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Council full-time and part-time permanent staff
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This is an information request relating to council full-time and part-time permanent staff, excluding teaching and school staff.
• Please include the following information for these financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25.
• Please include temporary staff for each year. Separately from the total and full-time staff.
• Note that this foi is specifically asking for headcounts, not FTE. If headcounts are not available, please provide total FTE.
1. The total number of full-time employees currently employed by the council, excluding teaching staff and school staff
This information is provided as of 1st April each financial year.
Includes staff on the following contracts: Permanent, Fixed Term, Apprentice, Apprentices on Permanent contracts, Staff seconded into a role.
Excludes staff on the following contracts: Casual Workers, Agency Workers, Traded/Partner Workers, Consultants & Suppliers, Students, Volunteers, Staff seconded out of a role, Teaching staff and School staff.
2022/23: 1011 staff
2023/24: 1047 staff
2024/25: 1048 staff
2. The total number of part-time employees currently employed by the council, excluding teaching staff and school staff.
This information is provided as of 1st April each financial year.
Includes staff on the following contracts: Permanent, Fixed Term, Apprentice, Apprentices on Permanent contracts, Staff seconded into a role.
Excludes staff on the following contracts: Casual Workers, Agency Workers, Traded/Partner Workers, Consultants & Suppliers, Students, Volunteers, Staff seconded out of a role, Teaching staff and School staff.
2022/23: 374 staff
2023/24: 373 staff
2024/25: 352 staff
3. The total number of full-time and part-time employees in each of the last four financial years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24), also excluding teaching staff and school staff.
This information is provided as of 1st April each financial year.
Includes staff on the following contracts: Permanent, Fixed Term, Apprentice, Apprentices on Permanent contracts, Staff seconded into a role.
Excludes staff on the following contracts: Casual Workers, Agency Workers, Traded/Partner Workers, Consultants & Suppliers, Students, Volunteers, Staff seconded out of a role, Teaching staff and School staff.
2020/21: 1220 staff, 79 temporary staff (agency/consultant)
2021/22: 1366 staff, 79 temporary staff (agency/consultant)
2022/23: 1385 staff, 89 temporary staff (agency/consultant)
2023/24: 1420 staff, 89 temporary staff (agency/consultant)
4. If available, a breakdown of the number of full-time and part-time employees by department/service area (e.g., social care, planning, HR, communications, etc.).
Adult Social Care & Health
2020/21 – 117 full time, 72 part time
2021/22 – 176 full time, 81 part time
2022/23 – 160 full time, 74 part time
2023/24 – 162 full time, 75 part time
Chief Executive's Office
2020/21 – 1 full time, 0 part time
2021/22 – 1 full time, 0 part time
2022/23 – 147 full time, 49 part time
2023/24 – 146 full time, 62 part time
Children's Services
2020/21 – 196 full time, 121 part time
2021/22 – 225 full time, 126 part time
2022/23 – 243 full time, 119 part time
2023/24 – 256 full time, 127 part time
Communities, Insight & Change
2020/21 – 179 full time, 90 part time
2021/22 – 240 full time, 104 part time
2022/23 – 0 full time, 0 part time
2023/24 – 0 full time, 0 part time
Finance & Resources (Legacy)
2020/21 – 1 full time, 0 part time
2021/22 – 0 full time, 0 part time
2022/23 – 0 full time, 0 part time
2023/24 – 0 full time, 0 part time
Place & Growth
2020/21 –130 full time, 18 part time 2021/22 – 171 full time, 26 part time
2022/23 – 278 full time, 74 part time
2023/24 – 285 full time, 43 part time
Resources & Assets
2020/21 – 201 full time, 94 part time
2021/22 – 150 full time, 66 part time
2022/23 – 183 full time, 58 part time
2023/24 – 199 full time, 66 part time
ALL SERVICES BY YEAR
2020/21
• Adult Mental Health had 17 FT staff and 7 PT staff
• WISH Service had 32 FT staff and 20 PT staff
• Brokerage & Professional Support had 34 FT staff and 24 PT staff
• Integrated Mental Health had 2 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Older Adults Mental Health had 0 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Adult Social Care and Safeguarding had 12 FT staff and 8 PT staff
• Prevention and Early Intervention had 9 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Public Health had 5 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Community Based Care had 3 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Long Term and Complex Social Care had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• People Commissioning had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Public Health Programmes had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Wokingham Borough Council had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Access and Inclusion had 11 FT staff and 14 PT staff
• Corporate Parenting and DCT had 35 FT staff and 23 PT staff
• Assessment Intervention and Support had 45 FT staff and 8 PT staff
• Early Help Team had 15 FT staff and 17 PT staff
• Children's Services had 32 FT staff and 34 PT staff
• Standards in Learning had 7 FT staff and 8 PT staff
• Impact & Intelligence had 23 FT staff and 7 PT staff
• Strategic Commissioning had 4 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Quality Assurance had 8 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Commissioning and Market Development had 3 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Children's Social Work & Early Intervention had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Learning, Achievement & Partnerships had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Targeted Learning had 6 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Quality Assurance & Safeguarding Standards had 3 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Localities had 40 FT staff and 36 PT staff
• Case Management had 59 FT staff and 33 PT staff
• Customer Management had 21 FT staff and 10 PT staff
• Digital Delivery & PMO had 15 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• IMT had 34 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Business Change (Corporate Services & Children's) had 3 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Business Change (Adults & Locality & Customer Services) had 4 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Digital & Change had 3 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Administration had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Place Clienting had 21 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Place had 20 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Community, Heritage & Green Infrastructure had 11 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Growth and Delivery had 6 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Transport, Drainage & Compliance had 25 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Development Management & Compliance had 13 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Highways & Transport had 14 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Infrastructure Delivery & Projects had 4 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Economic Prosperity and Place had 6 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Planning Delivery & Compliance had 8 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Delivery & Infrastructure had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Place & Growth had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Case Ownership had 31 FT staff and 41 PT staff
• Finance had 21 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Sports and Leisure had 14 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Democratic and Electoral Services had 8 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Operational Property had 15 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Human Resources had 7 FT staff and 12 PT staff
• Audit and Investigation had 7 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• Strategy and Commissioning Support had 6 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Tenancy Involvement had 5 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Communication, Marketing & Engagement had 11 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Legal had 14 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Commercial Property had 1 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Housing Management had 3 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Assets & Maintenance had 20 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Housing, Income & Assessment had 19 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Development had 3 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Investment had 1 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Estates had 11 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Corporate Services had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Governance had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Housing Needs had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
2021/22
• WISH Service had 32 FT staff and 21 PT staff
• Case Ownership had 29 FT staff and 34 PT staff
• Transport, Drainage & Compliance had 33 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Early Help Team had 17 FT staff and 16 PT staff
• Assessment Intervention and Support had 59 FT staff and 9 PT staff
• Corporate Parenting and DCT had 49 FT staff and 21 PT staff
• Localities had 35 FT staff and 33 PT staff
• Children's Services had 34 FT staff and 31 PT staff
• Sports and Leisure had 15 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Customer Delivery had 57 FT staff and 28 PT staff
• Access and Inclusion had 12 FT staff and 18 PT staff
• Adult Mental Health had 15 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Impact & Intelligence had 23 FT staff and 8 PT staff
• Development Management & Compliance had 36 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Legal had 13 FT staff and 7 PT staff
• Human Resources & Organisation Development had 14 FT staff and 21 PT staff
• Community, Heritage & Green Infrastructure had 12 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Democratic and Electoral Services had 8 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• Business Services had 24 FT staff and 9 PT staff
• Brokerage & Professional Support had 37 FT staff and 21 PT staff
• Standards in Learning had 7 FT staff and 11 PT staff
• Older Adults Mental Health had 0 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Adult Social Care and Safeguarding had 63 FT staff and 15 PT staff
• Integrated Mental Health had 2 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Learning, Achievement & Partnerships had 6 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• Place Clienting had 21 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Digital Delivery & PMO had 13 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Place had 21 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Operational Property had 18 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Strategic Commissioning had 0 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• IMT had 35 FT staff and 7 PT staff
• Audit and Investigation had 7 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Public Health had 5 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Communication, Engagement & Marketing had 11 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Corporate Strategy & Performance had 2 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Neighbourhood & Communities had 25 FT staff and 7 PT staff
• Highways & Transport had 23 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Quality Assurance had 7 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Growth and Delivery had 7 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Commercial Property had 1 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Better Care Fund had 2 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Assets & Maintenance had 24 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Housing, Income & Assessment had 18 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• People Commissioning had 1 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Business Change (Adults & Locality & Customer Services) had 10 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Infrastructure Delivery & Projects had 5 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Economic Prosperity and Place had 5 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Development had 2 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Prevention and Early Intervention had 8 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Planning Delivery & Compliance had 7 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Placements & Quality had 5 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Place Commissioning had 0 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Investment had 2 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Community Based Care had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Long Term and Complex Social Care had 4 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Wokingham Borough Council had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Children's Social Work & Early Intervention had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Targeted Learning had 6 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Quality Assurance & Safeguarding Standards had 3 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Communities, Insight & Change had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Case Management had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Business Change (Corporate Services & Children's) had 3 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Digital & Change had 7 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Income & Assessment had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Delivery & Infrastructure had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Estates had 11 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Corporate Services had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Governance had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
2022/23
• Digital Delivery & PMO had 16 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• Development Management & Compliance had 38 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• Early Help Team had 16 FT staff and 15 PT staff
• Corporate Parenting and DCT had 53 FT staff and 24 PT staff
• Children's Services had 35 FT staff and 36 PT staff
• Transport, Drainage & Compliance had 28 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Targeted Learning had 7 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Case Ownership had 29 FT staff and 17 PT staff
• Standards in Learning had 7 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Sports and Leisure had 17 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Localities had 35 FT staff and 31 PT staff
• IMT had 37 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• Customer Delivery had 50 FT staff and 22 PT staff
• Adult Mental Health had 14 FT staff and 8 PT staff
• Access and Inclusion had 15 FT staff and 15 PT staff
• Legal had 11 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• Human Resources & Organisation Development had 6 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Community, Heritage & Green Infrastructure had 15 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Infrastructure Delivery & Projects had 5 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Place Clienting had 22 FT staff and 8 PT staff
• Democratic and Electoral Services had 9 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Housing, Income & Assessment had 27 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Business Services had 49 FT staff and 17 PT staff
• Older Adults Mental Health had 1 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Brokerage & Professional Support had 42 FT staff and 24 PT staff
• Integrated Mental Health had 2 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• HR Business Partnering had 3 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Assessment Intervention and Support had 65 FT staff and 7 PT staff
• Learning, Achievement & Partnerships had 9 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• Enforcement & Safety had 18 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• WISH Service had 35 FT staff and 15 PT staff
• Operational Property had 18 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Strategic Commissioning had 3 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Neighbourhood & Communities had 30 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Audit and Investigation had 4 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Public Health had 11 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Communication, Engagement & Marketing had 13 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Corporate Strategy & Performance had 2 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Workforce & Organisation Development had 1 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Impact & Intelligence had 14 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Highways & Transport had 21 FT staff and 7 PT staff
• Planning Delivery & Compliance had 8 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Growth and Delivery had 6 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Commercial Property had 0 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Estates had 11 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Adult Social Care and Safeguarding had 33 FT staff and 11 PT staff
• Better Care Fund had 2 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Quality Assurance & Safeguarding Standards had 12 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Assets & Maintenance had 20 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Investment had 2 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Business Change (Adults & Locality & Customer Services) had 14 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Economic Prosperity and Place had 11 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Prevention and Early Intervention had 6 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Strategic & Operational Delivery had 4 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Place had 14 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Development had 2 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Procurement, Projects & Commercialisation had 0 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Placements & Quality had 5 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Adult Social Care Strategy, Commissioning and Performance had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Community Based Care had 4 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Long Term and Complex Social Care had 4 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Case Management had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Business Change (Corporate Services & Children's) had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Digital & Change had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Wokingham Borough Council had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Children's Social Work & Early Intervention had 3 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Income & Assessment had 6 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Place Commissioning had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Corporate Services had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Finance Business Partnering had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Governance had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
2023/24
• Children's Services had 38 FT staff and 36 PT staff
• Corporate Parenting and DCT had 56 FT staff and 22 PT staff
• Prevention and Support (Short Term) had 61 FT staff and 23 PT staff
• Assessment Intervention and Support had 70 FT staff and 10 PT staff
• Early Help Team had 18 FT staff and 16 PT staff
• Community Safety had 3 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Transport, Drainage & Compliance had 22 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Targeted Learning had 5 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• IT had 33 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Standards in Learning had 7 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Development Management & Compliance had 39 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Community Mental Health had 17 FT staff and 8 PT staff
• Access and Inclusion had 20 FT staff and 14 PT staff
• Customer Excellence had 35 FT staff and 40 PT staff
• Place Clienting had 20 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Rental Income had 56 FT staff and 18 PT staff
• Impact & Intelligence had 14 FT staff and 7 PT staff
• Corporate Finance had 17 FT staff and 9 PT staff
• Community Older Adults Mental Health had 1 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Community Engagement had 29 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Complex Care and Support (Long Term) had 37 FT staff and 24 PT staff
• Operational Commissioning had 8 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• HR Operations had 12 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Learning, Achievement & Partnerships had 8 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Community, Heritage and Green & Blue Infrastructure had 20 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Enforcement & Safety had 27 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• Democratic and Electoral Services had 8 FT staff and 5 PT staff
• Operational Property had 18 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Finance Support had 13 FT staff and 8 PT staff
• Resources & Assets had 6 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Audit and Investigation had 3 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Quality Assurance & Safeguarding Standards had 11 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Communication, Engagement & Marketing had 12 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Strategic & Operational Delivery had 3 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Economic Development Team had 4 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Highways & Transport had 20 FT staff and 6 PT staff
• Homelessness & Housing Needs had 17 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Finance Business Partnering had 18 FT staff and 10 PT staff
• People at the Heart of Care had 0 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Growth and Delivery had 5 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Strategic Development had 8 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Commercial Property had 0 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Health and Social Care Integration had 4 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• HR Business Partnering had 5 FT staff and 9 PT staff
• Insight, Strategy & Inclusion had 8 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Investment had 2 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Adult Safeguarding, DoLS and Care Quality had 6 FT staff and 4 PT staff
• Procurement, Projects & Commercialisation had 17 FT staff and 3 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Estates had 10 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Strategic Commissioning (ASC&H) had 5 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Practice Development had 3 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Business Change (Adults & Locality & Customer Services) had 16 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Digital had 10 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Workforce & Organisation Development had 5 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Strategic Commissioning (CS) had 4 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Assets & Maintenance had 22 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Tenancy Involvement had 9 FT staff and 2 PT staff
• Commercial Property - Development had 2 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Legal had 17 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Contracts, Performance & Assurance had 3 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Economic Development and Growth had 1 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Public Health had 14 FT staff and 1 PT staff
• Adult Social Care & Health had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Adult Social Care Strategy, Commissioning and Performance had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Integrated Mental Health had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Chief Operations Office had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Business Change (Corporate Services & Children's) had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Digital & Change had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Digital Delivery & PMO had 3 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Human Resources & Organisation Development had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Strategy, Communities & Climate had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Wokingham Borough Council had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Children's Social Work & Early Intervention had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Climate Emergency had 4 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Strategic Housing Team had 5 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Environment & Safety had 3 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Highways and Transport had 1 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Building Control Solutions had 12 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Infrastructure Delivery & Projects had 7 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Governance had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Business Services had 2 FT staff and 0 PT staff
• Sports and Leisure had 15 FT staff and 0 PT staff