Freedom of information response
Hospital social work
1. Number of hospital social workers currently employed by your local authority (expressed as number of staff and as Full Time Equivalent, excluding vacancies)
2. Number of non-social work registered staff currently employed in hospital social work teams (care managers, assessment officers, assistant social workers etc) (expressed as number of staff and as Full Time Equivalent, excluding vacancies)
3. Number of vacancies for social workers and non-social work registered staff currently employed in hospital social work teams (expressed as number of posts and Full Time Equivalent)
4. Are these hospital social workers managed by a registered social worker?
5. Do these hospital social workers have an office base within an NHS hospital / other NHS premises?
6. If your local authority does not employ hospital social workers, please give the name of the body that does employ hospital social workers in your local authority area.
- Number of hospital social workers currently employed by your local authority (expressed as number of staff and as Full Time Equivalent, excluding vacancies)
We currently have an FTE of 6.76 for Social workers in the Hospital Team
- Number of non-social work registered staff currently employed in hospital social work teams (care managers, assessment officers, assistant social workers etc) (expressed as number of staff and as Full Time Equivalent, excluding vacancies)
We have an FTE of 6.29 of non-Social work staff within the Hospital Social work Team.
- Number of vacancies for social workers and non-social work registered staff currently employed in hospital social work teams (expressed as number of posts and Full Time Equivalent)
We have an FTE of 2 vacant across three positions in this team as of 09/05/2022
- Are these hospital social workers managed by a registered social worker?
Yes the Manager and Deputy Manager both hold HCPCs and are qualified Social Workers.
- Do these hospital social workers have an office base within an NHS hospital / other NHS premises?
Yes they are based at a local Hospital.
- If your local authority does not employ hospital social workers, please give the name of the body that does employ hospital social workers in your local authority area.
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