To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current number of vacancies for social workers in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust's Children's Disability Community Team.

The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has indicated that there are currently 5 social work vacancies within the Children’s Disability Teams. The Trust has been actively trying to fill these posts but with very limited success. The majority of social work vacancies in Trusts are filled between June and August each year, when student social workers qualify from our local Universities.