Use of Social Work Proffessionals
Dear Newport City Council,
My questions are as follows:
1. What is the total number of Social Workers employed in the council on a permanent basis & what proportion are employed on an agency basis - please provide break down based on department.
2. Who (post and name if appropriate) is responsible for recruitment and retention of social workers on an agency basis in the council?
3. Please confirm the sum of off contract spend within the Local Authority on temporary social workers, senior practitioners & team managers, i.e. that is paid for outside of any PSL or Managed Service Provider from between 1st of May 2017 - 28th of February 2018 - please break down based on department.
4. Please confirm the total spend within the Local Authority on temporary social workers, senior practitioners & team managers from between 1st of May 2017 - 28th of February 2018 - please break down based on department.
Yours faithfully,
D Hamed
Bore da/Good morning,
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Catherine
Newport City Council Contact Centre
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Dear Sir/Madam
Thank you for your request for information about :
Use of Social Work Proffessionals
Received on 05/03/2018
This request has been formally logged in our FOI management system and has been assigned the reference REQ05471.
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Dear Newport City Council,
Please could I have an update on the above FOI reference REQ05471 sent on the 1st of March.
Yours sincerely,
Dan
Noswaith dda/Good evening,
Thank you for your email.
Your request has been forwarded to the FOI Department to be actioned.
Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us on the telephone number below. Our hours of opening are Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.
Kind regards,
Julie
Newport City Council Contact Centre
Tel: 01633 656 656
Minicom: 01633 656 657
Visit www.newport.gov.uk
Did you know we offer a range of council services online, easy to use and available 24/7.
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The Council welcomes correspondence in English or Welsh. We will communicate with you in the language of your choice, whether that’s English, Welsh or in Bilingual format as long as we know which you prefer. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to delay.
Dear Mr Hamed
Please find below a response to your recent request, under the Freedom of
Information Act, for information concerning social work professionals
within Newport City Council.
Q1. What is the total number of Social Workers employed in the council on
a permanent basis & what proportion are employed on an agency basis -
please provide break down based on department.
Permanent workers:
Adults: 71
Childrens: 141
Snapshot of agency as at 28 February 2018:
Adults - 8
Childrens – 3
Q2. Who (post and name if appropriate) is responsible for recruitment and
retention of social workers on an agency basis in the council?
The Council took the decision not to publish direct contact details for
staff, including email addresses and phone numbers, but instead to utilise
our website and City Contact Centre. This move helps to ensure that
customers are always directed to the appropriate person and that email
correspondence is routed correctly. It also ensures that any change of
staff do not affect the public's ability to contact the Council and gain
appropriate information.
Please visit our [1]website for details of how to make contact with
Council.
Q3. Please confirm the sum of off contract spend within the Local
Authority on temporary social workers, senior practitioners & team
managers, i.e. that is paid for outside of any PSL or Managed Service
Provider from between 1st of May 2017 - 28th of February 2018 - please
break down based on department.
We only source social workers, senior practitioners and team managers from
our framework provider and therefore there is no off contract spend.
Q4. Please confirm the total spend within the Local Authority on temporary
social workers, senior practitioners & team managers from between 1st of
May 2017 - 28th of February 2018 - please break down based on department.
For the period May 2017 to February 2018
Adults – £285,556
Childrens - £110,246
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Council’s complaint procedure. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Erica Gibson
Erica Gibson
Arweinydd Tîm - Datblygu Busnes / Team Leader - Business Development
Pobl a Newid Busnes / People & Business Change
Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd / Newport City Council
01633 210470
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