Statistics Publication Notice Health and Care Series: Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2008

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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

Administrative/Support Worker

Ancillary Worker

Class 2 Care Worker (4)

Class 3 Care Worker (4)

Class 4 Care Worker (4)

Number

WTE

Number

WTE

Number

WTE

Number

WTE

Number

WTE

Children

1,003

775

212

147

2,024

1,556

1,648

1,318

2,473

2,271

Adults (Community Care)

1,634

1,321

2,519

1,759

23,831

16,234

4,793

3,897

3,220

2,787

Older People (1)

186

137

1,580

1,132

3,388

2,471

2,471

1,902

494

342

People with Physical Disabilities (1)

47

38

115

73

95

65

159

137

24

22

People with Mental Health Problems (1)

55

26

12

7

32

21

43

39

27

23

People with Learning Disabilities (1)

217

172

523

340

1,960

1,471

1,451

1,223

252

241

Adults (not separately identified) (2)

1,129

947

289

207

18,356

12,206

669

596

2,423

2,159

Offenders

323

284

10

7

223

203

368

320

729

678

Generic provision

1,313

1,127

57

50

489

437

479

447

676

532

Management/ Admin

3,365

3,015

44

41

6

5

11

9

40

36

Total

7,638

6,522

2,842

2,004

26,573

18,436

7,299

5,990

7,138

6,304

Client Group

Main Job Function

Total

WTE

Unit/Project Manager

Group Manager

Director/Chief Executive

Unknown

Number

WTE

Number

WTE

Number

WTE

Number

WTE

Children

1,028

970

57

55

1

1

330

305

8,776

7,398

Adults (Community Care)

1,270

1,208

121

116

1

1

1,130

937

38,519

28,259

Older People (1)

239

229

1

1

0

0

193

163

8,552

6,377

People with Physical Disabilities (1)

25

23

3

3

0

0

29

24

497

385

People with Mental Health Problems (1)

6

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

175

122

People with Learning Disabilities (1)

231

213

5

4

0

0

172

146

4,811

3,811

Adults (not separately identified) (2)

769

737

112

108

1

1

736

604

24,484

17,565

Offenders

230

216

18

18

0

0

121

114

2,022

1,840

Generic provision

274

246

52

52

2

2

29

29

3,371

2,921

Management/ Admin

101

92

445

430

95

92

86

79

4,193

3,800

Total

2,903

2,732

693

671

99

96

1,696

1,464

56,881

44,219

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.

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