Statistics around agency spend in Social Services for 2017

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Shelley Stonehouse

Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,

Can you please provide the following information around Agency workers and overall spend in 2017 within your social services departments

Children's Services - current agency workers
How many agency Team Managers, Snr practitioners & Qualified Social Workers at this time (week commencing 20.11.2017)

Adults Services - current agency workers
How many agency Team Managers, Snr Practitioners, Social Workers & AMHP's at this time (week commencing 20.11.2017)

Can you please confirm what your overall spend in Adults Services has been on the above agency roles from Jan 2017 - Oct 2017

Can you please confirm what your overall spend in Children's services has been on the above agency roles from Jan 17 - Oct 17

Can you please confirm the % of filled roles via your master vendor in Social Services for the above roles and the value of spend from Jan - Oct 2017 on these placements

Can you please confirm the % of filled roles via Off contract agencies in Social Services for the above roles and the value of spend from Jan - Oct 2017 on these placements.

Yours faithfully,

Shelley Stonehouse

Freedom of Information, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Ms Stonehouse,

Thank you for your email received on 24 November 2017 requesting information about - Statistics around agency spend in Social Services for 2017.

I have recorded your request for information under reference F2017.11.4123.

This has been passed to the relevant service and you will receive a response by 27 December 2017.

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Kind regards,

Freedom of Information
Knowsley MBC
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX

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Shelley Stonehouse

Dear Freedom of Information,

Further to my recent request for information around your agency spend and statistics around agency workers in Social Services for 2017 I still have not yet had a reponse

Your 20 days to respond has now passed

Can you please respond to this query with immediate affect, should you need any further information from me to support you in collating this data please do not hesitate to get in touch

Yours sincerely,

Shelley Stonehouse

Freedom of Information, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Ms Stonehouse,

Please accept our apologies for the delay in sending a response to your request. I have sent an urgent e-mail to the team asking for a response as soon as possible. I will contact you again shortly.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information
Knowsley MBC
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX

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Freedom of Information, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Ms Stonehouse,

 

Freedom of Information request F2017-11-4123

 

We have looked into your request for information about Statistics around
agency spend in Social Services for 2017, and our response is shown below.

 

Children's Services - current agency workers How many agency Team
Managers, Snr practitioners & Qualified Social Workers at this time (week
commencing 20.11.2017)

 

- 3 placements

 

Adults Services - current agency workers How many agency Team Managers,
Snr Practitioners, Social Workers & AMHP's at this time (week commencing
20.11.2017)

 

- 12 placements

 

Can you please confirm what your overall spend in Adults Services has been
on the above agency roles from Jan 2017 - Oct 2017

 

- £103,645.67

 

Can you please confirm what your overall spend in Children's services has
been on the above agency roles from Jan 17 - Oct 17

 

- £346,712.66

 

Can you please confirm the % of filled roles via your master vendor in
Social Services for the above roles and the value of spend from Jan - Oct
2017 on these placements

 

KMBC do not operate under a Master Vendor Contract, Matrix SCM Ltd are a
Neutral Vendor - Matrix have filled all of these roles via the Contract, 
spend on these placements is above

 

Can you please confirm the % of filled roles via Off contract agencies in
Social Services for the above roles and the value of spend from Jan - Oct
2017 on these placements.

 

- None

 

If you need further information please see contact details below.

 

Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information

Knowsley MBC

Archway Road

Huyton

Knowsley

Merseyside

L36 9UX

 

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