Agency Usage

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Dear Staffordshire County Council,

Can you please:

1. Provide the number of qualified social workers supplied through recruitment agencies, analysed by Children and Adult services

2. Provide information on the number of in-house residential units, day care centres and supported living settings currently using agency care / support workers, their locations, also analysed by Children’s and Adult Services

3. Advise which of question 2 are expected to be closed in 2012?

4. Provide an organogram showing the Social Services Departments
within the Council

Yours faithfully,

Movya Makambwe

Wiles, Michelle (L&D), Staffordshire County Council

Dear Ms Makambwe,
Thank you for your request as below.

Currently we are unable to identify the information you require.
Would you please be able to clarify if you want the number of social
workers currently being provided by agencies, or number used over the
last year (or similar).

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires that we deal with requests
such as this within 20 working days. We are not required to include any
time whilst waiting for clarification of a request. We will endeavour to
proceed with your request as soon as you supply the information
required. If we have not received a reply within three months we will
treat this request as cancelled.

Please contact me if you have any queries or require any advice and
assistance regarding this request.

Yours Sincerely

Michelle K Wiles

Access to Information Officer

Information Governance Unit

Wedgwood Building

Block A

Tipping Street

Stafford

ST16 2DH

Tel: 01785 85(4123)

Email: [email address]

www.staffordshire.gov.uk

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Dear Wiles, Michelle (L&D),

Thank you for your response. I would like to find out the the number of social workers currently being provided by agencies.

Yours sincerely,

Movya Makambwe

Wiles, Michelle (L&D), Staffordshire County Council

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Dear Ms Makambwe

Re Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 15th
January.

We have completed the search of our records and please find a copy of
the information you requested.

1.
A total of 75 agency staff were taken on in this area. 33 were Adults
area and 42 were Childrens area.

2.
140 Gloucester Road, Newcastle - Adults
Brookside, Wombourne - Adults
Meadowrythe, Tamworth - Adults
The Birches, Newcastle - Childrens
Shaping Futures, Stafford - Childrens
Rugeley Area Service Office - Childrens
The Alders, Tamworth - Childrens

3. N/A

4. Please see attached

If you have any queries or require any further information please do not
hesitate to contact me.

In the first instance if you have any comments relating to how your
request has been handled by our authority, please write to Philip Jones,
Head of Information Governance, Wedgwood Building, Block A, Tipping
Street, Stafford, ST16 2DH.

If you have any further comments relating to how your request has been
handled by our authority, please contact the Information Commissioner,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours Sincerely

Michelle K Wiles

Access to Information Officer

Information Governance Unit

Wedgwood Building

Block A

Tipping Street

Stafford

ST16 2DH

Tel: 01785 85(4123)

Email: [email address]

www.staffordshire.gov.uk

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