Agency Spend and Social Work Organisational Structure
Dear City of Edinburgh Council,
1. Please can you provide the recruitment agency spend on Social Workers from April 2019 – March 2020.
2. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each social work service team and department in broken down by:
a) Adult Services
b) Children and Families Services
c) Criminal Justice
3. Please can you provide the social work managers names, phone numbers and email addresses for the individual teams from question 2.
4. Please can you provide an organisational structure for the management hierarchy.
Yours faithfully,
Leah Rowley
Ms Leah Rowley
Our ref: 28017
Dear Ms Rowley
Acknowledgement of Request
Subject: Agency Spend and Social Work Organisational Structure
Thank you for your request for information which was received on 21/05/2020. In your request you asked for the following;
1. Please can you provide the recruitment agency spend on Social Workers from April 2019 – March 2020.
2. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each social work service team and department in broken down by:
a) Adult Services
b) Children and Families Services
c) Criminal Justice
3. Please can you provide the social work managers names, phone numbers and email addresses for the individual teams from question 2.
4. Please can you provide an organisational structure for the management hierarchy.
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Ms Leah Rowley
[FOI #666376 email]
Our ref: 28017
Dear Ms Rowley
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Release of Information
Subject: Agency Spend and Social Work Organisational Structure
Thank you for your request for information of 21/05/2020 which has been
processed and considered under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002. The information is provided below.
1. Please can you provide the recruitment agency spend on Social Workers
from April 2019 – March 2020.
£469,100.23
2. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each
social work service team and department in broken down by:
a) Adult Services
b) Children and Families Services
c) Criminal Justice
3. Please can you provide the social work managers names, phone numbers
and email addresses for the individual teams from question 2.
4. Please can you provide an organisational structure for the management
hierarchy.
In response to questions 2, 3 and 4, please see the attached
organisational charts.
Telephone numbers for local offices can be found on our website at the
following link: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/contact.
To promote transparency and accountability, please note it is the
Council’s policy to publish all request details and responses made under
the freedom of information legislation. This information will be made
available through the Council’s website and will not include your personal
details. The disclosure log is available at the following link:
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/homepage/10...
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resolve this issue.)
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