Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2004

Table 5
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2004
WTEs and WTE's per 1,000 ⁽¹⁾ by client Group ⁽³⁾ and Local Authority ⁽²⁾

Local Authority	Services for Children		Services for Adults (Community Care)		Services for Offenders		Generic Provision		Management/ Administration		Total
Local Authority	WTE	Population per 1,000	WTE	Population per 1,000	WTE	Population per 1,000	WTE	Population per 1,000	WTE	Population per 1,000	WTE	Population per 1,000
Aberdeen City	289	7.6	960	5.7	74	0.5	66	0.3	135	0.7	1,524	7.4
Aberdeenshire	222	4.2	1,024	5.8	48	0.3	37	0.2	100	0.4	1,431	6.2
Angus	143	6.3	700	8.3	30	0.5	25	0.2	90	0.8	989	9.2
Argyll & Bute	62	3.3	603	8.3	15	0.3	126	1.4	84	0.9	891	9.8
Clackmannanshire	52	4.8	196	5.3	25	0.8	7	0.1	17	0.4	296	6.2
Dumfries & Galloway	173	5.7	218	1.9	40	0.5	24	0.2	79	0.5	535	3.6
Dundee City	251	8.8	801	7.0	71	0.8	33	0.2	60	0.4	1,216	8.5
East Ayrshire	114	4.3	610	6.5	51	0.7	62	0.5	125	1.0	962	8.0
East Dunbartonshire	91	3.8	385	4.6	13	0.2	33	0.3	56	0.5	578	5.4
East Lothian	95	4.6	358	5.1	12	0.2	21	0.2	28	0.3	513	5.6
East Renfrewshire	63	2.9	405	5.9	23	0.4	30	0.3	49	0.5	569	6.3
Edinburgh, City of	894	11.1	2,428	6.6	126	0.4	423	0.9	420	0.9	4,291	9.6
Eilean Siar	10	1.7	392	19.1	3	0.2	8	0.3	13	0.5	426	16.3
Falkirk ⁽⁴⁾	117	3.7	756	6.6	34	0.4	42	0.3	24	0.2	973	6.7
Fife	231	3.0	2,428	8.8	138	0.6	313	0.9	146	0.4	3,256	9.2
Glasgow City	1,436	12.4	1,809	3.9	250	0.7	1,256	2.2	253	0.4	5,004	8.7
Highland	246	5.4	1,150	7.0	35	0.3	105	0.5	70	0.3	1,606	7.7
Inverclyde	164	9.2	414	6.4	36	0.7	67	0.8	68	0.8	748	9.0
Midlothian	103	5.6	354	5.8	13	0.3	17	0.2	42	0.5	528	6.6
Moray	91	4.7	340	5.0	10	0.2	54	0.6	43	0.5	541	6.2
North Ayrshire	215	7.1	678	6.4	58	0.7	121	0.9	159	1.2	1,231	9.0
North Lanarkshire	374	5.1	2,013	8.1	107	0.5	284	0.9	184	0.6	2,963	9.2
Orkney Islands	32	7.5	252	16.7	6	0.5	7	0.4	30	1.6	327	16.9
Perth & Kinross	129	4.5	516	4.8	38	0.5	21	0.2	114	0.8	818	6.0
Renfrewshire	220	6.0	865	6.4	44	0.4	237	1.4	139	0.8	1,504	8.8
Scottish Borders	110	4.8	639	7.5	32	0.5	82	0.8	88	0.8	950	8.8
Shetland Islands	45	8.7	253	15.2	6	0.5	18	0.8	9	0.4	331	15.1
South Ayrshire	127	5.7	592	6.6	34	0.5	39	0.3	83	0.7	875	7.8
South Lanarkshire	305	4.6	1,457	6.2	85	0.4	153	0.5	143	0.5	2,287	7.5
Stirling	72	3.8	361	5.3	29	0.5	20	0.2	82	0.9	563	6.5
West Dunbartonshire	152	7.5	816	11.3	35	0.6	90	1.0	95	1.0	1,188	12.9
West Lothian	225	5.8	635	5.2	30	0.3	67	0.4	114	0.7	1,072	6.7
Scotland	6,850	*6.4*	25,408	*6.4*	1,549	*0.5*	3,887	*0.8*	3,139	*0.6*	40,985	*8.1*

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.
(3) In 2004 there were 151 WTE posts with an unknown client group. For this reason the total column does not sum the components.
(4) In 2004, data for Falkirk was not provided. 2003 figures for Falkirk have been used in Scotland totals.

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