Dear Mary,

I am writing to acknowledge your information request below. This has been allocated reference number 76016.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows for 20 working days to process requests for information. You will receive a response no later than 19 May 2021.

Yours sincerely

Eisha Jangda
Senior Information Governance Officer
Governance Service
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Town Hall, St. Ives Road
Maidenhead SL6 1RF

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Dear Mary,

I am writing to respond to your Freedom of information request dated 21
April 2021, reference FOI76016.

Your questions and our answers are as follows:

Request

Please can you provide the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act:

1 - How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency)
basis at the Council on 1st April 2021, split by:

a) Children’s Services social work roles

b) Adults’ Services social work roles

2 - What was the total spend by your organisation on temporary (agency)
social work professionals during the financial year 1/4/20 to 31/3/21?

Response

1 - How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency)
basis at the Council on 1st April 2021, split by:

a) Children’s Services social work roles  - 22 agency social workers

b) Adults’ Services social work roles

We do not hold this information. You will need to contact Optalis, our
partner organisation delivering adult social care on behalf of the
council. Their email is: [email address]

2 - What was the total spend by your organisation on temporary (agency)
social work professionals during the financial year 1/4/20 to 31/3/21?

Children / AfC spend on temporary social workers

Please note the figures should be treated as an estimate.

Social Worker spend 2020/21 by AFC was £2.069M-see breakdown below :

Costc     Costc
(T)                                                                               
Account    Account (T)        Amount

W20901  Referral & Assessment Team
Costs                                       10001    Agency Staff     
457,036

W21101  Safeguarding & Children in Care
Pods                                    10001    Agency Staff   1,120.439

W21701  Family Placement Team
Costs                                                10001    Agency
Staff        16,775

W22104  Children & Young People Disability Team Costs                     
10001    Agency Staff      360,535

W30500  Quality Assurance
(Children's)                                                 10001   
Agency Staff      114,107

Total spend 2020/2021                              
                                                                              £2,068,892

Adults / Optalis spend on temporary social workers

These figures should be treated as an estimate as there is an overlap on
the role that these staff do.

The estimated spend is £577k in 2020/21 on Social Worker/OT agency on W/M
services.

This concludes our response to your request.

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in response to your request please contact us within 40 working days of
the date of this letter using the contact details below:

Suzanne Martin

Electoral & Information Governance Services Manager

Acting Data Protection Officer

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St Ives Road

Maidenhead

SL6 1RF

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Yours sincerely

Angelica Popa, PC.foi.

Information Governance and Elections Officer

Governance Service

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St. Ives Road

Maidenhead SL6 1RF

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