Children’s social care staff, contracts and spend – 2019-2020

1. For all contracts that presently provide temporary labour please provide the following information:
a. Title of contract.
b. Date the contract commenced
c. The organisation (s) that were awarded the contract
d. Delivery Model (Master Vendor, Vendor Neutral, Preferred Supplier List, Hybrid, Other)
e. The high level classifications of staff provided. (please detail if this includes professional staff to Children’s Services)
f. Was this contract procured via a framework (if so provide details)
g. The length of any initial term of this contract
h. Any possible extensions that may be enacted
a. Details of any extensions enacted to date.
j. Level of spend in 2019/20
k. Level of agency spend at the authority / trust not via this contract
l. Contact details for the lead officer for managing this contract
m. Contact details of the lead officer for future procurement (or, where undecided, for the head of procurement)
n. The next review date on any forward plan for this contract to discuss extension / renewal.

2. Please provide a breakdown of the following information on temporary staff provision to Children’s Services Departments by job type for financial year 2019/20 or other specified recent 12 month period – where possible it would be beneficial to receive this by job type.

For the purposes of clarity, ‘on contract’ refers to business conducted via the arrangements listed against question 1. ‘Off contract’ is any business conducted outside of arrangements listed in question 1.

a. Number of ‘on contract’ hours
b. Total of ‘on contract’ spend
c. Number of ‘off contract’ hours
d. Total of ‘off contract’ spend
e. ‘Off contract’ agencies used.

Example job types: Head of Service, Team Manager, Asst Team Manager / Senior Practitioner, Senior Social Worker, Social worker, Other Children’s Services operational staff (Residential / Youth work)

3.
A: Please provide the name of the authority completing this survey
B: Please include email details of those that wish to receive a copy of the final report.

Devon County Council’s response to all three questions can be seen via the link below:

DCC response