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Annex A Table 5: Staff of Scottish Social Work Services (number and WTE) (5) by client group and gender: 2006 to 2008

Client Group

2006 (3,4,6)

2007 (3,7,8)

2008 (9)

Number of staff

% of staff

% by client group

Number of staff

% of staff

% by client group

Number of staff

% of staff

% by client group

Males

Females

Unknown/Not disclosed

Total

WTE

Males

Females

WTE

Males

Females

Unknown/Not disclosed

Total

WTE

Males

Females

WTE

Males

Females

Unknown/Not disclosed

Total

WTE

Males

Females

WTE

Children

1,747

6,374

3

8,124

7,102

21.5

78.5

17.2

1,830

6,676

2

8,508

7,313

21.5

78.5

16.5

1,771

7,003

2

8,776

7,398

20.2

79.8

16.7

Adults (Community Care)

4,198

31,628

12

35,838

25,510

11.7

88.3

61.7

4,332

34,194

11

38,537

28,249

11.2

88.7

63.8

4,393

34,117

9

38,519

28,259

11.4

88.6

63.9

Older People (1)

942

7,035

1

7,978

5,929

11.8

88.2

14.3

1,082

7,393

0

8,475

6,327

12.8

87.2

14.3

1,043

7,509

0

8,552

6,377

12.2

87.8

14.4

People with Physical Disabilities (1)

174

435

1

610

386

28.5

71.3

0.9

143

338

0

481

361

29.7

70.3

0.8

150

347

0

497

385

30.2

69.8

0.9

People with Mental Health Problems (1)

47

178

0

225

165

20.9

79.1

0.4

45

269

0

314

232

14.3

85.7

0.5

38

137

0

175

122

21.7

78.3

0.3

People with Learning Disabilities (1)

1,321

3,537

2

4,860

3,872

27.2

72.8

9.4

1,291

3,501

1

4,793

3,827

26.9

73.0

8.6

1,288

3,523

0

4,811

3,811

26.8

73.2

8.6

Adults (not separately identified) (2)

1,714

20,443

8

22,165

15,158

7.7

92.2

36.7

1,771

22,693

10

24,474

17,502

7.2

92.7

39.6

1,874

22,601

9

24,484

17,565

7.7

92.3

39.7

Offenders

674

1,169

0

1,843

1,681

36.6

63.4

4.1

685

1,238

0

1,923

1,766

35.6

64.4

4.0

721

1,301

0

2,022

1,840

35.7

64.3

4.2

Generic provision

808

3,163

0

3,971

3,438

20.3

79.7

8.3

768

2,853

0

3,621

3,093

21.2

78.8

7.0

713

2,658

0

3,371

2,921

21.2

78.8

6.6

Management/ Administration

978

3,022

0

4,000

3,612

24.5

75.6

8.7

1,036

3,212

0

4,248

3,822

24.4

75.6

8.6

1,010

3,183

0

4,193

3,800

24.1

75.9

8.6

Total

8,405

45,356

15

53,776

41,343

15.6

84.3

100.0

8,651

48,173

13

56,837

44,243

15.2

84.8

100.0

8,608

48,262

11

56,881

44,219

15.1

84.8

100.0

Notes:
(1) Staff in day centres, residential establishments and special locations providing services to specific client groups.
(2) Fieldwork staff providing services to adults and home care staff.
(3) In 2006 and 2007, data for Dundee City was not provided. The data supplied for 2005 has been used as this was the most recent available.
(4) In 2006, children and families data for City of Edinburgh was not provided. The 2005 data for children and families has been used.
(5) Staff numbers may fluctuate over time as a result of various factors, including changes in the way services are provided and changes in the number of vacancies. Please refer to Background Notes for further information.
(6) 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.
(7) In 2007, data for Eilean Siar was not provided.. The data supplied for 2006 has been used.
(8) In October 2007, Glasgow provided figures for homecare staff for the first time. Therefore, totals for 2007 are not comparable with previous years. The WTE for 2007 excluding Glasgow's home care is 41,850.
(9) 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.

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