Amina Dayal
Information Officer
Customer Resolution Team
Housing and Modernisation
Lincoln Rogers
Via email
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Date: 18 August 2021
Ref: 2714542
Dear Lincoln Rogers
Re: Information Request
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 06 August 2021.
This information is being provided as a statutory obligation under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.
Your request Can you please provide me with up-to-date information for the following questions:
1. How many teams are there are in Southwark's Adult Social Work Service? Also, what
are the teams’ names? For example, Mental Health Team, Learning Disabilities Team
etc.
2. How many Locum workers are working for the authority in adult social work?
3. How many recruitment companies does Southwark have on their preferred supplier list
to find Social Workers? What are the companies names?
4. The full directory list of Senior Management, Service Managers and Team Managers in
adult social work teams.
Our response
1. Under section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to
a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The Council publishes its
structure chart on our website and this can be accessed via the link below.
https:/ www.southwark.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/about-southwark-
council?chapter=2
Information on the team names can be found on the structure charts for Adults Social
Care using the link below:
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http:/ orgstructure.southwark.gov.uk/publishedcharts/orgstructure.Southwark.dll?Fram
e&top=7&style=3&dril =1&group_chart=0&levels=2&file=orgstructure.Southwark.ocs&
GROUPDEF=&SEARCH_SORT=7&SEARCH_SORT_DIR=1&SEARCH_PAGE=1&SE
ARCH_UNDER=0&SEARCH_OFFSET=0&SEARCH_PAGE_OFFSET=0&ZOC_DIMM
ING=0&
2. 32 as at 5 July 2021
3. The council has a single agreement with Comensura for the supply of agency workers
who are engaged on a vendor neutral basis. The latter means that the council does
not have a direct relationship with employment businesses/ agencies nor does it hold a
list of those supplying.
4. Information on some Council officers, such as those in senior positions, wil be
published ad-hoc on our website and can be accessed by searching their job title. The
Council does not publish details of all staff, as information on junior officers is
considered personal data. Information on post holders whose details have not already
been published has been withheld pursuant to section 40 of the Freedom of
Information Act. Section 40 is an absolute exemption and doesn’t require consideration
of the public interest test.
Please note that under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations
2003 Southwark Council ask not to receive unsolicited marketing communications.
You are free to use the information provided for your own purposes, including any non-
commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use,
for example commercial publication, requires the permission of the copyright holder. If you
have any queries or concerns then please contact us using the above details.
Your rights
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an
internal review. You should request this review within two months of receiving this response,
by contacting
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of your appeal you may apply directly to the
Information Commissioner for a decision. General y, the Information Commissioner cannot
make a decision unless you have first exhausted our internal appeal procedure and you
should contact her within two months of the outcome of the internal review. Further
information on the Freedom of Information Act is available through the Information
Commissioner’s website at
www.ico.org.uk
Yours sincerely
Amina Dayal
Information Officer
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