Spend on Agency Staff

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information please:

The Council’s spend on agency (i.e. non-permanent) staff (both on-framework and off-framework);

If possible, it would be helpful for this information to go back the last 12 months, financial or calendar, or failing that any information you might have from recently.

– By role type;

These are the values for 2022/2023 for Agency on Framework staff by job role.

Job Role Spend
Analyst 26764.43
Best Interest Assessor 18053.49
Case progression officer 37254.37
Child Protection Chair 103334.55
Children’s Placement Team Co-ordinator 5615.78
Community Psychiatric Nurse 26198.66
Connected Persons Assessments 20159.83
Contracts and Business Relations Officer 13473.86
Corporate Parenting Improvement Lead 3051.7
Deputy Chief Officer – Children’s Services & Head of Social Care 62854.44
Deputy Director Head of Wellbeing & Health 33634.99
Deputy Head Accountant 42272.64
Educational Psychologist 56102.64
Family Practitioner 34646.95
Independent Reviewing & Safeguarding Officer 286248.73
Interim Director of Children & Young Peoples Futures 63763.26
Lawyer 741292.02
Locality Director – Children’s Social Care 129281.88
Manager 4546748.55
Mental Health practitioner 406748.52
NOCC (Network Operations Control Centre) Watchkeeper 2424.02
Occupational Therapist 129248.15
Personal Advisor 97578.37
QA Auditor 165987.32
Residential Support Worker 25622.6
SEN Casework Officer 213331.98
SEND Team Lead 19019.48
Senior Administrator 359.92
Senior Legal Assistant 46313.62
Senior Practitioner 7970.44
Social Care Assessor 10190
Social Worker 11477871.98
Specialist Assessment Practitioner 209201.48
Trading Standards Officer 15494.23
Grand Total 19078114.88

– With which provider/s and how much the Council spends.

Comensura

– When the current contract ends with your staffing provider/s.

Contract ends June 2027