1. Do you utilise international recruitment for your health & social care staffing? Please include all domiciliary care staffing supplied by your council. Nurses, Carers, Support Workers and Social Workers.
We have previously recruited internationally for Qualified Social Workers, but this work is now paused.
2. If yes to 1, how many staff members have been employed from overseas in 2024? Break down into speciality.
Childrens Social Workers – 7
Adults Social Workers – 3
3. Who is the best contact within your teams to discuss international care, support workers and nursing supply? Please provide email and telephone number.
This information is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Personal Data).
Devon County Council can confirm the requested information is held; however, the Council cannot disclose personal information if releasing it would contravene any of the provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018. In this instance release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore the information is withheld.
However the following Recuitment team mailbox can be used for enquiries:
recruitment-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
4. Do you have a budget for the above process? If so, how much?
No specific budget has been allocated to international recruitment currently.