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

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Annex A Table 1: Staff ( WTE) of Scottish Social Work Services, by type of activity/location: 1997 to 2008 (1)

Type of activity/ location

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004 (3,4)

2005

2006 (5,6,7)

2007 (5,8,9)

2008 (10)

Strategic/ Central Staff

3,280

2,383

3,126

3,035

2,739

2,687

2,885

3,125

3,234

3,612

3,822

3,800

Criminal Justice Staff

1,099

1,187

1,160

1,182

1,241

1,310

1,452

1,549

1,694

1,681

1,766

1,840

Fieldwork Staff

8,798

9,530

8,479

8,377

8,979

9,625

11,164

11,995

12,607

12,322

12,074

12,128

Residential Staff: Services for Children

1,823

1,883

1,924

2,009

2,003

1,959

2,053

2,033

2,037

1,885

1,932

1,909

Residential Staff: Services for Adults

6,484

5,912

6,161

5,866

5,879

5,814

6,157

6,300

6,361

6,412

6,613

6,627

Day Care Staff: Services for Children

674

547

556

586

516

493

552

558

585

512

528

594

Day Care Staff: Services for Adults

3,272

3,180

3,276

3,471

3,570

3,607

3,691

3,884

4,025

3,940

4,133

4,067

Domiciliary

11,093

10,539

9,138

9,482

9,694

10,847

11,447

11,349

11,832

10,979

13,374

13,253

Full-time secondments

75

36

8

66

67

73

29

14

46

-

-

-

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

151

173

-

-

-

Total (2)

36,598

35,197

33,828

34,072

34,688

36,415

39,429

40,956

42,593

41,343

44,243

44,219

Notes:
(1) 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.
(2) Totals do not equal the sum of components due to rounding of WTEs.
(3) In 2004, data for Falkirk was not provided. 2003 figures for Falkirk have been used in the Scotland totals.
(4) WTE information has been estimated for 779 part-time posts in 2004
(5) In 2006 and 2007 data for Dundee City was not provided. The data supplied for 2005 has been used as this was the most recent available.
(6) In 2006, children and families data for City of Edinburgh was not provided. The 2005 data for children and families has been used.
(7) 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.
(8) In 2007, data for Eilean Siar was not provided. The 2006 data has been used.
(9) In October 2007, Glasgow provided figures for homecare staff for the first time. Therefore, totals for 2007 are not comparable with previous years. The WTE for 2007 excluding Glasgow's home care is 41,850.
(10) 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.

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