Table 1: Summary figures on social worker staffing statistics: April 2006
| Filled Posts ( WTE) | % change | Vacancies ( WTE) | Vacancies as % of posts |
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April 2005 | July 2005 | October 2005 | January 2006 | April 2006 | since April 05 | since January 06 | January 2006 | April 2006 | Change since January 06 | % change since January 06 | % vacancies >12 months in April 06 | January 2006 | April 2006 | Percentage Point Change since January 06 |
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All social workers | 4,519 | 4,656 | 4,760 | 4,762 | 4,787 | 5.9% | 0.5% | 498 | 504 | 6 | 1.1% | 11% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 0.1 |
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Children's services | 1,991 | 2,069 | 2,147 | 2,137 | 2,161 | 8.6% | 1.2% | 273 | 272 | -1 | -0.3% | 11% | 11.3% | 11.2% | -0.1 |
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Adult services | 1,411 | 1,429 | 1,410 | 1,398 | 1,404 | -0.5% | 0.4% | 132 | 137 | 5 | 4.1% | 12% | 8.6% | 8.9% | 0.3 |
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Offenders services | 743 | 756 | 788 | 790 | 793 | 6.8% | 0.4% | 52 | 59 | 8 | 14.9% | 9% | 6.1% | 6.9% | 0.8 |
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Generic service | 375 | 402 | 415 | 437 | 429 | 14.4% | -2.0% | 42 | 35 | -7 | -16.0% | 13% | 8.7% | 7.5% | -1.1 |
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All senior social workers | 881 | 912 | 973 | 949 | 1,003 | 13.8% | 5.6% | 120 | 107 | -12 | -10.1% | 10% | 11.2% | 9.7% | -1.5 |
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All main grade social workers | 3,638 | 3,743 | 3,787 | 3,813 | 3,784 | 4.0% | -0.7% | 378 | 396 | 18 | 4.7% | 11% | 9.0% | 9.5% | 0.4 |
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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 <12 months.
Figures from April 2005 have been revised to benchmark against figures collected in the annual October 2005 Local Authority Social Work Services Staffing Survey.
Filled Posts and Vacancies (WTE) figures have been rounded to the nearest integer but differences have been calculated on the unrounded figures.
In April 2006, Edinburgh City have removed Support Workers from their quarterly return, and have created 20 WTE vacancies in Children's Services.
In April 2006, Fife confirmed a large increase in senior social workers and drop in main grade social workers due to a progression scheme.
In April 2006, North Lanarkshire have included staff as senior and main grade social workers for the first time.