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Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2004

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Table 6
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2003 and 2004
Numbers and WTE by Staff Group

Staff Group

2003

2004 (1)

Number

WTE

% WTE

Number

WTE

% WTE

Senior Managers, etc

1,615

1,563

4.0%

1,941

1,865

4.6%

Social Workers

4,511

4,102

10.4%

5,036

4,576

11.2%

Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff

2,307

2,043

5.2%

2,006

1,765

4.3%

Social Work Assistants

1,758

1,540

3.9%

2,408

2,123

5.2%

Home Care Staff & Managers

16,705

10,678

27.1%

16,643

10,585

25.8%

Other Domiciliary Staff

607

488

1.2%

640

493

1.2%

Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

1,584

1,426

3.6%

1,649

1,457

3.6%

Day Care - Care Staff

2,143

1,799

4.6%

2,394

1,968

4.8%

Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

4,742

4,170

10.6%

5,811

5,038

12.3%

Residential - Care Staff (2)

3,507

2,760

7.0%

2,675

1,980

4.8%

Support Staff

10,611

8,830

22.4%

10,986

8,968

21.9%

Secondments

29

29

0.1%

16

14

0.0%

Total

50,119

39,429

100.0%

52,376

40,985

100.0%

Note:
(1) In 2004, there were 171 staff / 151 WTE with unknown posts. For this reason column totals do not equal the sum of their components.
(2) 2004 information for Residential Care Staff cannot be directly compared to previous years because of post re-classification.

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