Job Reference Number: EY1671IT Senior Practitioners - Children, Young People & Familes Social Work Teams Closing Date: 26 June 2009

Charlotte R Quinn made this Freedom of Information request to Birmingham City Council

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Charlotte R Quinn

Dear Sir or Madam,

Job Reference Number: EY1671IT Senior Practitioners - Children, Young People & Familes Social Work Teams Closing Date: 26 June 2009

For the above Job you recently advertised, can you please send me an email of the following information.

1) How many people applied?

2) How many people got short listed for interview?

and a copy of.

3) The actual questions used in the interview(s) for this post, including a copy of the document/form or documents/forms used to record the interviewees responses, in addition to scoring or evaluating any interviewee's responses.

4) A copy of any document/form or documents/forms used to shortlist candidates for this post.

5) Was anyone recruited for the post, and

5.1) Was the successful candidate already an employee or agency worker, or an external one?

6) A copy of any actual Case study or computer or paper based exercise/task used in the interview(s) or recruitment for this specific post, in addition to any document/form or documents/forms used for scoring or evaluating any interviewee's exercise/task.

7) What was the Job Title or Designation of all those who conducted or participated in the interview(s) for this particular post.

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte R Quinn

Birmingham City Council

Dear Ms Charlotte R Quinn

Thank you for your request for information held by the Council under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which was received on
03/08/2009.

We will contact you again once it has been ascertained what data is held by
Birmingham City Council. In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if
that is the case, we will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to
you, and you will be required to pay before we will proceed to deal with
your request.

If you require any further information or are not happy with our response
please do not hesitate to contact me quoting the reference number above in
any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Steve Cullen
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Manager
Children, Young People and Families Directorate
Birmingham City Council

Tel: 0121 464 4591
Email: [email address]

Data Protection Act 1998
The information you have provided within your Freedom of Information
request will be held on our database and may also be held within manual
records for a period of 2 years from the date Birmingham City Council
received your request. Any personal data that you provide to Birmingham
City Council will be held in line with the requirements set out within the
Data Protection Act 1998.

Re Use of Public Sector Information
Where Birmingham City Council is the copyright holder of any information
that may be released, re-use for personal, educational or non-commercial
purposes is permitted without further reference to the City Council. Where
the re-use is for other purposes, such as commercial re-use, the applicant
should notify the City Council in writing to seek approval or agree terms
for re-use.

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Birmingham City Council

Dear Ms Quinn

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
regarding the shortlisting for Job Reference Number: EY1671IT

Please find herewith the following:

Nobody was shortlisted for the post, therefore there is no data to
disclose.

Whilst we have undertaken a thorough search of the information held by
Birmingham City Council, it may be that, due to the size and amount of
information held by Birmingham City Council, some information may have
been inadvertently missed.

If you have any information which may assist us in determining or locating
any missed information, we would be grateful if you would contact us with
details of this information, so that we can conduct a further search.

If you are not satisfied with the response you may ask for an internal
review. If subsequently you are not satisfied with the Council's decision
you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally,
the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at the following address:

The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545745 Web Address: www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,
Steve Cullen
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Manager
Children, Young People and Families Directorate
Birmingham City Council

Tel: 0121 464 4591
Email: [email address]

Re-use of Public Sector Information
The information provided is subject to Birmingham City Council copyright,
however, it may be re-used for personal, educational or non-commercial
purposes without further reference to the City Council. If the re-use is
for other purposes, such as commercial re-use, you should notify the City
Council in writing to seek approval or agree terms for re-use. Where
Birmingham City Council does not hold the copyright, it has indicated the
copyright holder. Permission for re-use should be sought from them
directly.

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Charlotte R Quinn

Dear Sir or Madam,

This request is currently overdue a response. By law, your response had to be prompt but no later than 2 September 2009. Under the Freedom of Information Act you should have replied by now, and are breaking the law.

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte R Quinn

Birmingham City Council

I will be out of the office starting 27/08/2009 and will not return until
07/09/2009.

In my absence please contact my assistant Melanie Sewell by email or on
0121 464 4591 in the first instance. If she is unavailable please contact
the Corporate Information Governance Team:

Email DP Contacts or ring 303 4876 for urgent Data Protection queries

Email FOI Contacts or ring 303 2080 for urgent Freedom of Information
queries.

I will respond to all non-urgent matters when I return to work on 7th
September 2009.

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Birmingham City Council

Dear Ms Quinn

As I said in my original response, nobody was shortlisted, so there was no
data to provide to you.

Yours sincerely,
Steve Cullen
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Manager
Children, Young People and Families Directorate
Birmingham City Council

Tel: 0121 464 4591
Email: [email address]

Charlotte R Quinn To [email address]
<[FOI #15774 email]> cc
Subject Re: Freedom of Information
03/09/2009 17:15 request - Job Reference
Number: EY1671IT
Senior Practitioners -
Children, Young People &
Familes Social Work Teams
Closing Date: 26
June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,
This request is currently overdue a response. By law, your response
had to be prompt but no later than 2 September 2009. Under the
Freedom of Information Act you should have replied by now, and are
breaking the law.

Yours faithfully,
Charlotte R Quinn

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Charlotte R Quinn

Dear Sir or Madam,

No response given to data request Number 1, copy below:

1) How many people applied?

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/jo...

this request was made on 2 August 2009

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte R Quinn

Birmingham City Council

Dear Ms Quinn

I have been informed by our Human Resources Team that one applicant
applied.

Yours sincerely,
Steve Cullen
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Manager
Children, Young People and Families Directorate
Birmingham City Council

Tel: 0121 464 4591
Email: [email address]

Charlotte R Quinn To [email address]
<[FOI #15774 email]> cc
Subject Re: Freedom of Information
08/09/2009 18:33 request - Job Reference
Number: EY1671IT
Senior Practitioners -
Children, Young People &
Familes Social Work Teams
Closing Date: 26
June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,
No response given to data request Number 1, copy below:
1) How many people applied?
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/jo...
this request was made on 2 August 2009
Yours faithfully,
Charlotte R Quinn

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