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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 5: Numbers and WTEs by Client Group and Gender (4)

Client Group

Number of staff (3)

% of staff

% by client group

Males

Females

Unknown/Not disclosed

Total

WTE

Males

Females

WTE

Children

1,771

7,003

2

8,776

7,398

20.2%

79.8%

16.7%

Adults (Community Care)

4,393

34,117

9

38,519

28,259

11.4%

88.6%

63.9%

Older People (1)

1,043

7,509

0

8,552

6,377

12.2%

87.8%

14.4%

People with Physical Disabilities (1)

150

347

0

497

385

30.2%

69.8%

0.9%

People with Mental Health Problems (1)

38

137

0

175

122

21.7%

78.3%

0.3%

People with Learning Disabilities (1)

1,288

3,523

0

4,811

3,811

26.8%

73.2%

8.6%

Adults (not separately identified) (2)

1,874

22,601

9

24,484

17,565

7.7%

92.3%

39.7%

Offenders

721

1,301

0

2,022

1,840

35.7%

64.3%

4.2%

Generic provision

713

2,658

0

3,371

2,921

21.2%

78.8%

6.6%

Management/ Administration

1,010

3,183

0

4,193

3,800

24.1%

75.9%

8.6%

Total

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 2008 data for Dumfries and Galloway was not provided. The data supplied for 2007 has been used as this was the most recent available.
(4) 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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