Government of Jersey

Staff levels within Mental Health services (FOI)

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Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 15 September 2020.
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Request

Please update parts A,C and D of the following Freedom of Information request to include data up to the present time.
Mental health service staffing levels (FOI)

"A What are the current vacancy numbers in the States of Jersey Mental Health Service?

C How many psychologists and psychotherapists were employed by the States in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and this year 2017?

D How many mental health staff were there in 2007 compared with today in 2017?"

Response

A. As at the end of July 2020 there were 44.1 FTE (14.8%) vacancies within the Government of Jersey Mental Health Service.

C. The below table shows the number of psychologists and psychotherapists employed by the Government of Jersey as at July 2020.

Year	Total
2018	37
2019	41
2020	41

D. Table 2 shows the number of Mental Health staff within the Government of Jersey Mental Health service as at July 2020.

Year	Headcount	Budgeted FTE	Actual FTE
July 2020	269	298.0	253.9