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5. Staffing of Registered Day Services
Table 8: Staffing of Registered Day Care Services 1
| Management Staff | Care Staff | Other Staff | Total Staff | No. of Centres | Staff per centre | No. of Places | Places per staff member |
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Older People | 366 | 1086 | 384 | 1,835 | 389 | 4.7 | 6,887 | 3.8 |
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People with Learning Disabilities | 369 | 1,863 | 525 | 2,758 | 163 | 16.9 | 7,894 | 2.9 |
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Physically Disabled People | 62 | 269 | 108 | 439 | 33 | 13.3 | 1,482 | 3.4 |
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People with Mental Health Problems | 19 | 37 | 18 | 75 | 18 | 4.1 | 410 | 5.5 |
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Other Client Groups | 64 | 183 | 68 | 315 | 30 | 10.5 | 890 | 2.8 |
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TOTAL 2 | 881 | 3438 | 1102 | 5421 | 633 | 8.6 | 17563 | 3.2 |
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1 All staff figures relate to 'whole-time equivalents'
2 Totals may not sum up due to the effects of rounding
Source: Day Care Centre Census Return D1-B
Table 8 shows the breakdown of staffing levels and the ratio of places to staff by intended client group.
In 2007, there were 5,421 whole-time equivalent staff. Care staff accounted for 63 per cent, management staff for 16 per cent and other staff the remainder. There were 3.2 places per member of staff and the average centre had 8.6 members of staff.
Day Care Services intended for 'People with mental health problems had the lowest number of staff per centre (4.1). Day Care Services for 'People with mental health problems' had the highest number of places per staff member (5.5).
In contrast day care services for people with learning disabilities have only 2.9 places per staff member and 16.9 staff per centre. Over half (51%) of all staff are employed in centres for people with learning disabilities.
There were also 793 volunteers and a further 1,543 visiting workers helping out in centres throughout Scotland, during the census week.
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