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Local authority staffing
26/06/2008
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services 2007.
This publication contains statistics obtained from the staffing census held across all local authorities on October 1, 2007. It presents findings from a range of statistics to provide an overall picture of demand for, supply of and outcomes from the social care workforce.
The main findings are:
There were 44,243 whole time equivalent (WTE) staff employed by Scottish Local Authority Social Services in October 2007. However, this figure includes Glasgow's home care staff as this was supplied for the first time. Excluding these staff results in a figure of 41,850 WTE, which corresponds to a 1.2 per cent increase compared with October 2006
There were 3,037 WTE vacancies in Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services in October 2007. This represents 8.5 per cent of posts as at October 2007. Of the 3,037 WTE vacancies, 399 WTE vacancies were for qualified social workers. This represents 7.4 per cent of all social worker posts that were vacant.