Please could you confirm how the council procures agency staff for temporary social work requirements?
DCC used the following framework: MSTAR4 (Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources) to engage Comensura as our Managed Service Provider. Our Agency requirements (including Social Work) are advertised via their portal so that agencies who are contracted to supply have access to each vacancy.
Further to this, please can you confirm how much the council spent on temporary social worker provision in the last financial year?
In 2022/2023 the agency spend on social workers was £11,859,676.