Table 1: Summary figures on social worker staffing statistics: January 2006
| Filled posts ( WTE) | Vacancies ( WTE) | Vacancies as % of posts |
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January 2006 | October 2005 | Change since October 05 | % change since October 05 | January 2006 | October 2005 | Change since October 05 | % change since October 05 | % vacancies >6 months | January 2006 | October 2005 | %-point change since October 05 |
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All social workers | 4931 | 4916 | 16 | 0% | 498 | 536 | -38 | -7% | 35% | 9.2% | 9.8% | -0.7% |
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Children's services | 2251 | 2247 | 4 | 0% | 274 | 272 | 2 | 1% | 39% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 0.0% |
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Adult services | 1575 | 1585 | -10 | -1% | 130 | 170 | -40 | -24% | 33% | 7.6% | 9.7% | -2.1% |
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Offenders services | 780 | 780 | 1 | 0% | 53 | 62 | -10 | -16% | 34% | 6.3% | 7.4% | -1.1% |
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Generic service | 326 | 304 | 22 | 7% | 42 | 31 | 10 | 33% | 19% | 11.3% | 9.3% | 2.0% |
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All senior social workers | 1006 | 1029 | -22 | -2% | 118 | 117 | 0 | 0% | 46% | 10.5% | 10.2% | 0.2% |
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All main grade social workers | 3925 | 3887 | 38 | 1% | 380 | 418 | -38 | -9% | 31% | 8.8% | 9.7% | -0.9% |
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Notes: WTE stands for the whole time equivalent for each post and is expressed as a figure between 0 and 1.
Where LAs were unable to provide vacancies breakdowns, vacancies were assumed to be <6 months.
East Lothian were unable to provide January 2006 figures so their October 2005 figures were used in the Scotland totals.
Due to rounding values, figures may not sum to their components.
October 2005 figures have been revised since November publication due to late data being submitted by LAs