Human resources (HR)

  • Modern Slavery training

    1. Do you provide modern slavery training to your staff, or cover modern slavery as part of a wider training (eg. Adult safeguarding, children’s safeguarding etc)? Please answer ‘yes, standalone training’, ‘no’, or ‘yes, covered as part of other training’ … Continue reading →

  • Job titles which include “wellbeing”

    Please include the following information for the following financial years, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25: 1) Total Number of staff that have ‘wellbeing’ in their job title.  2022/23 – 12 2023/24 – 11 2024/25 – 8 2) Please include a breakdown … Continue reading →

  • Multiple contract working

    This request relates to investigations and decisions into local authority employees who are suspected of “multiple contract working” – ie working more than one job when their contract forbids it. 1. Could I please ask for the number of suspected … Continue reading →

  • Pensions

    Please can you tell me: 1. How many pensions are in payment in your scheme? As at the 24th October 2024, we have 44,539. 2. The median average size of the pensions in payment? If median is required: £223.86 per … Continue reading →

  • Learning and Development Contact and Apprenticeship Programme

    1) Please could you provide the contact information for your Learning and Development department or the appropriate person overseeing staff training and development. The team mailbox address is: humnres.corporatelearningdevelopment-mailbox@devon.gov.uk 2) Please also provide any information on programmes or initiatives related … Continue reading →

  • Sickness Absence for Education Personnel

    Please provide the following information for sickness absence for education personnel in local authority maintained primary, secondary, and special/ pupil referral unit schools for 2022/23 and 2023/24.  Education personnel, refers to any staff member who works in a school – … Continue reading →

  • Director Roles at Devon County Council

    I am making a Freedom of Information request to find out who the Chief Officer/Director was at Devon County Council, being Head of Service for Children & Families from 2013 to 2023. Catherine Jones 10/2023 > Jacqueline Sims 01/2023 > … Continue reading →

  • Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Staff

    This is an information request relating to the council’s total FTE staff. Please include the following information for 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25: 1. The total number of staff employed (full-time, part-time, and temporary). 2. A breakdown of staff numbers by … Continue reading →

  • DBS checks

    Please can I have a list of all the companies used to carry out background checks for potential criminal history for new applicants i.e. DBS Checks. Devon County Council are a Registered Body for providing DBS Application Processing. We process … Continue reading →