Freedom of information response
Children's services agency staff
Has your local authority employed any entire children’s social work team, sometimes referred to as a managed team, through an agency over the last five years?
How many teams have you used ? Please provide details as a year-on-year breakdown.
If so, which area of children’s social care were agency teams employed to cover?
How long were any agency children’s social work teams employed by the local authority - please provide the average length of each assignment?
What was the cost of employing children’s social work teams, sometimes referred to as managed teams, through an agency, to the local authority over the last five years, as a year-on-year breakdown?
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Details regarding the number of children’s social workers employed individually through an agency by your local authority over the last five years as a year-on-year breakdown.
The cost to the local authority of employing individual children’s social workers (permanent staff not agency) over the last five years.
1. Has your local authority employed any entire children’s social work team, sometimes referred to as a managed team, through an agency over the last five years? How many teams have you used ? Please provide details as a year-on-year breakdown. No
2. If so, which area of children’s social care were agency teams employed to cover? N/A
3. How long were any agency children’s social work teams employed by the local authority - please provide the average length of each assignment? N/A
4. What was the cost of employing children’s social work teams, sometimes referred to as managed teams, through an agency, to the local authority over the last five years, as a year-on-year breakdown? N/A
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5. Details regarding the number of children’s social workers employed individually through an agency by your local authority over the last five years as a year-on-year breakdown.
2017/18 = 56
2018/19 = 59
2019/20 = 71
2020/21 = 51
2021/22 = 37
6. The cost to the local authority of employing individual children’s social workers (permanent staff not agency) over the last five years.
|
Financial Year |
No of Social Workers |
Total earnings paid |
NI Employer paid |
Employer pension paid |
Pension percentage |
|
2019-2020 |
162 |
7,613,794.66 |
885,354.56 |
1,070,392.41 |
16.10 |
|
2020-2021 |
169 |
8,215,459.25 |
941,798.10 |
1,626,660.93 |
19.80 |
|
2021-2022 |
155 |
7,980,999.82 |
913,610.59 |
1,580,237.93 |
19.80 |
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