost of all social workers (permanent and temp) overtime: £10.6k

Cost of agency staff: £nil

2005/06
Costs of all social workers (permanent and temp) salaries: £298k

Cost of all social workers (permanent and temp) overtime: £15.2k

Cost of agency staff: £nil

2006/07
Costs of all social workers (permanent and temp) salaries: £347k

Cost of all social workers (permanent and temp) overtime: £18.4k

Cost of agency staff: £nil

2007/08
Costs of all social workers (permanent and temp) salaries: £397k

Cost of all social workers (permanent and temp) overtime: £27k

Cost of agency staff: £nil

2008/09
Costs of all social workers (permanent and temp) salaries: £468k

Cost of all social workers (permanent and temp) overtime: £28k

Cost of agency staff: £nil

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From: Max Power

18 May 2009

Dear Wright, Elaine,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

Yours sincerely,

Max Power

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