Can I please request the following information with regards to Devon County Council systems.
Corporate website
1. What Content Management Platform is used to manage the Local Authority’s (LA’s) corporate website?
WordPress.
2. Is this developed in house or by an external provider?
In house.
3. If an external provider, please provide:
a. Name of the provider
b. Renewal date for the contract
c. Annual support cost
N/A.
4. Are there plans to review provision of your content management system in the next 12 months?
No.
5. Please provide the name, email and phone of the individual responsible for the content management system within your organisation.
The LA’s corporate website is the responsibility of the Communications team.
The name of the Head of Communications details are available on our website at the following link Strategic Leadership Team. Devon County Council email addresses follow the format of first name.surname@devon.gov.uk and you can ask for an individual by name when calling 01392 383000.
School closures
1. What School Closures system is used by the LA’s to report and manage school closures?
WordPress.
2. Is this developed in house or by an external provider?
In house.
3. If an external provider, please provide:
a. Name of the provider
b. Renewal date for the contract
c. Annual support cost
N/A.
4. Are there plans to review provision of your school closures system in the next 12 months?
No.
5. Please provide the name(s), email(s) and telephone number(s) of the individual responsible for logging school closures within your organisation. By school closures I mean temporary school closures e.g. due to Covid, bad weather conditions etc.
The logging of a school closure sits with the individual school. A list of schools can be found at the following link Schools Information.
Fostering
1. What system is used by the LA’s to promote fostering through the LA? This is with regards to IT system/software/website/webpages used to promote fostering, allowing children to be matched with foster families within the LA.
We do not have a system separate to the children’s case management system. Matching is a person-centred assessment and decision making process so we do not use any type of system for this. Fostering Devon has a public facing website that is managed internally.
2. Is this developed in house or by an external provider?
N/A.
3. If an external provider, please provide:
a. Name of the provider
b. Renewal date for the contract
c. Annual support cost
N/A.
4. Are there plans to review provision of your fostering site in the next 12 months?
N/A.
5. Please provide the contact details of the individual responsible for promoting fostering within your organisation.
There is a tiered structure involving frontline practitioners and managers across several teams that are accountable for matching. The service manager for fostering is the registered manager.
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 UK General Data Protection Regulation. In this instance release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore the information is withheld.
6. Does the Local Authority use software to make fostering placements?
No.
7. If so, is this developed in house or by an external provider?
N/A.
8. If an external provider, please provide:
a. Name of the provider
b. Renewal date for the contract
c. Annual support cost
N/A.
9. Are there plans to review provision of your fostering solution in the next 12 months?
No.
10. Please provide the contact details of the individual responsible for making fostering placements within your organisation.
There is a tiered structure involving frontline practitioners and managers across several teams that are accountable for matching. The service manager for fostering is the registered manager.
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 UK General Data Protection Regulation. In this instance release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore the information is withheld.