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Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2002
8. Qualifications Held
8.1 The October 2002 staffing census also requested information on qualifications held by staff (see Annex, paragraph 10.9). Some councils were unable to supply complete information on qualifications, and the data reported here is likely to underestimate the true level of qualifications. As with vacancies, home care staff are excluded for the count of qualifications. (Total numbers of staff relate only to councils which returned information on qualifications, and so differ from totals reported elsewhere in this bulletin.)
8.2 Twenty percent of staff employed by Scottish local authority social work services in October 2002 held a social work qualification (Dip SW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent). Thirteen percent held a NVQ/ SVQ level 3 or HNC in Social Care, and 5% held other social services qualifications. Over a third held at least one relevant qualification (36%), while 6% held more than one qualification (Table 11).
8.3 The proportion of staff holding Dip SW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent was highest among social workers (94%), senior managers (66%) and other qualified fieldwork staff (22%). Day care managers and qualified care staff were more likely than other groups to hold nursing or nursery nurse qualifications (9% and 8%), while senior managers were more likely than other groups to hold other social service qualifications (18%), and teaching qualifications (3%).
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2002
By Qualifications and Staff Group (percent) | Table 11 |
Percent of staff holding: |
| Dip SW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent | NVQs/ SVQs or HNC in Social Care | Other Social Service Qual. | Nursing Qual. | Nursery Nurse or Similar Qual | Instructors Qual. | Teaching Qual. | O.T. Qual. | Youth & Community Work Qual. | Any Qual. | More than one Qual. | Total Staff Number (=100%) |
Senior Managers, etc | 66.4% | 2.3% | 17.6% | 2.6% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 2.3% | 72.2% | 18.7% | 1,160 |
Social Workers | 93.7% | 4.0% | 14.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 93.4% | 19.9% | 3,340 |
Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff | 22.4% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 20.6% | 5.5% | 57.2% | 7.5% | 1,737 |
Social Work Assistants | 0.9% | 17.3% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 22.1% | 3.1% | 1,147 |
Home Care Staff & Managers | 2.1% | 17.6% | 8.8% | 3.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 31.2% | 2.6% | 658 |
Other Domiciliary Staff | 0.2% | 7.5% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.1% | 0.0% | 602 |
Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff | 17.6% | 30.8% | 5.9% | 8.8% | 7.8% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 63.5% | 12.4% | 1,070 |
Day Care - Care Staff | 0.8% | 19.7% | 1.3% | 2.4% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 25.1% | 1.8% | 1,818 |
Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff | 9.3% | 32.1% | 1.3% | 4.8% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 42.1% | 6.8% | 3,481 |
Residential - Care Staff | 0.6% | 20.2% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 24.0% | 1.7% | 2,872 |
Support Staff | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 5.5% | 1.0% | 7,357 |
Total | 19.9% | 12.5% | 4.6% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 36.3% | 6.3% | 25,242 |
Total Number | 4,559 | 2,823 | 1,151 | 592 | 258 | 94 | 190 | 437 | 220 | 8,306 | 1,564 | 25,242 |
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