Social Work waiting times

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Dear South Lanarkshire Council,

I am requesting information on the times people who have been referred for a cca wait for this to be started
I am requesting this information over the last 12 months and would ask for a breakdown of the following for each locality

1 - how many referrals each month over last 12 months came in for a full cca
, broken down by area

how many of these referrals was allocated a worker within one month to start the assessment

how many people waited more than one month for allocation of worker for full cca

how many people waited for longer than two months for allocation of worker for full cca

how many people waiting longer than 3 months for allocation of worker for full cca

how many people waited for longer than 4 months for allocation of worker for full cca

at date within current month hoe many people are on a waiting list for an assessment of full cca.

Yours faithfully,

Pete Simpson

Cranston, Wendy, South Lanarkshire Council

Dear Mr Simpson

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information, received on 13 May 2019.

We are dealing with your request. We will issue a full response as soon as possible, but no later than 11 June 2019. If you have requested that we respond to you by mail, please allow time for postage.

Regards

Wendy Cranston
Team Leader (Performance, Governance and Planning)
South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership
Council Offices, Floor 9
Almada Street, Hamilton ML3 0AA
Tel. No.: 01698 453727
Fax. No.: 01698 453784
Email: [email address]
Website: www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
Website: www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk

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Cranston, Wendy, South Lanarkshire Council

Dear Mr Simpson

 

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Request for Information

 

I refer to your request for information received on 13 May 2019 in which
you asked the Council for the following information:

 

I am requesting information on the times people who have been referred for
a cca wait for this to be started I am requesting this information over
the last 12 months and would ask for a breakdown of the following for each
locality

 

1 - how many referrals each month over last 12 months came in for a full
cca , broken down by area

 

how many of these referrals was allocated a worker within one month to
start the assessment

 

how many people waited more than one month for allocation of worker for
full cca

 

how many people waited for longer than two months for allocation of worker
for full cca

 

how many people waiting longer than 3 months for allocation of worker for
full cca

 

how many people waited for longer than 4 months for allocation of worker
for full cca

 

at date within current month hoe many people are on a waiting list for an
assessment of full cca.

 

 

Clarification of request

 

Please note that the Council cannot accept your request because you did
not describe the information adequately. Can you please advise what you
mean by cca? Please either rephrase your request or supply more detail
about the information that you want.

 

As soon as we receive your clarification, we will deal with your request.
We will respond to you within 20 working days.

 

Request for Review

 

The Council has a Review Panel to deal with complaints from people who are
not happy about the way that it has handled their request. Staff not
involved in the original decision will handle any review.

 

If you want to complain, you can ask the Review Panel to look at the way
that we have dealt with your request. It will consider whether we have
complied with the requirements of FOISA. Please note that if you wish to
complain, you must do so by 10 August 2019.  You must explain why you are
not happy when requesting a review.

 

Please note that the Review Panel cannot look at any decisions taken by
the Council or actions of the Council or any of its employees or a service
provided by it that are not connected to the handling for request for
information.

 

You should send your request for a review to:

            Mr. W. Dunn

            Information Compliance Manager

            Finance and Corporate Resources

            Floor 11

            Council Offices

Almada Street

Hamilton

ML3 0AA

 

Alternatively, you can request a review at
[1][email address].

 

Appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner

 

If you are not happy with the outcome of the review, you can complain to
the Scottish Information Commissioner.  The Commissioner will decide
whether we have dealt with your request properly. Please see the
Commissioner’s website at [2]www.itspublicknowledge.info for further
details.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Wendy Cranston

Team Leader (Performance, Governance and Planning)

South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership

Council Offices, Floor 9

Almada Street, Hamilton ML3 0AA

Tel. No.: 01698 453727

Fax. No.: 01698 453784

Email: [3][email address]

Website: [4]www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk

Website: [5]www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk

 

 

South Lanarkshire Council

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Dear Cranston, Wendy,

As I sure you are aware the term CCA is widely used by social work to mean community care assessment, going back to legislation as per the assessment process which came from the Community Care Act.

To clarify the information requested means anyone who has been referred to the social work department for allocation of a worker for an assessment of need

Yours sincerely,

Pete Simpson

Cranston, Wendy, South Lanarkshire Council

Dear Mr Simpson

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 Request for Information

Thank you for your clarification in relation to your request for information, received on 28 May 2019.

We are dealing with your request. We will issue a full response as soon as possible, but no later than 25 June 2019.

Regards

Wendy Cranston
Team Leader (Performance, Governance and Planning)
South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership
Council Offices, Floor 9
Almada Street, Hamilton ML3 0AA
Tel. No.: 01698 453727
Fax. No.: 01698 453784
Email: [email address]
Website: www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
Website: www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk

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Dear South Lanarkshire Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of South Lanarkshire Council's handling of my FOI request 'Social Work waiting times'.

I made the request and was asked for clarification which I then responded to. Still waiting for this information which is overdue. I did receive an email promot requesting further clarification but no actual letter received.

I now feel this request has been delayed to avoid releasing this information

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

Yours faithfully,

Pete Simpson

Lawson, Hazel, South Lanarkshire Council

Dear Mr Simpson,

Thank you for your email of 1 July .

The Council is processing your request for a review. It will advise you of the outcome of the review no later than 29 July 2019.

Staff not involved in the original decision will handle the review.

If you are not happy about the outcome of the review, you can appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner. The Commissioner will decide whether the Council has dealt with your request properly.

For further details, please see the Commissioner’s website at www.itspublicknowledge.info.

Yours sincerely

Hazel Lawson
Legal Services Manager
Contracts & Conveyancing Team
Administration & Legal Services
11th Floor
Almada Street
Hamilton
ML3 0AA

Phone: 01698 454559
Fax: 01698 455035
Email: [email address]
Council Website: www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk

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Millar, Jacqueline, South Lanarkshire Council

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Dear Mr Simpson

I apologise for the delay in responding to you.  Please find attached
FOISA response.

Regards

 

Jacqueline Millar

Administration Officer - Directorate

South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership

Council Offices

Floor 9

Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0AA

Tel No: 01698 454362

Fax No: 01698 453784

Email: [2][email address]

Website: [3]www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk

Website: [4]www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk

 

From: "Millar, Jacqueline"
[mailto:[email address]]
Sent: 18 July 2019 13:02
To: Millar, Jacqueline <[email address]>
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South Lanarkshire Council

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Dear Millar, Jacqueline,

Still waiting on internal revenue which is way overdue due to delay of request and concerns around the delays. This is now further escalated as the council alleges it does not hold some of the information

Yours sincerely,

Pete Simpson

Millar, Jacqueline, South Lanarkshire Council

Link: [1]File-List

Thank you for your email.

I am currently out of the office returning on Wednesday 21 August 2019 at
1:15pm.

My working pattern is Wednesday PM, Thursday, Friday.

 

If your email cannot wait until my return, please contact Wendy Cranston
on 01698 453787 or email [2][email address] who
will assist you in my absence.

Thanks

 

South Lanarkshire Council

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Dear South Lanarkshire Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of South Lanarkshire Council's handling of my FOI request 'Social Work waiting times'.

As per previous communication still waiting on internal review. Made a request for this when the information was well overdue and also want to request review that some of the information is allegedly not held. Remain unhappy around the delays to provide the information including requesting clarification, anyone social work team is well aware what a CCA is and believe this was a delay tactic.

Looking for this to be dealt with as soon as possible as my initial request for internal review is already well overdue

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

Yours faithfully,

Pete Simpson

Hamilton, Lynne FIN, South Lanarkshire Council

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Dear Mr Simpson

 

Please see attached response to your FOI request from Paul Manning

 

Thanks

 

 

Lynne Hamilton

Secretary to Executive Director of Finance & Corporate Resources

South Lanarkshire Council

Floor 4, Finance & Corporate Resources

Council Offices

Almada Street

Hamilton

ML3 0AA

 

Telephone: 01698 454622

Email: [1][email address]

Website: [2]www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk

 

South Lanarkshire Council

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