Fostering Team

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Dear Tower Hamlets Borough Council,

Please, can you state the number of supervising social workers currently in your Fostering Team including practice managers and team managers?

Please, can you state the number of resignation submitted in financial year 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017 to present?

Please, can you state the protective characteristics of your current carers?

Please, can you state the number of total foster carers you currently have?

Please, can you state the protective characteristics of children currently in fostering placement?

Please, can you state the number of total children currently in foster placement?

Please, can you state how many staff are currently suspended, being investigated or have been dismissed for misconduct between 2015 to present?

Please, can you state if any staff/senior managers are currently subject to investigation for alleged breach of the Equality Act within the lbth children's service fostering Team?

Please, can you provide a breakdown of total staffing expenditure of the fostering team (staff salary, overtime, travel, training) for the financial year 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017 to present?

Please, can you state what IT case management information system you use i.e framework-i, care works, swift or other and the annual expenditure for the information system used?

Please, can you advise what budget and financial management system is currently used by lbth and the annual expenditure for the financial management information system?

Thank you

Yours faithfully,

Akbar A Sham

London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

Information request
Our reference: 9832573

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Dear Mr Sham
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 25
September 2017  requesting:

Please, can you state the number of supervising social workers currently
in your Fostering Team including practice managers and team managers?

Please, can you state the number of resignation submitted in financial
year 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017 to present?

Please, can you state the protective characteristics of your current
carers?

Please, can you state the number of total foster carers you currently
have?

Please, can you state the protective characteristics of children currently
in fostering placement?

Please, can you state the number of total children currently in foster
placement?

Please, can you state how many staff are currently suspended, being
investigated or have been dismissed for misconduct between 2015 to
present?

Please, can you state if any staff/senior managers are currently subject
to investigation for alleged breach of the Equality Act within the LBTH
children's service fostering Team?

Please, can you provide a breakdown of total staffing expenditure of the
fostering team (staff salary, overtime, travel, training) for the
financial year 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017 to present?

Please, can you state what IT case management information system you use
i.e framework-i, care works, swift or other and the annual expenditure for
the information system used?

Please, can you advise what budget and financial management system is
currently used by LBTH and the annual expenditure for the financial
management information system?
 
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2000  and we aim to send a response by 23 October 2017.
 
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Yours sincerely
 
 
Jane Jones
Admin Officer
Legal Services
020 7364 4736
[email address]
 
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

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Information request
Our reference: 9832573

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Dear Mr Sham
Your request for information has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I can confirm that the information requested is held by Tower Hamlets
Council and is attached to this email. 

The information has also been put on the [1]Council's Disclosure Log,
where you can also search for information supplied on other topics.

The Council’s website www.towerhamlets.gov.uk contains a section on the
Freedom of Information Act that lists other publications readily available
from the Council under its Publication Scheme.

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the London Borough of Tower Hamlets can be found on our website.

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submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to:
 
Complaints and Information
Town Hall
Mulberry Place
5 Clove Crescent
E14 2BG
[email address
 
If you are still dissatisfied with the Council’s response after the
internal review you have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner
at:
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Website: www.ico.gov.uk 
 

Yours sincerely
 
 
Rezaur Choudhury
Information Governance Support Officer
Childrens and Adults Resources
020 7364 2197
[email address]
 
 

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