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Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2000
2. Summary
- There were 34,161 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) staff employed by Scottish
Local Authority Social Work Services in October 2000. This represented a slight
increase (1%) from the 1999 total (table 1).
- The 34,161 WTE staff in October 2000 corresponded to 6.7 staff per 1,000
population. The number of staff per 1,000 population was highest in the island
councils (14.6 in Orkney Islands, 13.7 in Shetland Islands and 13.5 in Eileanan
Siar) and lowest in Dumfries and Galloway (3.1), East Dunbartonshire (4.5)
and East Renfrewshire (4.8) (table 2).
- Over one quarter of staff employed by Scottish Local Authority Social Work
Services in October 2000 were domiciliary staff (mainly home carers) and one
quarter were fieldwork staff. A further 17% worked in residential establishments
for adults and 10% were located in day centres for adults (table
3).
- Almost two thirds of staff (62%) provided services for adults, a further
16% provided services for children and 3% provided services for offenders.
9% of staff were attributed to generic provision, providing services for more
than one client group (table 4).
- The majority (85%) of all staff in 2000 were female. This proportion was
highest for staff providing services for adults, where 90% were female, and
lowest for staff providing services for offenders (56%)
(table 4).
- There were an estimated 1,800 vacancies (excluding home care staff) in Scottish
Local Authority Social Work Services in October 2000. Of these, around 330
were for qualified social workers.
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