Project Teams and Collaborative Action Within Children's Services - Find a freedom of information request

1. Has your council used project teams to increase social work capacity within Children's Services?

If so, for each project:

2. Which service area was the project team brought into support?

3. When did the project team start operations?

4. When did the project team cease operations?

5. Was this end date the one originally scheduled or did the project finish early or later than imagined?

6. At its height how many social work professionals were engaged at any one time on the project?

7. What was the name of the provider of the project team?

8. What was the overall expenditure on the project team?

9. Did the decision on the IR35 status of the workers lie with you or was it made by some other party?

Collaborative Action on Agency Staffing.

1. Are you a signatory of a regional Memorandum of understanding or Co-Operation in relation to pay rates for Agency Social Work Professionals within Childrens Services?

2. Can you provide contact details for the council or trust officer with responsibility for liaison in relation to this MoU or MoC?

3. Has your council or trust breached the MoU or MoC to which you are a signatory?

1. no

2. – 9. no

The following is correct from 2012 to present time:

1. Yes we are part of the East Midlands MOC

2. This is managed by the HR lead in Nottingham City ( LCC contact Marie Mettam)

3. LCC has continued to promote the MOC however is aware of breaches, this is currently being reviewed by ADCS group