Decision details

Early Help Duty and Assessment Team

To convert one Social Worker post into a Senior Practitioner post.

To make the temporary Support Worker post into a permanent role within the team.

To convert one temporary agency worker assignment into a permanent Social Work post (or 60 hours of Support Worker hours).

Family Support and Protection Team

To convert three temporary agency worker assignments into three permanent Social Worker posts.

To convert of one temporary agency worker assignment into one permanent Senior Practitioner post.

Placement and Support Contact Team

To increase the contact team by one Contact Support Worker on a six month temporary contract. The purpose of this is to reduce the current costs of spot-purchasing contact worker sessions from independent providers (whilst the second phase of family support review work is undertaken).

To implement the full recommendations contained within the review of the Placement and Support Team including i) the formal consultation regarding the deletion of 1 assessing social worker post from the establishment within the Placement & Support Team and ii) to transfer the resource released from this post into the creation of a Social Worker post within the Family Support & Protection Team iii) to create a flexible budget around 1 social post.

Business Support.

To amalgamate unutilised Business Support hours within the establishment into a permanent business support post.

To review and revise the Business Support Manager job description, to provide a key role of supporting the Children’s Services with all aspects of workforce planning including staff recruitment and retention.