FOI release

Children’s Social Worker Pay

Case reference FOI2022/01285

Published 7 October 2022

Request

1. Please provide details of your minimum and maximum basic pay rates in each grade for the jobs below in your children's social services:

Family/Support Worker

Newly Qualified Social Worker

Social Worker Generic

Social Worker Child Protection/Safeguarding

Social Worker Family Placement

Social Worker Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Social Worker Youth Offending Team

Senior Social Worker

Assistant Team Manager

Advanced Practitioner

Consultant Social Worker

Team Manager

Principal Social Worker

Service Manager

Please base your return on your April 2022 payroll. If a job occupies two or more grades, please list data by each grade.

2. Please provide how many FTE employees you have in the jobs below in each grade for your children's social services:

Family/Support Worker

Newly Qualified Social Worker

Social Worker Generic

Social Worker Child Protection/Safeguarding

Social Worker Family Placement

Social Worker Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Social Worker Youth Offending Team

Senior Social Worker

Assistant Team Manager

Advanced Practitioner

Consultant Social Worker

Team Manager

Principal Social Worker

Service Manager


Please base your return on your April 2022 payroll. If a job occupies two or more grades, please list data by each grade.

3. Please provide details (including scope and amounts) of any market force supplements you pay to any of the jobs below in your children's social services:

Family/Support Worker

Newly Qualified Social Worker

Social Worker Generic

Social Worker Child Protection/Safeguarding

Social Worker Family Placement

Social Worker Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Social Worker Youth Offending Team

Senior Social Worker

Assistant Team Manager

Advanced Practitioner

Consultant Social Worker

Team Manager

Principal Social Worker

Service Manager


Please base your return on your April 2022 payroll. If a job occupies two or more grades, please list data by each grade.

4. Please provide details (including scope and amounts) of any recruitment payments you pay to any of jobs below in your children's social services:

Family/Support Worker

Newly Qualified Social Worker

Social Worker Generic

Social Worker Child Protection/Safeguarding

Social Worker Family Placement

Social Worker Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Social Worker Youth Offending Team

Senior Social Worker

Assistant Team Manager

Advanced Practitioner

Consultant Social Worker

Team Manager

Principal Social Worker

Service Manager

Please base your return on your April 2022 payroll. If a job occupies two or more grades, please list data by each grade.

5. Please provide details (including scope and amounts) of any retention payments you pay to the jobs below in your children's social services:

Family/Support Worker

Newly Qualified Social Worker

Social Worker Generic

Social Worker Child Protection/Safeguarding

Social Worker Family Placement

Social Worker Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Social Worker Youth Offending Team

Senior Social Worker

Assistant Team Manager

Advanced Practitioner

Consultant Social Worker

Team Manager

Principal Social Worker

Service Manager

Please base your return on your April 2022 payroll. If a job occupies two or more grades, please list data by each grade.

6. Please provide details (including scope and amounts) of any welcome/start up payments you pay to the jobs below in your children's social services:

Family/Support Worker

Newly Qualified Social Worker

Social Worker Generic

Social Worker Child Protection/Safeguarding

Social Worker Family Placement

Social Worker Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Social Worker Youth Offending Team

Senior Social Worker

Assistant Team Manager

Advanced Practitioner

Consultant Social Worker

Team Manager

Principal Social Worker

Service Manager

Please base your return on your April 2022 payroll. If a job occupies two or more grades, please list data by each grade.

7. How many FTE temporary workers (staff employed via an agency) do you currently have in your Children's Social Services and which of the jobs below are they covering:

Family/Support Worker

Newly Qualified Social Worker

Social Worker Generic

Social Worker Child Protection/Safeguarding

Social Worker Family Placement

Social Worker Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Social Worker Youth Offending Team

Senior Social Worker

Assistant Team Manager

Advanced Practitioner

Consultant Social Worker

Team Manager

Principal Social Worker

Service Manager

Please base your return on your April 2022 data. If a job occupies two or more grades, please list data by each grade.

8. Do you use the social worker job evaluation role profiles (NJC, GLPC or Hay) to match your social work jobs to?

YES - NJC

YES - GLPC

YES - HAY

NOT USED

Response

Please see spreadsheet attached

Documents

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