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WQ.79/2025

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

BY DEPUTY M.B. ANDREWS OF ST HELIER NORTH

QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 3rd MARCH 2025

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 10th MARCH 2025

Question

"Further to the response to Written Question 37/2025, will the Minister state –

  1. the number of social workers who are employed as locums or agency staff; and
  2. the number of social workers who are employed full-time, part-time and fixed-term equivalents?"

Answer

In Adult Social Care there is one locum senior social worker, covering a vacancy in safeguarding whilst recruitment takes place.

In Mental Health there is one locum social worker who finishes in the next couple of weeks. There are no locum or agency staff in Community care.

In Children's Social Care there are 35 Social Workers employed via agencies. These are included in the total in the below table.

 

Team

Current Employed  Social Workers

Vacancies

Full-Time

Part-Time

Fixed-Term Equivalents

Comments

Children's Services

86

44 (35+9)

47

3

1

35  of  the  vacancies are  covered  by contingent  workers with  9  remaining unfilled

Adult  Social Care

13.8

1

12.8

2

0

 

Safeguarding Adults

3

1

3

0

0

 

Capacity and Liberty Assessment

5

0

5

0

0

 

Hospital Social Work

2

1

2

0

0

 

Adult Mental Health Services

16

1

16

0

0

Two vacancies filled since 17/02/2025

Total

125.8

13