Children's Social Workers by Nationality

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Dear West Berkshire Council,

Please can you provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

1. The total number of Children’s Social Workers employed permanently by the Council as of the 29th April 2019?
2. A breakdown by Nationality of the Children’s Social Workers employed permanently i.e. United Kingdom 100, Australian 36 etc.?
3. The total number of Children’s Social Workers currently employed permanently for which the local authority have sponsored their visa (certificate of sponsorship) to work for the local authority?

Yours faithfully,

Mr P T Read

foi, West Berkshire Council

FOI/2019/574

 

Dear Mr Read

 

Request for information: Children’s Social  Workers

 

Thank you for your request received on 21 May 2019; we will seek to
respond within twenty working days.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Rachel Craggs

Principal Policy Officer (Information Management)

Legal & Strategic Support, West Berkshire Council, Council Offices, Market
Street, Newbury RG14 5LD

(01635) 519441  |  Ext 2441  |  [1][email address]

[2]www.westberks.gov.uk

 

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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Children's Social Workers by
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Dear West Berkshire Council,

Please can you provide the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act:

1. The total number of Children’s Social Workers employed permanently by
the Council as of the 29th April 2019?
2. A breakdown by Nationality of the Children’s Social Workers employed
permanently i.e. United Kingdom 100, Australian 36 etc.?
3. The total number of Children’s Social Workers currently employed
permanently for which the local authority have sponsored their visa
(certificate of sponsorship) to work for the local authority?

Yours faithfully,

Mr P T Read

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foi, West Berkshire Council

FoI/2019/574

 

Dear Mr Read

 

Request for information: Children’s Social Workers

 

Please see below the Council’s response to your request for information.

 

You have asked;

 

1.     The total number of Children’s Social Workers employed permanently
by the Council as of the 29th April 2019?

 

75

2. A breakdown by Nationality of the Children’s Social Workers employed
permanently i.e. United Kingdom 100, Australian 36 etc.?

 

     

British 69
Italian 1
Romanian 2
Ugandan 1
South
African 1
Zimbabwean 1
75

3. The total number of Children’s Social Workers currently employed
permanently for which the local authority have sponsored their visa
(certificate of sponsorship) to work for the local authority?

1

 

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled or the
outcome of your request, you may ask for an internal review. You should
contact The FoI Reviewing Officer, Strategic Support, Council Offices,
Market Street, Newbury RG14 5LD, email [1][email address] , within 40
working days, if you wish to request a review.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Suzi Kenchington 

Information Compliance Officer

Legal and Strategic Support,

West Berkshire Council, Council Offices, Market Street, Newbury, RG14 5LD

email:  [2][email address]

' 01635 519860 (external)      '  2860 (internal)      

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From: Mr P T Read [[3]mailto:[FOI #577825 email]]
Sent: 21 May 2019 09:33
To: foi <[4][West Berkshire Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Children's Social Workers by
Nationality

 

This is an EXTERNAL EMAIL. STOP. THINK before you CLICK links or OPEN
attachments.

Dear West Berkshire Council,

Please can you provide the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act:

1. The total number of Children’s Social Workers employed permanently by
the Council as of the 29th April 2019?
2. A breakdown by Nationality of the Children’s Social Workers employed
permanently i.e. United Kingdom 100, Australian 36 etc.?
3. The total number of Children’s Social Workers currently employed
permanently for which the local authority have sponsored their visa
(certificate of sponsorship) to work for the local authority?

Yours faithfully,

Mr P T Read

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