Dear Mr Hamilton,

FOI request: FOI-1671

Thank you for your request dated 04/04/2024

Your request will be answered by 02/05/2024

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.

Yours sincerely,

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

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Dear Mr Hamilton,

Freedom of Information request:  FOI-1671

Thank you for your request dated 04/04/2024

Our response is as follows: 

​​Please provide the following information.

- Total amount spent on temporary/agency social workers in each of the
financial years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24

Financial Year Children’s SW Spend
21/22 £3.24m
22/23 £5.13m
23/24 £6.73m

- The total number of children's social worker posts for each of the
calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023 and the peak number of vacant posts in
each of those years

Calendar Year Children’s Social Workers
2021 201
2022 174
2023 172

We do not hold the peak number of vacant posts.

- The number of children's social workers that joined the Council's
employment in each of the calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023

Calendar Year Children’s Social Workers

New Starters
2021 18
2022 16
2023 28

- The number of children's social workers that left the employment of the
Council in each of the calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Calendar Year Children’s Social Workers

Leavers
2021 26
2022 48
2023 29

If you have any queries about this correspondence, please contact me,
quoting the reference number above.  

If you are not satisfied with our response to your request, you can ask
for an Internal Review.  Internal review requests must be submitted within
two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original
request.  If you wish to do this, please contact us in writing, setting
out why you are dissatisfied.  

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. 
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Internal Review procedure provided by the Council. You can contact the ICO
by emailing [1][email address], or by post at Customer Contact,
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF. 

Yours sincerely, 

David White 

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services 

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central 

Royal Borough of Greenwich 

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ 

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From: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 3:43 PM
To: 'James Hamilton' <[FOI #1112782 email]>
Cc: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Subject: FOI-1671: Freedom of Information request - Children's Social
Workers

Dear Mr Hamilton,

FOI request: FOI-1671

Thank you for your request dated 04/04/2024

Your request will be answered by 02/05/2024

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.

Yours sincerely,

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

8 [3]www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk

ü Please consider the environment before printing this email

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