Table 6
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2003 and 2004
Numbers and WTE by Staff Group
Staff Group | 2003 | 2004 (1) |
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Number | WTE | % WTE | Number | WTE | % WTE |
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Senior Managers, etc | 1,615 | 1,563 | 4.0% | 1,941 | 1,865 | 4.6% |
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Social Workers | 4,511 | 4,102 | 10.4% | 5,036 | 4,576 | 11.2% |
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Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff | 2,307 | 2,043 | 5.2% | 2,006 | 1,765 | 4.3% |
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Social Work Assistants | 1,758 | 1,540 | 3.9% | 2,408 | 2,123 | 5.2% |
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Home Care Staff & Managers | 16,705 | 10,678 | 27.1% | 16,643 | 10,585 | 25.8% |
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Other Domiciliary Staff | 607 | 488 | 1.2% | 640 | 493 | 1.2% |
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Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff | 1,584 | 1,426 | 3.6% | 1,649 | 1,457 | 3.6% |
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Day Care - Care Staff | 2,143 | 1,799 | 4.6% | 2,394 | 1,968 | 4.8% |
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Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff | 4,742 | 4,170 | 10.6% | 5,811 | 5,038 | 12.3% |
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Residential - Care Staff (2) | 3,507 | 2,760 | 7.0% | 2,675 | 1,980 | 4.8% |
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Support Staff | 10,611 | 8,830 | 22.4% | 10,986 | 8,968 | 21.9% |
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Secondments | 29 | 29 | 0.1% | 16 | 14 | 0.0% |
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Total | 50,119 | 39,429 | 100.0% | 52,376 | 40,985 | 100.0% |
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Note:
(1) In 2004, there were 171 staff / 151 WTE with unknown posts. For this reason column totals do not equal the sum of their components.
(2) 2004 information for Residential Care Staff cannot be directly compared to previous years because of post re-classification.