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Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
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Croydon
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Dear Laura Hughes

Freedom of information request - FOI/9032

Subject: FOI - Social Care Workers

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Information Management Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

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Bernard Weatherill House

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Croydon CR0 1EA

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]

Dear Laura Hughes

Request FOI/9032

Freedom of Information Request

Your request has been considered under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act. Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding
to you. Specifically, you have requested the following information:

1.
a)
i) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency)
basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/18 to 31/3/19? Broken
down, specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services

Please see table below.

ii) How many qualified social workers were working on a permanent basis at
the Council during the financial year 1/4/18 to 31/3/19? Broken down,
specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services 

Please see table below.

b)
i) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency)
basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/19 to 31/3/20? Broken
down, specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services

Please see table below.

ii) How many qualified social workers were working on a permanent basis at
the Council during the financial year 1/4/19 to 31/3/20? Broken down,
specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services

Please see table below.

c)
i) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency)
basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/20 to 31/3/21? Broken
down, specifically:
Children’s Social Services
 Adults’ Social Services

Please see table below.

ii) How many qualified social workers were working on a permanent basis at
the Council during the financial year 1/4/20 to 31/3/21? Broken down,
specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services

Please see table below.

d)
i) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency)
basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/21 to 31/3/22? Broken
down, specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services

Please see table below.

ii) How many qualified social workers were working on a permanent basis at
the Council during the financial year 1/4/21 to 31/3/22? Broken down,
specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services

Please see table below.

e)
i) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency)
basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/22 to 31/3/23? Broken
down, specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services

Please see table below.

ii)How many qualified social workers were working on a permanent basis at
the Council during the financial year 1/4/22 to 31/3/23?? Broken down,
specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services

Please see table below.
 

Number of Qualified SW Assignments - Agency
Year Adults Childrens
18/19 87 291
19/20 55 289
20/21 17 166
21/22 21 129
22/23 43 139

Permanent Social Workers
Year Adults Childrens Total
19-20 186 223 409
20-21 177 260 437
21-22 180 248 428
22-23 174 240 414

 
2. What was the total spend by your organisation on temporary/ locum
qualified (agency) social workers during the financial years 1/4/19 to
31/3/23? Broken down by financial year, specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services
 

Total Qualified SW Spend (£)
Year Adults Childrens
18/19 £2,803,411.95 £10,329,294.32
19/20 £1,661,226.52 £10,987,124.95
20/21 £396,172.96 £4,916,274.82
21/22 £455,222.30 £3,735,416.72
22/23 £1,307,948.38 £3,517,530.29

3. How many vacant positions were filled through locum temporary/ locum
qualified (agency) social workers during the financial years 1/4/18 to
31/3/23? Broken down by financial year. Broken down by financial year,
specifically:
Children’s Social Services
Adults’ Social Services

Croydon Council cannot provide the data on how many vacant perm positions
were filled through locum temporary/locum qualified (agency) social
workers. We can only confirm how many agency workers we had in those areas
as per the table above.

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

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If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act you may ask for an internal review. 
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response. 
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

Email:        [Croydon Borough Council request email]

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon
Bernard Weatherill House
3^rd Floor - Zone E
8 Mint Walk
Croydon CR0 1EA

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

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 

Croydon Council
 

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