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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 |
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Males | Females | Unknown/Not disclosed | Total | WTE | Males | Females | WTE |
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Children | 1,771 | 7,003 | 2 | 8,776 | 7,398 | 20.2% | 79.8% | 16.7% |
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Adults (Community Care) | 4,393 | 34,117 | 9 | 38,519 | 28,259 | 11.4% | 88.6% | 63.9% |
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Older People (1) | 1,043 | 7,509 | 0 | 8,552 | 6,377 | 12.2% | 87.8% | 14.4% |
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People with Physical Disabilities (1) | 150 | 347 | 0 | 497 | 385 | 30.2% | 69.8% | 0.9% |
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People with Mental Health Problems (1) | 38 | 137 | 0 | 175 | 122 | 21.7% | 78.3% | 0.3% |
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People with Learning Disabilities (1) | 1,288 | 3,523 | 0 | 4,811 | 3,811 | 26.8% | 73.2% | 8.6% |
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Adults (not separately identified) (2) | 1,874 | 22,601 | 9 | 24,484 | 17,565 | 7.7% | 92.3% | 39.7% |
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Offenders | 721 | 1,301 | 0 | 2,022 | 1,840 | 35.7% | 64.3% | 4.2% |
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Generic provision | 713 | 2,658 | 0 | 3,371 | 2,921 | 21.2% | 78.8% | 6.6% |
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Management/ Administration | 1,010 | 3,183 | 0 | 4,193 | 3,800 | 24.1% | 75.9% | 8.6% |
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Total | 8,608 | 48,262 | 11 | 56,881 | 44,219 | 15.1% | 84.8% | 100.0% |
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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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