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**Welcome to Vricipedia**
Workforce Strategy Information for Professionals working with Children's Services Departments

This is a knowledge repository for the dissemination of information relating to the dynamics of the children's social worker market.

Vricipedia will be periodically uploading information during 2023. This information, in the forma of videos, is intended to act as a series of progressive tutorials. Each tutorial will then be accompanied by increased infromation in written and audio format on this wiki.

Video updates are categorised by theme called chapters.

Available / Planned themes:

**Chapter 1 - Introductions**

* 1.1 Introduction to Vricipedia (Available)

* 1.2 Introduction to Vric Consulting (Available)

* 1.3 How to receive updates to Vricipedia (Available)

**Chapter 2. - Managed Agency Service Providers**

* 2.1 Introduction to Managed Agency Service Providers (Available)

* 2.2 Master Vendor (Available)

* 2.2.1 Master Vendor - Local Colour (Available)
* 2.3 Vendor Neutral (to follow)
* 2.4 Hybrid (to follow)
* 2.5 Internal (to follow)
* 2.6 Joint Venture (to follow)

**Chapter 3 - Background and basics**

* 3.1 History of Agency Usage in Children's Services (to follow)
* 3.2 Agency Workers and where to find them (to follow)
* 3,3 Cost of Agency Staff (to follow)
* 3.4 Managed Social Work Service Provider (Project Teams)
* 3.5 Procurement and Frameworks (Project Teams)
* (to follow)

**Chapter 4 - Inflationary Pressures**

* 4.1 Blowing Up (Available)
* 4.2 Use of Project Teams (to follow)
* 4.3 Margins (to follow)
* 4.4 Procurement (to follow)
* 4.5 Agency (to follow)
* 4.6 MoUs / MoCs (to follow)
* 4.7 Off Contract Spend (to follow)
* (to follow)

**Chapter 5 - Lessons From Austerity 1.0**

* 5.1 Vacancy Management (to follow)
* 5.2 Corporate Services Self - service (to follow)
* (to follow)

**Chapter 6 - Moving towards full staffing**

* 6.1 Structural opportunities (to follow)
* 6.2 Procedural opportunities (to follow)
* 6.3 Methodical opportunities (to follow)
* 6.4 Retention (to follow)
* 6.4.1 Retention - Introduction to Redzone (Available)
* 6.5 Funded Initiatives (to follow)
* 6.6 International / Overseas (to follow)
* 6.7 Recruitment Fairs (to follow)

**Chapter 7 - Tools**

* 7.1 Managed Agency Service Providers Comparison Chart (to follow)
* 7.2 Recruitment Target Setting Tool (to follow)
* 7.3 RedZone (to follow)
* 7.4 Vacancy Triage Tool (to follow)
* (to follow)

**Chapter 8 - How to run a successful MoU**

* 8.1 History of MoU (to follow)
* 8.2 Method (to follow)
* 8.3 Launch (to follow)
* 8.4 Policing (to follow)
* 8.5 Engagement (to follow)
* 8.6 Delivery (internal)
* 8.7 Delivery (external)
* 8.8 Delivery (tertiary)
* 8.9 Unintended Consequences (to follow)
* 8.10 Exemptions (to follow)
* (to follow)

**Chapter 9 - Data 2023**

* 9.1 DfE Data set - What a workforce strategist looks for (Available)
* 9.2 No Council is an island - Regional Takes on overall shortfall (Available)
* 9.2.1 Why is our staffing situation cyclical? - how do I use workforce data to move towards full staffing? (Available)
* 9.2.2.1 Regional Snapshot - East Midlands (Available)
* 9.2.2.2 Regional Snapshot - East of England (Available)
* 9.2.2.3 Regional Snapshot - Inner London (Available)
* 9.2.2.4 Regional Snapshot - North East (to follow)
* 9.2.2.5 Regional Snapshot - North West (to follow)
* 9.2.2.6 Regional Snapshot - Outer London (to follow)
* 9.2.2.7 Regional Snapshot - South East (to follow)
* 9.2.2.8 Regional Snapshot - South West (Available)
* 9.2.2.9 Regional Snapshot - West Midlands (to follow)
* 9.2.2.10 Regional Snapshot - Yorkshire & Humber (Available)
* 9.3 Achieving for all - National takes on addressing workforce balance (Available)
* 9.4 Be the best you can be - Local planning to address your issues (to follow)
* 9.5 Shouting into the abyss - Context of the data and DfE proposals (to follow)
* 9.6 How to get effective graphical representations (to follow)
* (to follow)

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