Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2008
Table 16: Main Job Function by Client Group, Number and WTE(3,4,5)
Client Group | Main Job Function |
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Administrative/Support Worker | Ancillary Worker | Class 2 Care Worker (4) | Class 3 Care Worker (4) | Class 4 Care Worker (4) |
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Number | WTE | Number | WTE | Number | WTE | Number | WTE | Number | WTE |
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Children | 1,003 | 775 | 212 | 147 | 2,024 | 1,556 | 1,648 | 1,318 | 2,473 | 2,271 |
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Adults (Community Care) | 1,634 | 1,321 | 2,519 | 1,759 | 23,831 | 16,234 | 4,793 | 3,897 | 3,220 | 2,787 |
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Older People (1) | 186 | 137 | 1,580 | 1,132 | 3,388 | 2,471 | 2,471 | 1,902 | 494 | 342 |
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People with Physical Disabilities (1) | 47 | 38 | 115 | 73 | 95 | 65 | 159 | 137 | 24 | 22 |
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People with Mental Health Problems (1) | 55 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 43 | 39 | 27 | 23 |
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People with Learning Disabilities (1) | 217 | 172 | 523 | 340 | 1,960 | 1,471 | 1,451 | 1,223 | 252 | 241 |
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Adults (not separately identified) (2) | 1,129 | 947 | 289 | 207 | 18,356 | 12,206 | 669 | 596 | 2,423 | 2,159 |
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Offenders | 323 | 284 | 10 | 7 | 223 | 203 | 368 | 320 | 729 | 678 |
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Generic provision | 1,313 | 1,127 | 57 | 50 | 489 | 437 | 479 | 447 | 676 | 532 |
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Management/ Admin | 3,365 | 3,015 | 44 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 36 |
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Total | 7,638 | 6,522 | 2,842 | 2,004 | 26,573 | 18,436 | 7,299 | 5,990 | 7,138 | 6,304 |
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Client Group | Main Job Function | Total | WTE |
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Unit/Project Manager | Group Manager | Director/Chief Executive | Unknown |
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Number | WTE | Number | WTE | Number | WTE | Number | WTE |
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Children | 1,028 | 970 | 57 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 330 | 305 | 8,776 | 7,398 |
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Adults (Community Care) | 1,270 | 1,208 | 121 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 1,130 | 937 | 38,519 | 28,259 |
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Older People (1) | 239 | 229 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 163 | 8,552 | 6,377 |
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People with Physical Disabilities (1) | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 497 | 385 |
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People with Mental Health Problems (1) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 122 |
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People with Learning Disabilities (1) | 231 | 213 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 146 | 4,811 | 3,811 |
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Adults (not separately identified) (2) | 769 | 737 | 112 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 736 | 604 | 24,484 | 17,565 |
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Offenders | 230 | 216 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 114 | 2,022 | 1,840 |
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Generic provision | 274 | 246 | 52 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 3,371 | 2,921 |
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Management/ Admin | 101 | 92 | 445 | 430 | 95 | 92 | 86 | 79 | 4,193 | 3,800 |
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Total | 2,903 | 2,732 | 693 | 671 | 99 | 96 | 1,696 | 1,464 | 56,881 | 44,219 |
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Notes:
(1) Staff in day centres, residential establishments and special locations providing services to specific client groups.
(2) Fieldwork staff providing services to adults and home care staff.
(3) In 2008 data for Dumfries and Galloway was not provided. The data supplied for 2007 has been used as this was the most recent available.
(4) The definition of the job functions can be found in the background notes.
(5) Staff numbers may fluctuate over time as a result of various factors, including changes in the way services are provided and changes in the numbers of vacancies. Please refer to Background Notes for further information.