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Statistics Publication Notice Health and Care Series: Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2008

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Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2008

Table 15: Staff Group by Contract Type (1,2)

Staff Group

Contract Type

Permanent

Temporary

Agency

Bank

Fixed Term

Sessional

Casual/Relief

Trainee

Other

Not Known

Total

Senior Managers, etc

90.1

8.9

0.1

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

2,051

Social Workers

94.1

4.3

0.2

0.0

0.4

0.2

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.1

5,599

Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff

89.9

7.0

0.0

0.0

0.7

0.5

1.8

0.0

0.0

0.1

2,694

Social Work/ OT Assistants

90.3

6.5

0.0

2.1

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

2,528

Home Care Staff & Managers

90.9

2.8

0.0

3.0

0.0

0.1

2.9

0.0

0.0

0.2

18,662

Other Domiciliary Staff

87.5

6.9

0.0

0.0

1.2

0.9

2.3

0.0

0.0

1.2

577

Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

88.3

7.5

0.0

0.6

0.4

0.0

2.9

0.0

0.1

0.1

1,711

Day Care - Care Staff

84.8

7.8

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.6

5.9

0.0

0.0

0.5

3,026

Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

83.6

8.6

0.0

1.5

0.3

0.3

5.6

0.0

0.0

0.1

6,545

Residential - Care Staff

88.2

6.9

0.0

0.2

0.4

2.4

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2,784

Support Staff

88.9

8.7

0.0

0.6

0.3

0.3

0.9

0.0

0.1

0.1

10,621

Trainee Social Workers

65.1

20.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

14.5

0.0

0.0

83

Total

89.3

6.0

0.0

1.4

0.3

0.3

2.5

0.0

0.0

0.2

56,881

Notes:
(1) In 2008 data for Dumfries and Galloway was not provided. The data supplied for 2007 has been used as this was the most recent available.
(2) 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. Please refer to Background Notes for further information.

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