Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2006

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Table 17 Vacancies in Scottish Social Work Services, 2006
Vacancy WTEs by Staff Group and Local Authority (6)

Local Authority

Senior Managers, etc

Social Workers

Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff

Social Work/ OT Assistants

Home Care Staff & Managers

Other Domiciliary Staff

Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

Day Care - Care Staff

Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

Residential - Care Staff

Support Staff

Trainee Social Workers

Total

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

WTE

Percent (1) Vacancies

Aberdeen City

3

7.1

17

7.3

6

3.9

1

3.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

6.0

5

5.2

8

8.9

23

15.7

14

5.5

0

0.0

79

6.6

Aberdeenshire

2

3.4

23

10.8

4

5.5

17

17.9

2

5.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

5

3.4

9

5.1

5

16.5

27

9.3

0

0.0

94

8.2

Angus

12

18.3

8

11.7

14

13.5

6

11.2

2

4.7

8

23.3

1

4.4

8

12.0

7

11.9

18

11.2

38

14.6

0

0.0

122

13.0

Argyll & Bute

2

4.2

6

8.2

2

5.4

2

11.2

0

0.0

14

39.3

2

8.2

6

11.2

9

9.2

7

9.4

33

9.8

0

0.0

82

10.2

Clackmannanshire

0

0.0

13

30.4

1

4.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

4.1

2

6.3

0

1.3

0

0.0

4

4.9

0

0.0

21

7.4

Dumfries & Galloway

3

4.2

18

11.2

6

8.6

4

6.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

5

11.5

6

18.3

4

8.2

0

1.3

35

14.4

0

0.0

81

10.6

Dundee City (2)

0

0.0

7

5.2

7

5.5

0

0.0

1

2.5

2

7.6

1

3.0

2

5.8

5

4.1

3

2.0

6

2.6

0

0.0

35

3.4

East Ayrshire

7

17.3

16

12.0

2

5.3

8

11.0

1

4.4

5

13.9

9

37.0

5

12.3

19

22.1

12

34.6

26

14.4

0

0.0

111

15.4

East Dunbartonshire

4

10.1

8

13.4

3

7.3

6

14.8

0

0.0

0

1.4

0

4.7

8

16.5

9

26.1

1

11.9

1

0.6

0

0.0

41

9.3

East Lothian

0

0.0

7

10.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

7

1.6

East Renfrewshire

1

2.2

3

3.7

1

2.6

0

0.0

1

6.9

2

13.4

0

0.0

1

3.3

0

1.2

4

13.5

8

6.1

0

0.0

21

4.6

Edinburgh, City of (3)

36

26.6

23

4.3

4

2.1

4

5.8

8

13.0

1

25.8

25

5.2

0

0.0

63

6.2

0

0.0

138

15.6

0

0.0

304

8.8

Eilean Siar (4)

0

0.0

3

12.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

16.8

0

0.0

1

13.2

1

6.3

2

2.9

5

7.5

4

5.2

0

0.0

17

5.5

Falkirk (5)

5

8.5

32

19.1

9

13.8

11

21.3

15

36.9

1

5.3

12

15.9

6

26.2

9

13.3

15

15.0

43

18.6

0

0.0

159

17.5

Fife

18

12.9

43

12.6

17

17.5

25

14.0

14

13.6

0

0.0

13

7.7

16

16.0

125

15.7

1

1.8

64

10.6

2

7.7

338

13.0

Glasgow City

5

2.3

21

2.4

5

1.2

51

7.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

1.8

13

3.9

40

5.1

0

0.0

145

8.3

0

0.0

282

5.5

Highland

8

7.8

27

11.9

11

11.7

10

10.9

2

6.6

0

0.0

4

13.6

10

11.0

17

10.0

7

3.9

40

9.5

1

5.3

136

9.4

Inverclyde

8

14.5

10

8.7

10

12.9

8

9.8

0

0.0

4

18.7

2

9.0

15

22.1

1

2.6

0

0.0

16

6.9

0

0.0

74

10.1

Midlothian

3

7.4

11

13.2

1

3.5

2

9.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

3

8.4

1

1.6

7

13.8

12

10.3

0

0.0

39

8.6

Moray

4

12.3

2

2.1

4

8.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

4.2

1

3.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

6

7.7

1

50.0

19

5.1

North Ayrshire

4

4.3

11

8.9

6

9.1

3

5.7

3

10.0

4

10.6

2

10.5

2

2.6

5

2.8

0

0.0

21

7.1

0

0.0

60

6.3

North Lanarkshire

23

22.7

28

9.2

48

25.1

24

15.5

1

2.1

3

24.2

2

3.8

10

6.9

17

6.3

0

0.0

105

16.3

0

0.0

261

13.3

Orkney Islands

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.8

3

3.1

3

5.9

1

1.2

0

0.0

7

2.0

Perth & Kinross

3

5.6

6

5.7

11

14.4

4

8.1

2

12.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

4

5.2

1

1.7

12

10.4

22

10.2

0

0.0

64

8.1

Renfrewshire

16

21.7

10

6.2

23

15.8

6

10.8

3

10.2

0

0.0

3

12.9

7

5.8

28

13.9

21

29.3

54

17.3

0

0.0

172

14.3

Scottish Borders

5

8.5

7

5.6

4

6.9

6

12.5

2

10.9

4

25.2

9

15.4

5

5.4

10

10.8

15

18.0

8

4.9

1

7.7

76

9.2

Shetland Islands

0

0.0

3

11.9

0

0.0

1

15.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

3.0

7

3.6

3

2.8

0

0.0

15

3.5

South Ayrshire

3

9.1

7

5.5

3

6.7

2

4.3

4

23.5

0

0.0

2

14.1

8

15.3

4

8.3

3

6.4

15

8.8

0

0.0

51

8.3

South Lanarkshire

3

4.0

9

2.9

0

0.0

12

6.4

1

2.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

16

10.4

28

10.4

28

8.5

23

6.2

0

0.0

119

6.6

Stirling

5

15.0

3

3.5

4

10.6

0

0.0

4

28.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

8.1

5

6.8

0

0.0

2

1.5

0

0.0

25

5.6

West Dunbartonshire

7

12.5

11

8.5

2

3.3

2

9.1

2

0.5

1

2.7

0

0.0

5

9.2

6

3.0

7

15.2

30

10.9

0

0.0

73

5.9

West Lothian

2

2.5

11

7.0

2

1.6

1

2.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

2.0

2

46.5

2

1.4

0

0.0

4

1.6

0

0.0

26

2.7

Scotland

191

9.6

400

7.5

209

8.0

216

8.8

70

6.1

50

10.0

99

6.5

176

7.9

437

8.0

204

9.4

949

9.9

5

2.6

3,007

8.6

Note:
(1) Percent vacancies = vacancies as a percentage of the staff complement - i.e. relevant WTE+vacancies.
Relevant WTE excludes home care staff and secondments
(2) In 2006, data for Dundee City was not provided. The data supplied for 2005 has been used.
(3) In 2006, children and families data for City of Edinburgh was not provided. The 2005 data for children and families has been used.
(4) Vacancy data for Eilean Siar was not provided for 2006, so 2005 figures have been used.
(5) Falkirk's vacancy reporting for 2003 to 2005 was only for social workers. However, all staff vacancies were reported in 2006 so data not comparable with previous years.
(6) In the October 2006 census, there was a change in methodology to eliminate the double counting of staff covering for absent staff.
Therefore, 2006 figures are not comparable with previous years.

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