Children's Social Workers by Nationality

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Dear Buckinghamshire County 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

Freedom of Information Mailbox, Buckinghamshire County Council

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Dear Mr Read

 

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

RFI-5126

 

Thank you for contacting Buckinghamshire County Council.

 

Your request for information regarding Children’s Social Workers has now
been considered and our response is as follows

1. The total number of Children’s Social Workers employed permanently by
the Council as of the 29th April 2019?
218 occupied posts as of 30th April

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

Please refer to the table below

+----------------------------+
|  | |
| | |
|Nationality |Total |
|------------------+---------|
|Belgian |1 |
|------------------+---------|
|British |191 |
|------------------+---------|
|German |1 |
|------------------+---------|
|Ghanian |1 |
|------------------+---------|
|Indian |4 |
|------------------+---------|
|Irish |3 |
|------------------+---------|
|Mauritian |1 |
|------------------+---------|
|Portuguese |1 |
|------------------+---------|
|Rumanian |8 |
|------------------+---------|
|South African |1 |
|------------------+---------|
|Ugandan |2 |
|------------------+---------|
|Zimbabwean |4 |
+----------------------------+

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?

There are no children’s social workers on a sponsorship visa at
Buckinghamshire County Council.

 

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