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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BY DEPUTY G.P. SOUTHERN OF ST. HELIER

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 29th MAY 2012

Question

Will the Minister whether any of the 545 employees on zero-hours contracts are, like those at the Social  Security  department,  actually  employed  by  agencies  and  thus  do  not  form  part  of  FTE headcount and, if so, how many?

Will he give a further breakdown of the numbers of zero hours contracts by job types within Health and Social Services?

Answer

The 545 HSSD employees currently on zero hours contracts, is broken down as follows:

 

Ambulance

2

 Civil Servants

58

 Nursing

432

 Residential Child Care Officers (RCCO's)

53

The 545 staff are not employed through agencies, they are all on States of Jersey Zero hours contracts of employment.

These  Zero  hour contracts are  used to  cover  ad-hoc  short  term  absence  and  to  meet  other unforeseen demands. A portion of these staff (57%) also have a substantive role at Health and Social Services for which they have a permanent or temporary contract of employment.