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Table 4
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2004

Numbers and WTEs by Client Group and Gender

Client Group (3)

Number of staff (4)

% of staff

% by client group

Males

Females

Total

WTE

Males

Females

WTE

Children

1,680

6,121

7,819

6,850

21.5

78.5

16.7

Adults (Community Care)

3,871

30,858

34,788

25,408

11.1

88.9

62.0

Older People (1)

811

6,588

7,408

5,825

11.0

89.0

14.2

People with Physical Disabilities (1)

148

325

481

374

31.3

68.7

0.9

People with Mental Health Problems (1)

67

232

312

214

22.4

77.6

0.5

People with Learning Disabilities (1)

1,227

3,383

4,622

3,770

26.6

73.4

9.2

Adults (not separately identified) (2)

1,618

20,330

21,965

15,225

7.4

92.6

37.1

Offenders

637

1,045

1,691

1,549

37.9

62.1

3.8

Generic provision

926

3,539

4,471

3,887

20.7

79.3

9.5

Management/ Administration

912

2,520

3,436

3,139

26.6

73.4

7.7

Total

8,075

44,203

52,376

40,985

15.4

84.6

100.0

Note:
(1) Staff in day centres, residential establishments and special locations providing services to specific client groups.
(2) Fieldwork staff providing services to adults and home care staff.
(3) In 2004, there were 171 staff / 151 WTE posts with an unknown client group.
(4) There were 98 staff for whom gender was unknown. For this reason the male and female columns do not sum to the total column.

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