Statistics Publication Notice - Health and Care Series: Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2007

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Table 17: Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2007: Main Focus of Service Provision by Staff Group, Number and WTE(1,2)

Staff Group

Main Focus of Service Provision

Community based (incl. fieldwork)

Administrative/support service

Residential

Home care

Day service

Criminal Justice/work with offenders

Hospital/hospice/clinic

School/education setting

Housing support

Care at home

Other

Unknown

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Senior Managers, etc

821

790

611

571

21

21

7

7

30

27

40

39

7

7

0

0

20

20

7

7

236

224

192

184

1,992

1,897

Social Workers

4,387

3,988

47

42

52

10

5

5

23

17

280

262

210

191

2

2

26

25

0

0

58

51

414

394

5,504

4,986

Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff

2,045

1,779

75

68

46

43

6

5

30

23

133

115

8

7

1

1

7

6

0

0

21

18

271

254

2,643

2,320

Social Work/ OT Assistants

1,873

1,652

24

21

154

144

11

9

45

35

56

56

26

24

7

6

36

34

0

0

18

18

173

158

2,423

2,156

Home Care Staff & Managers

72

67

9

8

15

12

17,840

11,836

4

2

3

3

2

2

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

2

963

729

18,911

12,661

Other Domiciliary Staff

68

54

17

15

53

36

343

265

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

11

9

7

4

4

2

68

60

571

444

Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

20

18

12

10

63

17

1

1

1,403

1,228

3

3

1

1

0

0

3

3

0

0

30

28

101

94

1,637

1,402

Day Care - Care Staff

124

70

26

21

93

26

18

12

2,564

1,972

2

2

2

2

0

0

6

4

0

0

18

16

166

141

3,019

2,265

Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

65

60

9

8

5,839

4,641

3

2

104

91

12

10

1

1

57

54

32

28

0

0

4

4

368

338

6,494

5,237

Residential - Care Staff

76

55

0

0

2,419

1,743

10

8

4

4

2

2

0

0

0

0

25

21

5

4

0

0

223

183

2,764

2,019

Support Staff

1,645

1,343

4,377

3,825

1,721

1,251

157

115

1,287

863

106

94

30

25

13

13

276

246

8

7

255

220

864

722

10,739

8,722

Trainee Social Workers

135

129

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

3

2

2

140

134

Total

11,331

10,005

5,207

4,589

10,476

7,943

18,401

12,265

5,494

4,262

637

584

287

259

80

76

443

396

27

22

649

585

3,805

3,257

56,837

44,243

Note:
(1) In 2007 data for Dundee City was not provided. The data supplied for 2005 has been used as this was the most recent available.
(2) In 2007, data for Eilean Siar was not provided. The 2006 data has been used.
(3) Dundee City staff are all included in the unknown column as this information was not collected in 2005.

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