Dear James  
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST - REF NO -
FOIS4559  (please quote in correspondence)
 
I acknowledge your request for information dated 05/04/2024
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Dear James Hamilton,

I refer to your request for information received
on 05/04/2024 concerning Children's Social Workers.

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

Spend on Children’s SWs: 

21/22 FY - £2,694,729.80

22/23 FY - £2,027,076.06

23/24 FY - £1,883,391.04

- 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

Total number of children social worker Number of vacant
posts/positions post/positions
2021 29 6
2022 37 9
2023 35 5

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

Total number of children social workers who joined the council
2021 29
2022 28
2023 41

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

Total number of children social workers that left employment
2021 27
2022 29
2023 20

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Cheryl Owolabi
Reward & Insight Team
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