Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2002
5. Staff by Client Group
5.1 This section provides information on the number of staff by client group. Information on the gender of staff is also provided.
5.2 Almost two thirds (64%) of staff provided services for adults, a further 16% provided services for children and 4% provided services for offenders. Nine percent of staff were attributed to generic provision, providing services for more than one client group.
5.3 The majority (85%) of all staff in 2002 were female. This proportion was highest for staff providing services for adults, where 90% were female, and lowest for staff providing services for offenders (59%).
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2002
Numbers and WTEs by Client Group and Gender | Table 4 |
Client Group | Number of staff | % of staff | % by client group |
Males | Females | Total | WTE | Males | Females | WTE |
Children | 1,467 | 5,010 | 6,477 | 5,706 | 22.6 | 77.4 | 15.7 |
Adults (Community Care) | 3,436 | 29,354 | 32,790 | 23,362 | 10.5 | 89.5 | 64.2 |
| Older People (1) | 814 | 6,148 | 6,962 | 5,528 | 11.7 | 88.3 | 15.2 |
People with Physical Disabilities (1) | 159 | 329 | 488 | 396 | 32.6 | 67.4 | 1.1 |
People with Mental Health Problems (1) | 45 | 147 | 192 | 160 | 23.4 | 76.6 | 0.4 |
People with Learning Disabilities (1) | 1,133 | 2,975 | 4,108 | 3,337 | 27.6 | 72.4 | 9.2 |
Adults (not separately identified) (2) | 1,285 | 19,755 | 21,040 | 13,941 | 6.1 | 93.9 | 38.3 |
Offenders | 592 | 858 | 1,450 | 1,310 | 40.8 | 59.2 | 3.6 |
Generic provision | 660 | 3,068 | 3,728 | 3,278 | 17.7 | 82.3 | 9.0 |
Management/ Administration | 832 | 2,169 | 3,001 | 2,760 | 27.7 | 72.3 | 7.6 |
Total | 6,987 | 40,459 | 47,446 | 36,415 | 14.7 | 85.3 | 100.0 |
Note:
(1) Staff in day centres and residential establishments providing services for specific client groups.
(2) Fieldwork staff providing services to adults and domiciliary staff.
5.4 The 23,362 staff (WTE) who provided services for adults corresponded to 5.8 per 1,000 population aged 18 and over (table 5). This proportion was highest for the island authorities (17.4 in Eilean Siar, 15.5 in Orkney Islands and 12.4 in Shetland Islands). There were 5.1 staff per 1,000 population aged under 18 providing services for children, although this rate varied from 9.2 in Orkney to 1.2 in Eilean Siar. (The 0% for Perth & Kinross appears because all services for children have been combined with education and are not reported here.)
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2002
WTEs per 1,000 Population (1) by Client Group and Local Authority (2) | Table 5 |
Local Authority | Services for Children | Services for Adults (Community Care) | Services for Offenders | Generic Provision | Management/ Administration | Total |
Aberdeen City | 5.4 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 6.6 |
Aberdeenshire | 3.6 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
Angus | 5.3 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 7.9 |
Argyll & Bute | 3.7 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 8.4 |
Clackmannanshire | 3.8 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 5.6 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 5.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
Dundee City | 8.1 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 8.7 |
East Ayrshire | 4.1 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
East Dunbartonshire | 3.5 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
East Lothian | 4.3 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
East Renfrewshire | 1.6 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
Edinburgh, City of | 9.2 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 8.4 |
Eilean Siar | 1.2 | 17.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 14.7 |
Falkirk | 3.9 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6.8 |
Fife | 3.1 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 8.6 |
Glasgow City | 8.0 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 6.7 |
Highland | 4.1 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 7.4 |
Inverclyde | 8.5 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 8.9 |
Midlothian | 4.4 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
Moray | 3.6 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
North Ayrshire | 5.8 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 7.5 |
North Lanarkshire | 4.2 | 7.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 8.4 |
Orkney Islands | 9.2 | 15.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 16.3 |
Perth & Kinross | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
Renfrewshire | 4.3 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 7.8 |
Scottish Borders | 4.5 | 6.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 7.3 |
Shetland Islands | 7.1 | 12.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.5 |
South Ayrshire | 4.4 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 6.7 |
South Lanarkshire | 4.1 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
Stirling | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 6.9 |
West Dunbartonshire | 5.1 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 10.6 |
West Lothian | 4.5 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 5.4 |
Scotland | 5.1 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.1 |
Note:
(1) Staff per 1,000 population are based on GROS mid-year population estimates for under 18 year olds (services for children), 18 year olds and over (services for adults), 18-64 year olds (services for offenders) and all ages (generic provision, management/ administration and total).
(2) For some councils, certain services are provided by other departments (e.g. some services for children may be provided by Education Departments). This will result in some differences in the level of staffing between Councils.