Leigh Hamilton

Our ref: 48688

Dear Leigh Hamilton

Acknowledgement of Request

Subject: Recruitment Agency Spend

Thank you for your request for information of 09/05/2024 which was received on 09/05/2024.

In your request you asked for the following;

1. Please can you provide the recruitment agency spend on Social Workers and Occupational Therapists from April 2023 – present

2. Please also list the agencies used in order of spend

3. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each team and department where an occupational therapist is employed in broken down by:

a) Adult Services
b) Children and Families Services
c) Criminal Justice

4. Please can you provide the social work and occupational therapy managers names, phone numbers and email addresses for the individual teams from question 2.

5. Please can you provide an organisational structure for the management hierarchy.

I can confirm that your request will be processed under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, Environmental Information Regulations (Scotland) 2004, or the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009.

You will receive the information requested within 20 working days unless the Council does not hold the information, or there is a reason for it to be withheld. We will write to you in any event. This means we have until 07/06/2024 to respond to your request.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case we will let you know.

If you have any requirements regarding the format any information should be supplied in, e.g. the language to be used, audio, large print and so on, then please let me know.

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To promote transparency and accountability, it is the Council’s policy to publish all request details and responses made under the freedom of information legislation. This information is available at the following link: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/homepage/10....

Further information about your rights and accessing information is available on our website at: www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Unit
Level 2:1, Waverley Court, Edinburgh EH8 8BG Tel 0131 200 2340
[Edinburgh City Council request email] www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Leigh Hamilton

[FOI #1128612 email]

Our ref: 48688

Dear Leigh Hamilton

Request for Clarification

Subject: Recruitment Agency Spend

Thank you for your request for information of 09/05/2024 in which you asked the following:

1. Please can you provide the recruitment agency spend on Social Workers and Occupational Therapists from April 2023 – present

2. Please also list the agencies used in order of spend

3. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each team and department where an occupational therapist is employed in broken down by:
a) Adult Services
b) Children and Families Services
c) Criminal Justice

4. Please can you provide the social work and occupational therapy managers names, phone numbers and email addresses for the individual teams from question 2.

5. Please can you provide an organisational structure for the management hierarchy.

Unfortunately, we cannot identify the information you have requested from the details you have provided. To help us meet your request, could you please provide the following:

For Q3, can you confirm if this is for a team name? All contacts go through Social Care Direct or we can provide the services which employ OTs.

For Q4, can you confirm if you are asking for the contact of the responsible manager for OT and social work?

For Q5, can you confirm what management hierarchy you are looking for? We publish our requests for information on the website at the following link: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/homepage/10...
Social work structure charts for Adults and Children can be found under references 47207 and 47369.

On receipt of these further details, we will respond to your request within 20 working days. Please note that the statutory 20 working day deadline for responding to your request does not start until we receive the requested clarification from you.

If we do not hear from you within 40 working days, we will assume that you are no longer seeking the information you have requested and we will take no further action.

If you wish to discuss further, please get in touch. Please quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Further information about your rights and accessing information is available on our website at: www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Sue Brown
Information Rights Officer

Information Governance Unit
Level 2:1, Waverley Court, Edinburgh EH8 8BG Tel 0131 200 2340
[Edinburgh City Council request email] www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Leigh Hamilton

[FOI #1128612 email]

Our ref: 48688

Dear Leigh Hamilton

Request for Clarification - Receipt

Subject: Recruitment Agency Spend

Thank you for providing clarification on the above request for information of 09/05/2024. We will respond to your request within 20 working days. Please note that the statutory 20 working day deadline for responding to your request starts upon receipt of clarification. This means we have until 17/06/2024 to respond to your request.

To promote transparency and accountability, it is the Council’s policy to publish all request details and responses made under the freedom of information legislation. This information is available at the following link: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/homepage/10....

Further information about your rights and accessing information is available on our website at: www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Sue Brown
Information Rights Officer

Information Governance Unit
Level 2:1, Waverley Court, Edinburgh EH8 8BG Tel 0131 200 2340
[Edinburgh City Council request email] www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Leigh  Hamilton

 

[1][FOI #1128612 email]

 

Our ref: 48688

 

Dear Leigh  Hamilton

 

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Release of Information

 

Subject: Recruitment Agency Spend

 

Thank you for your request for information of 09/05/2024 which has been
processed and considered under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002. The information is provided below.

 

1. Please can you provide the recruitment agency spend on Social Workers
and Occupational Therapists from April 2023 – present

 

Children’s Services:

Social Work - £1,317,674

OT’s – Nil

 

Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership:

£1,480,849.05

 

2. Please also list the agencies used in order of spend

 

Pertemps

 

3. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each
team and department where an occupational therapist is employed in broken
down by:

 

a) Adult Services

North East – Angela Lindsay ([2][email address])

South East – Nikki Conway ([3][email address])

South West – Deborah Mackle ([4][email address])

North West – Anna Duff ([5][email address]

 

b) Children and Families Services – Disabilities Service via Social Care
Direct: [6][email address] or by phone on 0131 200 2324.

 

c) Criminal Justice – n/a

 

4. Please can you provide the social work and occupational therapy
managers names, phone numbers and email addresses for the individual teams
from question 2.

 

Janine McGowan, Head of Children’s Practice Team,
[7][email address]

Carey Fuller, Head of Justice Services, [8][email address]

 

EHSCP – please see the contacts provided for Q3a).

 

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Information request, for a purpose different from the one for which it was
originally produced, held or disseminated, including commercial and
non-commercial purposes, there is no automatic right to re-use that
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Information Regulations 2015.

 

Further detail is published on our website at:

[9]https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/d...

 

Requests should be submitted by e-mail to
[10][Edinburgh City Council request email], or in writing at the address
below.

 

To promote transparency and accountability, it is the Council’s policy to
publish all request details and responses made under the freedom of
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Your right to seek a review

 

If you are unhappy with the way we have dealt with your request, you can
ask us to review our actions and decisions by writing to the:

 

Information Compliance Team

The City of Edinburgh Council

Waverley Court Business Centre 2:1

4, East Market Street

Edinburgh

EH8 8BG or,

Email: [12][email address]

 

Please note that your request must be in a recordable format (email,
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If you are not content with the outcome of the review, you can ask the
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your complaint to the Commissioner within 6 months of receiving our review
response. The Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

The Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner

Kinburn Castle

Doubledykes Road

St Andrews

Fife

KY16 9DS

Telephone: 01334 464610

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Email: [14][email address]

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sue Brown

Information Rights Officer

 

 

Information Governance Unit

Level 2:1, Waverley Court, Edinburgh EH8 8BG Tel 0131 200 2340

[15][Edinburgh City Council request email]  [16]www.edinburgh.gov.uk

 

 

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