Executive Director
Social Care ServicesDavid Crawford
BA (Hons) MSc CQSW /
Social Work Services
Service ModernisationWheatley House
25 Cochrane Street
Glasgow
G1 1HL
Phone: 0141 287 8787
Fax: 0141 287 8232
www.glasgow.gov.uk
17 October 2011 Our ref: RQST00003648500
Mr Dave Smith
Dear Mr Smith,
Request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
I refer to your correspondence received on 21 September 2011 in which you requested the following information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
1. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each Social Work, Housing and Education (incl Teaching Staff) in the Council
2. Please can you provide the Social Work, Housing and Education Team Leaders and Service managers names for the Council per social work team, housing team and education team.
3. Please can you provide the total number of qualified Social Work, qualified Housing and Education professionals currently working on an agency (recruitment) basis at the Council
4. Please can you list the names of all recruitment agencies currently supplying the Council with agency social work and agency
The Council is treating your request as a request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Q1. Please can you provide the name, contact and address details for each Social Work, Housing and Education (incl Teaching Staff) in the Council
Education and Social Work Services headquarters contact details are as follows:
Education Services
Glasgow City Council
Wheatley House
25 Cochrane Street
Glasgow
G1 1HL
Social Work Services
Glasgow City Council
Wheatley House
25 Cochrane Street
Glasgow
G1 1HL
Glasgow City Council’s housing services department ceased to exist when housing stock transferred to Glasgow Housing Association Ltd in March 2003.
Q2. Please can you provide the Social Work, Housing and Education Team Leaders and Service managers names for the Council per social work team, housing team and education team.
In Glasgow, Social Work Services are provided through three area teams; South Glasgow, North East Glasgow and North West Glasgow. Please find below the managers details for each area team:
South Glasgow Social Work Area
Name / DesignationSheena Morrison / Head of Service – Area Team Manager
Susan Thomson / Business Support Manager
Karen Dyball / Service Manager – Children & Families
Joanne Garrett / Service Manager – Children & Families
Joyce MacDonald / Service Manager – Children & Families
Aileen Shaw / Service Manager – Children & Families
Yvonne Johnstone / Service Manager – Criminal Justice
Margaret Anne Dale / Service Manager – Older People/Physical Disability
Julie McDonald / Service Manager – Older People/Physical Disability
Maggie Hart / Service Manager – Mental Health and Learning Disability
John Goldie / Head of Addiction Services
Carol Hughes / Homelessness Casework Service Manager (South West)
Julie McGhee / Homelessness Casework Service Manager (South East)
North East Glasgow Social Work Area
Name / DesignationAnn-Marie Rafferty / Head of Service - Area Team Manager
Kim Duncan / Business Support Manager
Kevin Miller / Service Manager – Children & Families
Josephine McLaughlin / Service Manager – Children & Families
Karen Ralston / Service Manager – Children & Families
Pat Togher / Service Manager – Children & Families
Liam Purdie / Service Manager – Children & Families
Janet McCullough / Service Manager – Criminal Justice
Fiona Brown / Service Manager – Older People/Physical Disability
Willie Munro / Service Manager – Older People/Physical Disability
Susan Maguire / Service Manager – Mental Health and Learning Disability
Eric Steele / Head of Addiction Services
Alan Robertson / Homelessness Casework Service Manager (East)
Billy McNeil / Homelessness Casework Service Manager (North)
North West Glasgow Social Work Area
Name / DesignationMike Burns / Head of Service - Area Team Manager
Evelyn MacKinnon / Business Support Manager
Karen Donoghue / Service Manager – Children & Families
Liz Simpson / Service Manager – Children & Families
Susan Orr / Service Manager – Children & Families
Lynsey Smith / Service Manager – Criminal Justice
Kate McAlpine / Service Manager – Older People/Physical Disability
Chris Melling / Service Manager – Learning Disability
Nigel Rooke / Service Manager – Mental Health
Isabelle Paterson / Service Manager – Mental Health
Christine Laverty / Head of Addiction Services
Allie Doyle / Homelessness Casework Service Manager (West)
Education Services
Education Services has three Area Managers :
Morag Gunion, Area Manager for South Glasgow
John Butcher, Area Manager, North East Glasgow
Jim Wilson, Area Manager, North West Glasgow
Each area manager is responsible for Education services in their area.
If you require a detailed breakdown of Education establishments and Head Teachers within the respective areas then please contact Education Services at the address provided at Q1 or at :
Housing Services Department
N/A
Q3. Please can you provide the total number of qualified Social Work, qualified Housing and Education professionals currently working on an agency (recruitment) basis at the Council
Social Work Services - Nil
Education Services - Nil
Housing Services Department - N/A
Q4. Please can you list the names of all recruitment agencies currently supplying the Council with agency social work and agency
As per the answer to Q3, the Council does not currently employ agency workers with regards to qualified social workers and Education professionals.
I hope this information proves helpful.
The Council accordingly feels that it has complied with your request. However, if you feel that this is not the case please contact me.
Please note that the information provided in response to your request is, unless otherwise indicated, copyright © Glasgow City Council 2011. It is supplied to you in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Any further use by you of this information must comply with the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as amended and/or the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997. In particular, any commercial use or re-use of the information provided requires the prior written consent of the Council. Requests for such consent should be addressed to:
Head of Communication and Organisational Development
Glasgow City Council
City Chambers
George Square
Glasgow
G2 1DU
Please note that if the information provided contains names and/or addresses then this information was provided to the Council in connection with particular statutory functions of the Council’s and on the basis that it would only be used in connection with those purposes. Any use of this information for a different purpose may therefore contravene the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Yours sincerely,
R Gibson
Senior Officer
Rights & Enquiries Section
Social Work Services
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