FOI disclosure log

Message from Hackney Council

03 April 2019

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Dear ***** *****

 

Thank you for your request of 6th March 2019

 

You asked the following:

1. How many social workers employed directly by the Local Authority work within mental health provision?

1. Does the number above include the Approved Mental Health Professional workforce?

    If yes, how many social work Approved Mental Health Professionals are employed by the local authority?

1. Are the mental health social workers employed directly by the local authority (please indicate all which apply):

• Based in local authority teams
• Based in NHS teams under direct local authority line management
• Based in NHS teams without direct local authority line management

1. What formal or informal arrangements does the local authority have with local NHS providers for the provision of mental health services (please describe)?

1. Does the local authority commission any mental health social work provision from a third party provider?  If yes, which services are externally commissioned?

 

Below are the responses to your questions:

1. Based on the Hackney Council establishment on 01/03/2019 there were 45 social workers employed directly by the Local Authority within our mental health provision.

1. Yes, 25 are AMHPs

1. Based in NHS teams without direct local authority line management

1. A section 75 agreement

1. No

 

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Kind regards

Information Management
ICT Services
London Borough of Hackney 

www.hackney.gov.uk