AQW 53185/11-16

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 20/01/2016
Answered On Date: 18/02/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for his assessment of the number of qualified social workers in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

Answer:

The table below provides the most recent information available on the number of qualified Social Workers employed in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust;

NHSCT Social work Workforce - Dec 2015
Programme of Care	Number
Children’s Services	471
Acute Services	34
Community Care	158
Mental Health & Learning Disability	162
Total	825

The Trust’s Management Board is responsible for ensuring that there are sufficient staff in place to provide the safe and efficient delivery of all of the social work services for which the Trust has responsibility.