Housing, Education & Social Work

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Dear Powys Council,

1. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each Social Work, Housing and Education (incl Teaching Staff) in the Council

2. Please can you provide the Social Work, Housing and Education Team Leaders and Service managers names for the Council per social work team, housing team and education team.

3. Please can you provide the total number of qualified Social Work, qualified Housing and Education professionals currently working on an agency (recruitment) basis at the Council (Including Management Consultants if applicable).

4. Please can you list the names of all recruitment agencies currently supplying the Council with agency social work and agency

Yours faithfully,

Dave Smith

FOI Queries, Powys County Council

September 22, 2011

 

Person Dealing:   Andrea Hughson

Direct Dial:      01597 827512

 

Dear Mr. Smith,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

Reference No: F-2011-00557

 

Thank you for your request for information received by Powys County
Council on September 21, 2011 concerning  qualified Social Workers and
qualified Housing and Education professionals.

 

To assist us with processing your request and providing you with the
information to which you are entitled, can you please provide me with the
following clarification of your request:

 

1. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each
Social Work, Housing and Education (incl Teaching Staff) in  the Council

 

Can you please confirm that you are requesting the contact details of all
staff working in these areas?

            

3. Please can you provide the total number of qualified Social Work,
qualified Housing and Education professionals currently  working on an
agency (recruitment) basis at the Council (Including Management
Consultants if applicable).

    

To assist us in providing an appropriate response to this request, can you
please define Housing and Educations professionals.

 

 4. Please can you list the names of all recruitment agencies currently
supplying the Council with agency social work and agency

 

This question appears to be incomplete. Can you please resubmit this part
of your request.

 

After receiving your reply, your request will then be considered and you
will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale as
defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt. If you
choose not to respond then your request will remain unanswered.

 

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of
the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and
the delivery timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from
you. If you chose not to make a payment then your request will remain
unanswered.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council and look forward to your response.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

Andrea Hughson

Rheolwr Cofnodion a Chydymffurfiaeth

Records & Compliance Manager

 

_________________________________________

 

Powys County Council

Information Management

Unit 29, Ddole Road Enterprise Park

Llandrindod Wells

Powys

LD1 6DF

01597 827512

 

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Dear FOI Queries,

1. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each Social Work, Housing and Education (incl Teaching Staff) in the Council

Can you please confirm that you are requesting the contact details of all staff working in these areas?

A: I am looking for the contact details of staff who hire agency staff (Social work, housing & Education) or have the potential to hire agency staff.

3. Please can you provide the total number of qualified Social Work, qualified Housing and Education professionals currently working on an agency (recruitment) basis at the Council (Including Management Consultants if applicable).

To assist us in providing an appropriate response to this request, can you please define Housing and Educations professionals.

A: Diploma in Housing - GTC Registered posts.

4. Please can you list the names of all recruitment agencies currently supplying the Council with agency social work and agency housing and agency education.

Yours sincerely,

Dave Smith

FOI Queries, Powys County Council

September 28, 2011

 

Person Dealing:   Andrea Hughson

Direct Dial:      01597 827512

 

Dear Mr. Smith,

 

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

Reference No: F-2011-00557

 

With reference to your request for information, received at this office on
September 21, 2011, concerning qualified Social Workers and qualified
Housing and Education professionals currently working on an agency
(recruitment) basis at Powys County Council. Thank you for the
clarification of your request which was received on 26th September 2011.

 

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject
to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third
party. In some circumstances Powys County Council may be unable to achieve
this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised
time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

 

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of
the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and
the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment
from you. If you choose not to make a payment then your request will
remain unanswered.

 

Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to
another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest
possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

 

The due date for responding to this request for information is October 21,
2011.

 

Should you need to discuss this further please contact the officer dealing
with your request as identified at the beginning of this letter or
Information Management on 01597 827512 / 7513.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrea Hughson

Rheolwr Cofnodion a Chydymffurfiaeth

Records & Compliance Manager

 

_________________________________________

 

Powys County Council

Information Management

Unit 29, Ddole Road Enterprise Park

Llandrindod Wells

Powys

LD1 6DF

01597 827512

 

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Andrea Hughson, Powys County Council

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October 21, 2011

 

Person Dealing:     Andrea Hughson

Direct Dial:               01597 827512

 

Dear Mr. Smith,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

Reference No: F-2011-00557

 

Thank you for your request for information, received at this office on
September 21, 2011, in which you requested details of qualified Social
Workers, qualified Housing and Education professionals currently working
on an agency (recruitment) basis at the Council and those staff members
with the potential to hire agency staff.

 

This is to inform you that your request has been considered and I can
provide the following response:

 

1. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each
Social Work, Housing and Education (incl Teaching Staff) in the Council. I
am looking for the contact details of staff who hire agency staff (Social
Work, Housing & Education) or have the potential to hire agency staff.

 

Social Work

 

Please see the attached list, at Appendix 1

 

The identity of the Senior Managers with responsibility for hiring agency
staff have been made available for you in response to your request. The
identity of the more junior members of staff cannot be disclosed to you.
These members of staff would not expect their identity to be disclosed in
response to a request and therefore it would not be fair to do so. This
information is exempt from disclosure in accordance with Section 40(2) of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Housing

 

Ian Fraser [1][email address]. Housing Services Manager

0845 6027030 or 01597 827460

 

David Roffey [2][email address] Housing Operations Manager

0845 6027030 or 01597 827460

 

Dafydd Evans [3][email address] Housing Strategy Manager

0845 6027030 or 01597 827460

 

Neal Parry [4][email address] Adaptations Manager

0845 6027030 or 01597 827460

 

Julian Preece [5][email address].uk  Housing Renewals and
Enforcement Manager 0845 6027030 or 01597 827460

 

Education

 

Douglas Wilson Head of Schools Service [6][email address]
  telephone number 01597 826422

 

As far as the Schools Service is concerned this rests with the above named
to give the final authorisation. However as far as the schools are
concerned the potential rests with the individual Head Teacher.

    

2. Please can you provide the Social Work, Housing and Education Team
Leaders and Service manager’s names for the Council per Social Work team,
Housing Team and Education Team.

 

Social Work

 

See the attached document – breakdown of teams at Appendix 2

 

Housing

 

As above for Housing and;

 

Steve Evans

Housing Management: Service Manager Housing Management & Community
Participation  

01639 846536

[7][email address]

 

Michelle Griffiths

(Rents), Service Manager Rents

01874 61 2291

[8][email address]

 

Adrian Jones

(Supported Housing), Supported Housing Manager

01597 82 7237

[9][email address]

 

Ian Pilcher

(Housing Estates and Property), Housing Estates and Property Manager

01938 55 1261

[10][email address]

 

Rob Powell (Homelessness Prevention and Housing Advice) Homelessness
Prevention and Support Manager

01597 82 7241

[11][email address]

 

Education

The Schools Service is led by an Executive Management Team and comprises
the following posts:

Head of Service

Name:   Douglas Wilson
Work Base:  Llandrindod Wells
Telephone No: 01597 826422
E-mail Address: [12][email address]

Senior Education Officer, North Powys

Name:   Ian Roberts
Work Base:  Newtown
Telephone No: 01686 614066
E-mail Address: [13][email address]

Senior Education Officer, Mid/South Powys

Name:   John Barker
Work Base:  Llandrindod Wells
Telephone No: 01597 826453
E-mail Address: [14][email address]

Senior Manager Central Support Services

Name:   Gareth Jones
Work Base:  Llandrindod Wells
Telephone No: 01597 826429
E-mail Address: [15][email address]

 

    

3. Please can you provide the total number of qualified Social Workers,
qualified Housing and Education professionals currently working on an
agency (recruitment) basis at the Council (Including  Management
Consultants if applicable). Educational and Housing professionals means
those with a Diploma in Housing and GTC Registered posts within Education.

 

Social Work

Nine

 

Housing

Nil

 

Education

 

There are currently no agency staff on the books of the Schools Service.
It is not known if any schools currently have agency staff on their books.

    

4. Please can you list the names of all recruitment agencies currently
supplying the Council with agency social workers and agency housing and
agency education.

 

Social Care

 

Sanctuary Personnel via Matrix
Randstad Care
SCP (Strategic Commissioning Partners)
Smart Sourcing
Independent
Timothy James Consulting

 

Housing

N/A

 

Education

N/A

 

We believe that this request is now complete and shall be closed
immediately. Should any further information be requested regarding this
topic, a separate request will need to be submitted.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

Andrea Hughson

Rheolwr Cofnodion a Chydymffurfiaeth

Records & Compliance Manager

 

 

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your request and wish to make a complaint, please contact Information
Management. Our complaints procedure is available on request or on our
website.

 

If you are still not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to
the Information Commissioner, who is the statutory regulator. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone 01625 545 700

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 _________________________________________

 

Powys County Council

Information Management

Unit 29, Ddole Road Enterprise Park

Llandrindod Wells

Powys

LD1 6DF

01597 827512

 

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