Adult Review & Reassessment Provision

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Dear Staffordshire County Council,

Please can you provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:
How many reviews/reassessments were conducted during the period 01/01/16 to present by the following?
a. Council employed Social Workers/Reviewing Officers
b. Independent Social Workers/Reviewing Officers (not employed directly by the local authority)
c. Reviews/reassessments allocated to 3rd part recruitment agency contractors/contracts

Can you confirm how many Reviews/Reassessments to be undertaken are older the 12 months and fall outside of Care Act Compliance (Council Backlog)?
The Total budget spend on Reviews/Reassessment between 01/01/2016 to present, broken down to include:
a. The total council spend on Reviews/Reassessments split between Council employed Social Workers/Reviewing Officers, Independent Social Workers/Reviewing Officers and/or recruitment agencies for the period 01/01/2016 to present
b. Cost per Review/Reassessment for Council employed Social Workers/Reviewing Officers.
c. Cost per Review/Reassessment for Independent Social Workers/Reviewing Officers
d. Cost per Review/Reassessment for recruitment agency Social Workers/Reviewing Officers.

The Total Review/Reassessment team budget for 2017-2018?

Details of the current Review/Reassessment team members by name / job title and number of qualified Social Workers/Reviewing Officers working in your local authority. Please include contact details for the current Head of Adult Services and Review/Reassessment Team Manager

Yours faithfully,

Mr J D South

Freedom Of Information (IRU), Staffordshire County Council

Dear Mr J D South

Thank you for your request for information.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request please do not hesitate to contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind regards

Samantha

Freedom of Information
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Stafford,
ST16 2DH

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Dear Freedom Of Information (IRU),

Any News on my request?

Yours sincerely,

Mr J D South

Freedom Of Information (IRU), Staffordshire County Council

Dear Mr South

Thank you for your email below regarding your recent Freedom of Information request.

Apologies for the delay in response, I will be looking in to this for you.

We would normally expect to be able to deal with such matters within twenty working days. On some occasions it is not possible to answer this within twenty working days. If this is the case we will write to you again and explain any delay and when you can expect an answer. At present we have no reason to believe this matter cannot be dealt with within the timescale.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

Samantha
Freedom of Information
Information Governance Unit, Access Team

Postal Address:
Information Governance Unit,
Strategy, Governance & Change
Staffordshire Place 2,
Tipping Street,
Stafford,
ST16 2DH

Email: [Staffordshire County Council request email]
Website: www.staffordshire.gov.uk