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Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2002
6. Numbers and WTE by Staff Group
6.1 This section provides information on numbers and WTEs by staff group for 2001 and 2002. See Annex, paragraph 10.8 for further details on the staff groups used.
6.2 Over one quarter of staff (WTE) are Home Care staff and managers, and just over a fifth are support staff. Residential Managers & Qualified Care Staff, and Social Workers, each account for about 11% of staff..
6.3 Overall numbers and WTEs have increased by 4% and 5% respectively. The only groups where the WTE has decreased are Senior Managers, Residential Managers & Qualified Care Staff and - marginally - Day Care Managers & Qualified Care Staff.
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2001 and 2002
Numbers and WTEs by Staff Group | Table 6 |
Staff Group | 2001 | 2002 |
Number | WTE | % WTE | Number | WTE | % WTE |
Senior Managers etc | 1,537 | 1,479 | 4.3% | 1,396 | 1,354 | 3.7% |
Social Workers | 4,251 | 3,873 | 11.2% | 4,382 | 4,017 | 11.0% |
Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff | 1,762 | 1,568 | 4.5% | 2,050 | 1,814 | 5.0% |
Social Work Assistants | 1,270 | 1,086 | 3.1% | 1,497 | 1,284 | 3.5% |
Home Care Staff & Managers | 15,851 | 9,132 | 26.3% | 16,619 | 10,109 | 27.8% |
Other Domiciliary Staff | 544 | 413 | 1.2% | 685 | 520 | 1.4% |
Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff | 1,597 | 1,424 | 4.1% | 1,575 | 1,418 | 3.9% |
Day Care - Care Staff | 2,098 | 1,749 | 5.0% | 2,142 | 1,773 | 4.9% |
Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff | 4,601 | 4,012 | 11.6% | 4,439 | 3,832 | 10.5% |
Residential - Care Staff | 3,279 | 2,607 | 7.5% | 3,463 | 2,701 | 7.4% |
Support Staff | 8,864 | 7,281 | 21.0% | 9,125 | 7,522 | 20.7% |
Secondments | 67 | 67 | 0.2% | 73 | 73 | 0.2% |
Total | 45,721 | 34,688 | 100.0% | 47,446 | 36,415 | 100.0% |
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