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Resourcing approval exemptions

Some roles in adult social care and health and children's services have been given temporary exemption from the resourcing approval process.


These follow a slightly different approval route to the non-exempt roles and it begins by completing the vacancy control and minor variations form (excluding ASCH like for like replacement only which can be advertised without additional approval).

The full list of exempt roles are as follows:

Adult social care and health

  • care worker
  • care worker (Community)
  • Catering Assistant
  • catering supervisor
  • domestic
  • enablement support lead
  • enablement support team manager
  • enablement support worker
  • laundry assistant
  • occupational therapist
  • senior care worker
  • senior enablement support worker
  • senior practitioner
  • social care practitioner
  • social worker
  • unit manager

Children's services

  • assistant children's residential worker
  • central placement officers
  • placements commissioning officer
  • child protection managers
  • deputy homes manager
  • independent reviewing officer
  • lead SEND officer
  • night care assistant (residential home)
  • practice supervisor (child protection teams and children with disabilities teams, fostering - recruitment and assessment team)
  • registered homes manager
  • residential children's worker
  • SEND officer
  • social worker (child protection, fostering - recruitment and assessment team only, children with disabilities only)
  • team managers (child protection, fostering - recruitment and assessment team, children with disabilities only)

For further guidance please contact HR your resourcing manager or email hr.vacancycontrol@derbyshire.gov.uk.