Workload pressures and Children's Social Work Teams 2
Dear Worcestershire County Council,
1. The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review Regulations 2010 (Care Planning Regulations)
a. Can you please specify the workload implications of the implementation for Children’s Social Work Teams?
b. Did your Authority create any new processes and paperwork to meet the requirements of these regulations? If yes please specify?
c. What work did your Authority undertake to identify the workload implications of the above named regulations?
d. Did your Authority identify any resource implications for Children’s Social Work Teams from the implementation of these regulations If yes please specify?
e. How much average extra Social work time is required to meet the requirements of these regulations per Looked after child?
2. Time off in lieu
a. How many hours are staff working on average a week for each social work team?
b. Please specify the current average amount of TOIL balance per worker for each of your Children’s Social Work Teams?
c. Please specify the current maximum amount of the TOIL balance of any individual worker on each of your Children’s Social Work Teams?
3. Sickness absence and stress
a. If you don’t record ‘work related stress’ please provide the current average level of sickness absence recorded as stress for Children’s Social Work Services in comparison to the Council average?
4. New ways of working
a. Have you implemented any new ways of working for your Children’s Social Work Teams? If yes please describe and specify?
b. Do you have any plans to introduce further new ways of working for your Children’s Social Work Teams in the next 12 months? If yes please specify?
Yours faithfully,
Mr J. Jones
Dear Mr Jones
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find
attached an acknowledgement.
Sarah Clarke
Performance Development Team
Children's Services
( 01905 728932
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Dear Mr Jones,
Please find attached Worcestershire County Councils response to your
recent Freedom of Information request.
Kind Regards
Lyndon
Lyndon Thomas
Project Manager
Performance and Development Team
Children's Services Directorate
Tel. 01905 822644
Email [1][email address]
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