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Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2002
9. Qualifications in Progress
9.1 This section provides information on staff who were attending courses on 7 October 2002 or were expected to begin a course before the end of that year. Information on qualifications in progress is likely to be less comprehensive than information on qualifications held.
9.2 Three percent of staff were pursuing SVQs. This percentage was higher for residential managers and qualified care staff (10%). Four percent of social workers were pursuing postgraduate qualifications, 2% of social work assistants were pursuing Dip SWs, and 3% of senior managers were pursuing certificated management training.
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2002
By Qualifications in Progress and Staff Group | Table 12 |
| Percent of staff pursuing: | |
SVQ | DipSW | Postgraduate Qual. | Certificated Management Training - nec | Total Staff Number (=100%) |
Senior Managers, etc | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 3.4% | 1,160 |
Social Workers | 0.1% | 0.9% | 3.6% | 0.9% | 3,340 |
Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff | 1.1% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1,737 |
Social Work Assistants | 3.2% | 1.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1,147 |
Home Care Staff & Managers | 1.5% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 658 |
Other Domiciliary Staff | 1.8% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 602 |
Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff | 6.4% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 1,070 |
Day Care - Care Staff | 5.6% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1,818 |
Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff | 9.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 3,481 |
Residential - Care Staff | 6.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 2,872 |
Support Staff | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 7,357 |
Total | 3.1% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 25,242 |
Total Number | 772 | 111 | 193 | 144 | 25,242 |
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