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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 17: Main Focus of Service Provision by Staff Group, Number and WTE(1,2)

Staff Group

Main Focus of Service Provision

Community based (incl. fieldwork)

Administrative/support service

Residential

Home care

Day service

Criminal Justice/work with offenders

Hospital/hospice/clinic

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Senior Managers, etc

909

872

698

664

21

20

7

7

15

15

38

37

7

7

Social Workers

4,633

4,171

24

22

38

32

3

3

8

8

297

278

192

172

Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff

2,165

1,862

67

65

33

32

9

8

25

21

145

122

6

5

Social Work/ OT Assistants

2,016

1,775

59

49

128

118

12

11

33

27

53

50

35

33

Home Care Staff & Managers

49

45

7

5

24

18

17,603

11,670

6

4

0

0

0

0

Other Domiciliary Staff

110

88

11

9

29

26

324

225

0

0

0

0

0

0

Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

32

31

5

5

21

20

6

6

1,542

1,298

1

1

0

0

Day Care - Care Staff

128

63

8

5

25

22

110

86

2,435

1,828

0

0

31

23

Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

50

46

6

6

6,191

4,913

45

38

34

29

12

9

0

0

Residential - Care Staff

81

56

3

2

2,434

1,761

6

5

30

23

1

1

3

1

Support Staff

1,599

1,304

4,889

4,268

1,718

1,247

236

189

1,150

755

41

34

15

13

Trainee Social Workers

73

71

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

11,845

10,384

5,777

5,100

10,662

8,208

18,361

12,247

5,278

4,007

588

532

289

253

Staff Group

Main Focus of Service Provision

Total

WTE

School/education setting

Housing support

Care at home

Other

Unknown

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Total

WTE

Senior Managers, etc

1

1

17

17

7

7

207

194

124

120

2,051

1,959

Social Workers

0

0

17

16

0

0

52

49

335

321

5,599

5,072

Other Qualified Fieldwork Staff

2

2

11

10

0

0

29

28

202

189

2,694

2,343

Social Work/ OT Assistants

5

4

44

42

2

2

8

7

133

122

2,528

2,240

Home Care Staff & Managers

0

0

0

0

451

341

1

1

521

407

18,662

12,491

Other Domiciliary Staff

0

0

35

25

42

37

4

3

22

19

577

432

Day Care - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

14

13

3

3

0

0

2

2

85

79

1,711

1,457

Day Care - Care Staff

119

64

21

18

0

0

0

0

149

124

3,026

2,233

Residential - Managers & Qualified Care Staff

48

46

1

1

1

1

0

0

157

150

6,545

5,240

Residential - Care Staff

0

0

18

16

1

1

0

0

207

175

2,784

2,040

Support Staff

19

13

250

231

7

7

147

124

550

447

10,621

8,630

Trainee Social Workers

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

10

83

81

Total

208

142

417

380

511

395

450

406

2,495

2,164

56,881

44,219

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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