Social Workers Training - Anti Discriminatory Practice and Emotional Harm

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Dear Swansea Council,

Please would you provide the following information regarding the training Social Workers receive or have received as part of their on-going continuous professional development, in direct relation to the following two areas:-

1 Training in Anti Discriminatory Practice in the last 12 months?

2 Training in The Identification of Emotional Harm in children in the last 12 months?

Further,

3 Is this training assessed and accredited?

4 Was this training provided in house, or spot purchased from a specialist provider?

5 Have all Social Workers on the Town Hill Team specifically received both of these training subjects?

I would remind you that you have the statutory 20 days in which to reply

Yours faithfully,

Mr & Mrs Gordon

Dear Swansea Council,

Under the rules for FOI requests, not only have you failed to acknowledge the request you have also failed to provide the answers.

I will now pursue a formal complaint with the ICO.

Yours faithfully,

Mr & Mrs Gordon

Fung, Andrew, Swansea Council

Dear Mr and Mrs Gordon

Thank you for your email.

Please accept my apologies for the delay both in replying to you and in providing a response to your request. This has been due to severe capacity issues within our service team.

We will endeavour to provide a response to your request at the very earliest possible opportunity.

Kind regards

Andrew Fung
Information Officer
Social Services / Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
City and County of Swansea / Dinas a Sir Abertawe

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Fung, Andrew, Swansea Council

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Dear Mr and Mrs Gordon

Please find attached a response to your recent Freedom of Information request to the City and County of Swansea. Again please accept my apologies for the lateness of the response

Kind regards

Andrew Fung
Communications Co-ordinator
Social Services / Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
City and County of Swansea / Dinas a Sir Abertawe

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Dear Fung, Andrew,

Thank you for the comprehensive response, which has obviously been provided for you by the Social Work Service.

I am reassured that Swansea City Council have suitably trained and experienced Social Workers and that you take CPD seriously. With this in mind I will expect nothing less that the very best service being applied to a case regarding my niece.

Please pass on my comments to the Town Hill Manager, He will know who I am and what case I am referring to. I will be following progress on this case extremely closely and in particular the application of both ADP and the identification of emotional harm.

Yours sincerely,
Helen Gordon
Mr & Mrs Gordon