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Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2006

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Annex A Table 1: Staff of Scottish Social Work Services: WTEs by Type of Activity/Location, 1996 to 2006(1)

Type of activity/ location

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004 (3,4)

2005

2006 (5,6,7)

Strategic/ Central Staff

4,681

3,280

2,383

3,126

3,035

2,739

2,687

2,885

3,125

3,234

3,612

Criminal Justice Staff

998

1,099

1,187

1,160

1,182

1,241

1,310

1,452

1,549

1,694

1,681

Fieldwork Staff

7,411

8,798

9,530

8,479

8,377

8,979

9,625

11,164

11,995

12,607

12,322

Residential Staff: Services for Children

1,941

1,823

1,883

1,924

2,009

2,003

1,959

2,053

2,033

2,037

1,885

Residential Staff: Services for Adults

7,228

6,484

5,912

6,161

5,866

5,879

5,814

6,157

6,300

6,361

6,412

Day Care Staff: Services for Children

703

674

547

556

586

516

493

552

558

585

512

Day Care Staff: Services for Adults

3,628

3,272

3,180

3,276

3,471

3,570

3,607

3,691

3,884

4,025

3,940

Domiciliary

11,681

11,093

10,539

9,138

9,482

9,694

10,847

11,447

11,349

11,832

10,979

Full-time secondments

60

75

36

8

66

67

73

29

14

46

-

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

151

173

-

Total (2)

38,330

36,598

35,197

33,828

34,072

34,688

36,415

39,429

40,956

42,593

41,343

Note:
(1) Staff numbers may fluctuate over time as a result of various factors, including changes in the way services are provided and changes in the numbers of vacancies.
(2) Totals do not equal the sum of components due to rounding of WTEs.
(3) In 2004, data for Falkirk was not provided. 2003 figures for Falkirk have been used in the Scotland totals.
(4) WTE information has been estimated for 779 part-time posts in 2004
(5) In 2006, data for Dundee City was not provided. The data supplied for 2005 has been used.
(6) In 2006, children and families data for City of Edinburgh was not provided. The 2005 data for children and families has been used.
(7) In the October 2006 census, there was a change in methodology to eliminate the double counting of staff covering for absent staff.
Therefore, 2006 figures are not comparable with previous years.

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