CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2003-04
TABLE 5.2
CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE STAFF AND VACANCIES IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES
BY LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA 1-4
Local Authority Area | Staff | Vacancies |
Total WTE 5 | % change from 2002 | Ratio of Staff: Total LAC 6 | Total WTE 5 | % change from 2002 | % total staff+vacs |
Aberdeen City | 270 | 19 | 52 | 45 | 38 | 15 |
Aberdeenshire | 220 | 17 | 62 | 25 | 92 | 9 |
Angus | 125 | -1 | 59 | 25 | 53 | 17 |
Argyll & Bute | 80 | 23 | 34 | 5 | -46 | 8 |
Clackmannanshire | 45 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 50 | 17 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 170 | 2 | 49 | 25 | 117 | 13 |
Dundee City | 245 | 1 | 62 | 15 | 30 | 5 |
East Ayrshire | 125 | 13 | 38 | 40 | 111 | 23 |
East Dunbartonshire | 70 | -10 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
East Lothian | 95 | 7 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
East Renfrewshire | 55 | 72 | 59 | 0 | -80 | 2 |
Edinburgh - City of | 835 | 4 | 74 | 115 | 7 | 12 |
Eilean Siar | 10 | 57 | 21 | 0 | -100 | 0 |
Falkirk | 115 | -6 | 48 | 15 | 133 | 11 |
Fife | 240 | 0 | 49 | 40 | -9 | 15 |
Glasgow City | 1,210 | 14 | 50 | 185 | -30 | 13 |
Highland | 240 | 25 | 64 | 25 | -27 | 10 |
Inverclyde | 165 | 6 | 77 | 15 | 240 | 9 |
Midlothian | 80 | -1 | 32 | 10 | 120 | 12 |
Moray | 75 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
North Ayrshire | 200 | 10 | 47 | 20 | 0 | 9 |
North Lanarkshire | 365 | 16 | 62 | 50 | -28 | 12 |
Orkney Islands | 35 | -8 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
Perth & Kinross | 115 | - | 70 | 10 | - | 9 |
Renfrewshire | 190 | 10 | 41 | 30 | 24 | 14 |
Scottish Borders | 105 | 3 | 56 | 15 | 21 | 14 |
Shetland Islands | 45 | 10 | 136 | 5 | -60 | 8 |
South Ayrshire | 110 | 4 | 49 | 15 | 30 | 11 |
South Lanarkshire | 300 | 8 | 70 | 60 | 0 | 16 |
Stirling | 80 | -10 | 49 | 5 | 50 | 4 |
West Dunbartonshire | 155 | 38 | 52 | 25 | 24 | 14 |
West Lothian | 175 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 122 | 10 |
Scotland | 6,346 | 11 | 54 | 860 | 2 | 12 |
Note: (1) Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
Note : (2) Figures given to the nearest 5 to preserve confidentiality
Note : (3) Staff figures include unit management, care staff, support services and ancillary staff.
Note : (4) Where figures for staff are 0, this may be due either to such staff being included in other departments within an authority, or to there being no such staff groups employed by the local authority.
Note : (5) WTE = whole time equivalent i.e. total number of staff if everyone worked 37 hours
Note : (6) LAC = looked after children