Use of Agency social workers
Dear Achieving for Children,
Please can you provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:
1 - How many qualified children's social workers were working on a temporary (agency) basis at the organisation on 1st April 2021?
2 - What was the total spend by your organisation on temporary (agency) children's social work professionals during the financial year 1/4/20 to 31/3/21?
Yours faithfully,
Bob Lee
Dear Mr Lee,
Thank you for contacting the Information Governance Team at Achieving for
Children, provider of Children's Services for the London Borough of
Richmond, the Royal Borough of Kingston and the Royal Borough of Windsor
and Maidenhead.
Your Freedom of Information request relating to the use of Agency social
workers was received today. Please confirm whether you wish to receive
responses in relation to Achieivng for Children as a whole i.e. relating
to all three boroughs with combined total overall figures or whether you
wish to receive data related to one or more of the three boroughs we
provide Children's Services for with separate figures for each of the
boroughs - please specify accordingly. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Chantelle Elliott
Information Governance Support
Business Services and Transformation
Email: [1][Achieving for Children request email]
Achieving for Children
42 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BW
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Dear Achieving for Children,
To clarify, I'd like separate information for each of the boroughs.
Yours sincerely,
Bob Lee
Dear Mr Lee,
Your Freedom of Information request has now been considered.
Your Request
1 - How many qualified children's social workers were working on a
temporary (agency) basis at the organisation on 1st April 2021?
2 - What was the total spend by your organisation on temporary (agency)
children's social work professionals during the financial year 1/4/20 to
31/3/21?
Response
1 - Kingston and Richmond 43, Windsor & Maidenhead 21
2 - Kingston and Richmond: £1.841,644, Windsor & Maidenhead: £1,597,088
These amounts cannot be broken down (separated) further due to the way
agencies submit invoices where some costs may include other roles outside
of social work.
Yours sincerely,
Chantelle Elliott
Information Governance Support
Business Services and Transformation
Email: [1][Achieving for Children request email]
Achieving for Children
42 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BW
[2]http://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/
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Children may contain confidential information or legally privileged
information and are only intended for the addressee or the person
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have received this message in error, you should delete the message and any
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error. Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance
with our privacy notices:
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2. http://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/
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