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STAFF OF SCOTTISH LOCAL AUTHORITY SOCIAL WORK SERVICES, 2003
6. Numbers and WTE by Staff Group
6.1 This section provides information on numbers and WTEs by staff group for 2002 and 2003. See Annex, paragraph 9.9 for further details on the staff groups used.
6.2 Over one quarter of staff (WTE) are home care staff and managers, and 22% are support staff. Residential managers & qualified care staff and social workers, each account for about 10.5% of staff.
6.3 Overall numbers and WTEs have increased by 6% and 8% respectively. The only group where the total WTE has decreased is other domiciliary staff (e.g. community alarms staff and respite staff).
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2002 and 2003
Numbers and WTEs by Staff Group | Table 6 |
Staff Group | 2002 | 2003 |
| Number | WTE | % WTE | Number | WTE | % WTE |
Senior Managers etc | 1,396 | 1,354 | 3.7% | 1,615 | 1,563 | 4.0% |
Social Workers | 4,382 | 4,017 | 11.0% | 4,511 | 4,102 | 10.4% |
Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff | 2,050 | 1,814 | 5.0% | 2,307 | 2,043 | 5.2% |
Social Work Assistants | 1,497 | 1,284 | 3.5% | 1,758 | 1,540 | 3.9% |
Home Care Staff & Managers | 16,619 | 10,109 | 27.8% | 16,705 | 10,678 | 27.1% |
Other Domiciliary Staff | 685 | 520 | 1.4% | 607 | 488 | 1.2% |
Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff | 1,575 | 1,418 | 3.9% | 1,584 | 1,426 | 3.6% |
Day Care - Care Staff | 2,142 | 1,773 | 4.9% | 2,143 | 1,799 | 4.6% |
Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff | 4,439 | 3,832 | 10.5% | 4,742 | 4,170 | 10.6% |
Residential - Care Staff | 3,463 | 2,701 | 7.4% | 3,507 | 2,760 | 7.0% |
Support Staff | 9,125 | 7,522 | 20.7% | 10,611 | 8,830 | 22.4% |
Secondments | 73 | 73 | 0.2% | 29 | 29 | 0.1% |
Total | 47,446 | 36,415 | 100.0% | 50,119 | 39,429 | 100.0% |
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