Agency Usage
Dear Salford City 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 Recruitment
Recruitment:
5. What current formal arrangements are in place with regards to recruitment for Qualified Social Workers, Children’s Residential Recruitment, Children’s Services and Adult Services?
7. When are these agreements (contracts) due to expire and who is currently running the contract?
8. Who is the best person to speak to with regards to procurement?
Yours faithfully,
Movya Makambwe
Dear Movya,
I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request of 29
January 2012. I apologise for the delay in our response. You requested the
following information:
1. Provide the number of qualified social workers supplied through
recruitment agencies, analysed by Children and Adult services
In total 29 qualified social workers are engaged within the Children’s
Services Directorate pending permanent appointments to the teams. There
are no agency contracts currently in Adult Services Social Work teams.
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
No agency staff are used in any of these settings in either Children’s or
Adults services
3. Advise which of question 2 are expected to be closed in 2012?
None
4. Provide an organogram showing the Social Services Departments within
the Council
Please see the attached organisation charts.
Recruitment:
5. What current formal arrangements are in place with regards to
recruitment for
Qualified Social Workers, Children’s Residential Recruitment,
Children’s Services and
Adult Services?
All recruitment is under scrutiny to ascertain the need to fill posts,
however there is recruitment ongoing in key services within Children’s and
Adult Services. Within Children’s Services, a targeted recruitment
campaign is ongoing to recruit qualified Social Workers. All recruitment
activity is being carried out through the City Council’s own agreed
resources, and no external recruitment providers / agencies are being
engaged.
6. When are these agreements (contracts) due to expire and who is
currently running the
contract?
There are no contracts/agreements in relation to recruitment or
procurement of staff within the mentioned areas.
7. Who is the best person to speak to with regards to procurement?
Information about procurement is available on the council’s website at the
following link:
[1]http://www.salford.gov.uk/procurementstr...
The council considers it has fulfilled your Freedom of Information
request. However, if you are dissatisfied with the way your request has
been handled, or wish to appeal this decision, you may wish to contact
David Sackfield, Head of Business Support and Information Management,
Customer and Support Services Directorate; email:
[2][email address].
Details of how to lodge an appeal can be found at [3]www.salford.gov.uk.
If you are still dissatisfied following any internal appeal, you may wish
to contact the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF - [4]www.ico.gov.uk, Tel: 01625 545 700,
Fax: 01625 524 510.
Yours sincerely
Andrew van Damms
Principal Information Governance Officer
Business Support and Corporate Information Resource Team, ICT Services,
Customer and Support Services Directorate, Salford City Council, Third
Floor, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 5BY
T: 0161 793 3957 | F: 0161 794 5221 | E: [5][email address]
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