Freedom of Information request 089-2022

Email Acknowledgement | FOI 119 - 2022 | Freedom of Information Request REFERENCE: 119-2022 I refer to your freedom of information request in your email below, which you have made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. A final decision on your request would normally be sent to you within 4 weeks 20 days., where a week is defined as 5 working days excluding the weekend and public holidays. There are some limited situations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, where a final decision may take longer than 4 weeks. If this occurs in the case of your request, we will advise you promptly in writing setting out the reason and the new decision date. Should our final decision not reach you in time, please feel free to email freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk. to highlight any problems that may have arisen. Thank you for your request. Kind regards, Information Governance and Records Team Sent: 24 May 2022 13:24 Subject: FOI Request - Hospital Social Workers This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. If unsure, please contact ghcit@ghc.nhs.uk I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, to inform my PhD in social work. Please provide the following information via email; 1. Number of hospital social workers currently employed by your Trust expressed as number of staff and as Full Time Equivalent, excluding vacancies. 2. Number of non-social work registered staff currently employed in hospital social work teams care managers, assessment officers, assistant social workers etc. expressed as number of staff and as Full Time Equivalent, excluding vacancies. 3. Number of vacancies for social workers and non-social work registered staff currently employed in hospital social work teams expressed as number of posts and Full Time Equivalent. 4. Are these hospital social workers managed by a registered social worker? 5. Do these hospital social workers have an office base within an NHS hospital / other NHS premises? 6. If your Trust does not employ hospital social workers, please give the name of the body that does employ hospital social workers in your area. 'Hospital social workers' include employees registered with a social work regulator, who spend more than 50% of their working time facilitating hospital discharge or providing other social work services to inpatients of acute NHS services, excluding mental health. 'Non-social work registered staff' includes staff who provide a similar service to social workers, but who are not registered with a social work regulator. Please do not include any staff whose posts are funded by the NHS or other bodies, but whose contract of employment is with the local authority. Thank you for your fulfilment of this request. Follow us on Twitter: @SunderlandUniSW For Wellbeing support, please click this link to access Student Support Services: https://sj.sunderland.ac.uk/student-information/support-services/ DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this email is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error please advise the sender by return email and delete all copies. The University of Sunderland cannot guarantee that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and amended. You should perform your own virus checks.