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

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Vacancies in Scottish Social Work Services, 2008

Table 22: Vacancy WTEs by Location/Activity and Local Authority

Local Authority (7,8)

Strategic/ Central Staff

Criminal Justice Staff

Fieldwork Staff

Residential Staff: Services for Children

Residential Staff: Services for Adults

Day Care Staff: Services for Children

Day Care Staff: Services for Adults

Domiciliary

Total

WTE

Percent Vacancies (1)

WTE

Percent Vacancies (1)

WTE

Percent Vacancies (1)

WTE

Percent Vacancies (1)

WTE

Percent Vacancies (1)

WTE

Percent Vacancies (1)

WTE

Percent Vacancies (1)

WTE

Percent Vacancies (1)

WTE

Percent Vacancies (1)

Aberdeen City

15

16.0

0

0.0

31

6.6

3

4.0

37

12.8

5

15.7

6

3.5

0

0.0

98

7.5

Aberdeenshire

11

8.8

4

6.5

39

8.5

3

11.8

11

4.2

2

10.1

21

9.3

1

2.6

91

7.5

Angus

7

6.4

4

10.0

18

6.0

1

2.3

22

9.1

2

6.5

4

4.4

22

13.2

80

7.9

Argyll & Bute

12

7.6

0

0.0

26

10.7

5

5.5

7

4.2

2

2.4

3

2.0

0

0.0

54

6.1

Clackmannanshire

0

0.0

2

7.0

5

4.9

0

0.0

3

10.0

0

0.0

3

3.9

0

0.0

14

4.8

Dumfries & Galloway (6)

11

8.8

3

5.3

46

11.1

3

6.3

3

13.7

0

0.0

9

8.9

0

0.0

74

9.5

Dundee City (2)

3

3.2

1

0.9

13

3.6

3

3.9

8

3.4

0

0.0

4

3.5

3

3.7

35

3.1

East Ayrshire

12

16.6

10

22.1

38

10.8

6

12.7

7

11.1

0

0.0

9

10.2

5

8.5

89

12.0

East Dunbartonshire

2

4.5

0

0.0

19

9.7

11

33.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

3

3.7

35

8.0

East Lothian (5)

0

0.0

2

8.1

1

0.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

0.5

East Renfrewshire

8

12.4

6

15.1

4

2.4

0

0.0

1

0.7

0

0.0

3

3.8

1

2.6

21

4.7

Edinburgh, City of (3)

54

14.3

6

3.9

25

2.5

0

0.0

171

18.9

0

0.0

42

14.3

4

4.7

302

9.0

Eilean Siar

3

14.4

1

14.7

1

3.9

0

0.0

2

1.3

0

0.0

1

2.6

0

0.0

8

2.7

Falkirk

4

9.3

4

6.2

31

8.5

6

35.6

25

11.5

1

18.8

15

12.4

17

16.2

102

11.0

Fife

28

15.8

11

7.5

121

15.6

29

28.3

65

7.6

0

0.0

40

10.1

18

13.8

312

12.0

Glasgow City (4)

110

11.7

11

4.0

102

4.3

0

0.0

42

8.3

0

0.0

17

3.7

0

0.0

282

5.5

Highland

18

15.7

3

5.5

64

13.0

6

6.6

37

9.1

2

21.6

17

10.0

1

1.2

148

10.7

Inverclyde

6

8.3

6

11.1

39

9.8

2

3.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

4

3.3

3

5.3

59

8.0

Midlothian (5)

3

4.7

0

0.0

9

5.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

11

2.5

Moray

3

5.7

2

10.0

13

6.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

4

3.3

0

0.0

22

5.4

North Ayrshire

7

4.0

7

10.6

14

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

4

3.5

1

0.6

32

3.3

North Lanarkshire

24

9.8

16

10.3

142

15.8

33

27.1

8

4.6

4

100.0

25

9.6

15

9.9

267

13.3

Orkney Islands

1

4.6

1

14.3

2

4.7

0

0.0

10

4.8

0

0.0

1

2.8

0

0.0

15

4.4

Perth & Kinross

6

4.7

7

11.6

13

4.9

0

0.0

9

5.5

1

5.5

17

14.1

1

1.6

54

6.4

Renfrewshire

21

14.9

8

14.0

60

13.6

1

0.6

30

16.4

0

0.0

12

6.6

3

5.9

135

11.8

Scottish Borders

5

5.1

1

2.4

23

7.5

8

30.3

11

6.2

1

4.9

15

10.1

5

12.7

68

8.0

Shetland Islands

1

4.6

0

0.0

2

2.3

4

9.4

15

4.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

21

4.2

South Ayrshire

11

13.9

2

6.2

13

4.6

8

21.5

13

11.6

0

0.0

5

5.7

2

5.4

52

8.0

South Lanarkshire

39

12.6

7

8.0

34

6.0

25

16.2

21

4.3

0

0.0

28

11.9

4

8.7

158

8.4

Stirling

2

3.7

4

9.3

24

12.1

1

4.2

14

12.5

0

0.0

8

14.0

11

26.0

64

12.0

West Dunbartonshire (5)

13

13.4

13

20.9

29

9.0

6

9.4

31

12.5

0

0.0

5

6.3

1

1.6

98

10.5

West Lothian

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.3

0

0.0

1

0.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

0.2

Scotland

438

10.3

140

7.1

1,002

7.6

161

7.8

604

8.4

19

3.2

320

7.3

121

6.0

2,806

7.9

Notes:
(1) Percent vacancies = vacancies as a percentage of the staff complement - i.e. relevant WTE+vacancies. Relevant WTE excludes home care staff (and secondments prior to 2006).
(2) In 2008 vacancy data for Dundee City was not provided. The data supplied for 2005 has been used as this was the most recent available.
(3) In 2008 vacancy data for City of Edinburgh was not provided so children and families 2005 data and adults 2007 data has been used as the most recent available.
(4) Vacancy data for Glasgow City was not provided for 2008, so 2006 figures have been used as the most recent available.
(5) In 2008 vacancy data for East Lothian, Midlothian and West Dunbartonshire was not provided. Data from 2007 has been used for these authorities. This was the most recent available in all cases.
(6) In 2008 Dumfries and Galloway did not provide any data. Data for 2007 has been used as this was the most recent available.
(7) For some councils, certain services are provided by other departments ( e.g. some services for children may be provided by education departments). This will result in some differences in the level of vacancies between councils.
(8) 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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