Adult's Services Request

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Dear Sunderland City Council,

I would like to establish some information regarding the use for agency labour staff within adult’s services and would be grateful if you could answer the following questions for me:

1. In relation to the current master vendor contract in place for the supply of temporary workers, how many qualified social work professionals do you current have in post across Adult Services? This is in relation to the provision of social workers, senior practitioners, assistant team managers, team managers and service managers within Adult Services (referred to from now on as “QSWPs”)

2. In the event that you are unable to source suitably qualified QSWPs from the master vendor do you deal directly with other recruitment agencies who can fill your vacancies on an off framework basis?

3. In the event that you have vacancies filled by other suppliers, how many temporary QSWPs do you currently have deployed across Adult Services on an off framework basis (please provide total numbers by SUPPLIER)?

4. In the event that you have vacancies filled by other suppliers, please provide the NUMBER and GRADE of QSWPs working on a temporary off framework basis by DEPARTMENT?

5. In the event that you have vacancies filled by other suppliers, please provide the range of supplier CHARGE RATES and corresponding GRADE of QSWPs currently working on an off framework agency basis?

6. How much agency QSWP spend has there been outside of the master vendor contract from 6th April 2016 to 31st January 2017?

Yours faithfully,

James P King

Solicitor - Freedom of Information, Sunderland City Council

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Re: Your request for information concerning:

 

Agency Labour staff within Adult’s Services.

 

The Council aims to provide available information promptly and in any
event within 20 working days, unless, exceptionally, there is a need to
consider whether the information is exempt from disclosure.

 

I will contact you again soon in connection with your request.

 

Please quote the reference below if you contact the Council regarding this
request.

 

Customer Request Number:  17-02-90

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OCEFOI, Sunderland City Council

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Dear James P King,

 

I refer to your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  I can confirm that the Council does hold this
information, as detailed below.

 

I would like to establish some information regarding the use for agency
labour staff within adult’s services and would be grateful if you could
answer the following questions for me:

1.In relation to the current master vendor contract in place for the
supply of temporary workers, how many qualified social work professionals
do you current have in post across Adult Services? This is in relation to
the provision of social workers, senior practitioners, assistant team
managers, team managers and service managers within Adult Services
(referred to from now on as “QSWPs”)

7 Social Workers (Adults) through the main De Poel contract

1 Team Manager (Adults Social Work) the main De Poel contract

 

2. In the event that you are unable to source suitably qualified QSWPs
from the master vendor do you deal directly with other recruitment
agencies who can fill your vacancies on an off framework basis?

None within the last 12 months

 

3. In the event that you have vacancies filled by other suppliers, how
many temporary QSWPs do you currently have deployed across Adult Services
on an off framework basis (please provide total numbers by SUPPLIER)?

None

 

4. In the event that you have vacancies filled by other suppliers, please
provide the NUMBER and GRADE of QSWPs working on a temporary off framework
basis by DEPARTMENT?

Not applicable

 

5. In the event that you have vacancies filled by other suppliers, please
provide the range of supplier CHARGE RATES and corresponding GRADE of
QSWPs currently working on an off framework agency basis?

Not applicable

 

Question

6. How much agency QSWP spend has there been outside of the master vendor
contract from 6th April 2016 to 31st January 2017?

£0

 

I hope this is satisfactory.  If, however, you are dissatisfied with our
response to your request for information, you can ask for the decision to
be reviewed in reply to this letter.  The review will be removed from the
Directorate and coordinated by the Council’s Information Governance
Officer.   A request for review should be directed, by email to
[1][Sunderland City Council request email], by post or by hand addressed to;
Information Governance Officer, Governance Services, Civic Centre, PO Box
100, Sunderland SR2 7DN.

 

You are of course entitled to apply to the Information Commissioner at any
time, although the Commissioner will not usually investigate until the
public authority’s internal review procedure has been concluded.

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Steve Hanratty

Business Development Manager

Economy and Place Directorate

Sunderland City Council

Tel: 0191 5617808

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