Staff turnover specifically in the SEND dept.

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Dear Derbyshire County Council,
After experiencing numerous changes of SEND admin over the past couple of years I am interested in staff turnover. I'm interested in years 2022 and 2023.

Please detail the number of staff, sorted by their pay grade, who joined the SEND dept in both years? Please also give me the figures as a percentage of the total SEND dept workforce?

Please detail the number of staff, sorted by their pay grade, who left the SEND dept in both years? Please also give me the figures as a percentage of the total SEND dept workforce?

Please detail number of staff currently working their notice?

Please detail the number of positions currently vacant?

Please detail the number of positions being actively recruited?

Yours faithfully,

L Cunnington

CST Access 2 Info (Corporate Services and Transformation), Derbyshire County Council

Dear L Cunnington,

 

I refer to your request for information received 14 December 2023.

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Access to Information Team

Corporate Services & Transformation

Derbyshire County Council

County Hall

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Dear L Cunnington,

 

I refer to your request dated 14 December 2023, which is included below
for your reference.  In order to provide you with a response I would be
grateful if could provide some clarification in respect of your request.

 

Therefore, please clarify whether you require data for the whole of the
SEND department including the SEND administration staff, or data for the
Administration staff in SEND only.

 

Once the requested clarification has been received the deadline will be
re-calculated.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Access 2 Information Team

Corporate Services & Transformation

Derbyshire County Council

County Hall

Matlock

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Dear CST Access 2 Info (Corporate Services and Transformation),
Please send me staff turnover in SEND administration only from Head of SEND to basic admin assistants.I don't require detalis of Ed psych dept pr legal services .

Yours sincerely,

L Cunnington

CST Access 2 Info (Corporate Services and Transformation), Derbyshire County Council

Dear L Cunnington,

 

I write further to your freedom of information request sent via email on
14 December 2023 and note you sent clarification regarding your request on
19 January 2024.

 

The deadline date has been re-calculated and your new deadline is 16
February 2024. However, we shall endeavour to deal with your request
promptly, and if possible before this date.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Access 2 Information Team

Corporate Services & Transformation

Derbyshire County Council

County Hall

Matlock          

DE4 3AG

 

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CST HR Management Information Team (Corporate Services and Transformation), Derbyshire County Council

Good morning,

 

Thank you for your information request dated 14^th December 2023. The
request has been considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and
I can confirm we do hold the information. 

 

The response to your request is as follows:

 

 1. Please detail the number of staff, sorted by their pay grade, who
joined the SEND dept in both years? Please also give me the figures as
a percentage of the total SEND dept workforce? – 8 (44%)
 2. Please detail the number of staff, sorted by their pay grade, who left
the SEND dept in both years? Please also give me the figures as a
percentage of the total SEND dept workforce? – 10 (56%)
 3. Please detail number of staff currently working their notice? - 0
 4. Please detail the number of positions currently vacant? - 2
 5. Please detail the number of positions being actively recruited? - 0

 

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