Social Workers working remotely (FOI)Social Workers working remotely (FOI)
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18 December 2020.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
For each month of 2020 so far, please can you clarify:
A
The total number of social workers employed by the Government
B
Of these, clarify how many were operating remotely
C
Of the remote workers, please clarify the countries from which they are working. If a breakdown by country is not possible, please provide this by continent.
D
The total number that are agency or interim workers, rather than full-time employees.
Response
A
Reporting Period | Children, Young People, Education & Skills | Health and Community Services | Non executives and legislature |
| 31 January 2020 | 42 | 35 | 17 |
| 28 February 2020 | 40 | 35 | 17 |
| 31 March 2020 | 39 | 34 | 17 |
| 30 April 2020 | 41 | 35 | 16 |
| 31 May 2020 | 42 | 33 | 16 |
| 30 June 2020 | 45 | 33 | 15 |
| 31 July 2020 | 45 | 33 | 14 |
| 31 August 2020 | 46 | 32 | 14 |
| 30 September 2020 | 40 | 31 | 13 |
| 31 October 2020 | 40 | 31 | 13 |
| 30 November 2020 | 40 | 32 | 13 |
B
The Department has determined that the numbers are less than five. To provide the specific number would likely breach the privacy of the individuals. Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore been applied.
C
The Department has determined that the numbers are less than five. To provide the specific number would likely breach the privacy of the individuals. Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore been applied.
D
Reporting Period | Social Workers Health & Community Services | Social Workers Children’s Services | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service |
| 31 January 2020 | <5 | 26 | <5 |
| 28 February 2020 | <5 | 24 | 0 |
| 31 March 2020 | <5 | 18 | <5 |
| 30 April 2020 | <5 | 16 | <5 |
| 31 May 2020 | <5 | 15 | <5 |
| 30 June 2020 | <5 | 16 | <5 |
| 31 July 2020 | <5 | 16 | <5 |
| 31 August 2020 | <5 | 14 | <5 |
| 30 September 2020 | <5 | 20 | <5 |
| 31 October 2020 | 5 | 22 | <5 |
| 30 November 2020 | 5 | 22 | <5 |
The Department has determined that the numbers for some months are less than five. To provide the specific number would likely breach the privacy of the individuals. Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore been applied.
Article applied
Article 25 - Personal information
(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.
(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if – (a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and (b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.
(3) In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.
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