Children's Social Workers
Dear Lewisham Borough Council,
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
- 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
- The number of children's social workers that joined the Council's employment in each of the calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023
- The number of children's social workers that left the employment of the Council in each of the calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Yours faithfully,
James Hamilton
Dear James Hamilton,
Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Reference No: 23762617
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FOI Team
Information Security & Governance
Chief Executive’s Directorate
Lewisham Council
Dear James Hamilton.
We write in response to your Freedom of Information request: 23762617.
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