Statistical Bulletin SWK/S/2001/23: August 2001: page 5


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Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2000

5. Staff by Client Group

5.1 This section provides information on the number of staff by client group. Information on the sex of staff is also provided.

5.2 Almost two thirds (62%) of staff 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.

5.3 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%).

Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2000
Numbers and WTEs by Client Group and Sex

Table 4

Client Group		Number of staff				% of staff		% by client group
Client Group		Males	Females	Total	WTE	Males	Females	WTE
Children		1,414	4,643	6,057	5,384	23.3	76.7	15.8
Adults (Community Care)		3,108	27,379	30,487	21,300	10.2	89.8	62.4
	Older People ⁽¹⁾	801	6,060	6,861	5,476	11.7	88.3	16.0
	People with Physical Disabilities ⁽¹⁾	158	447	605	484	26.1	73.9	1.4
	People with Mental Health Problems ⁽¹⁾	116	244	360	300	32.2	67.8	0.9
	People with Learning Disabilities ⁽¹⁾	1,013	2,704	3,717	3,077	27.3	72.7	9.0
	Adults (not separately identified) ⁽²⁾	1,020	17,924	18,944	11,963	5.4	94.6	35.0
Offenders		583	739	1,322	1,182	44.1	55.9	3.5
Generic provision		764	2,889	3,653	3,196	20.9	79.1	9.4
Management/ Administration		909	2,481	3,390	3,101	26.8	73.2	9.1
Total		6,778	38,131	44,909	34,161	*15.1*	*84.9*	*100.0*

Note:
(1) Staff in day centres and residential establishments providing services for specific client groups.
(2) Fieldwork staff providing services to adults and domiciliary staff.

5.4 The 21,300 staff (WTE) who provided services for adults corresponded to 5.3 per 1,000 population aged 18 and over. This proportion was highest for the island authorities (16.2 in Eileanan Siar, 15.3 in Orkney Islands and 13.5 in Shetland Islands). There were 4.8 staff per 1,000 population aged under 18 providing services for children, although this rate varied from 10.0 in Dundee City to 1.3 in Eileanan Siar.

Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2000
WTEs per 1,000 Population ⁽¹⁾ by Client Group and Local Authority ⁽²⁾

Table 5

Local Authority	Services for Children	Services for Adults (Community Care)	Services for Offenders	Generic Provision	Management/ Administration	Total
Aberdeen City	5.9	6.7	0.4	0.0	0.8	*7.6*
Aberdeenshire	3.6	5.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	*5.8*
Angus	4.7	6.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	*7.0*
Argyll & Bute	2.7	6.5	0.2	1.1	0.9	*7.9*
Clackmannanshire	4.1	5.1	0.7	0.2	0.5	*5.9*
Dumfries & Galloway	4.2	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	*3.1*
Dundee City	10.0	6.5	0.6	0.3	0.5	*8.3*
East Ayrshire	4.8	4.9	0.4	0.4	0.9	*6.5*
East Dunbartonshire	2.9	3.7	0.2	0.4	0.4	*4.5*
East Lothian	3.1	5.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	*5.3*
East Renfrewshire	1.5	4.3	0.2	0.2	0.7	*4.8*
Edinburgh, City of ⁽³⁾	8.9	5.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	*8.3*
Eileanan Siar	1.3	16.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	*13.5*
Falkirk	3.8	6.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	*6.5*
Fife	3.5	6.9	0.4	0.3	0.7	*7.4*
Glasgow City ⁽⁴⁾	5.6	3.5	0.6	1.8	0.9	*7.0*
Highland	3.0	4.1	0.3	0.7	0.3	*5.0*
Inverclyde	7.4	6.5	0.6	0.4	0.6	*8.1*
Midlothian	4.4	5.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	*5.8*
Moray	3.1	5.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	*5.6*
North Ayrshire	5.8	5.5	0.4	0.6	0.6	*7.0*
North Lanarkshire	4.2	5.9	0.4	0.7	0.3	*6.8*
Orkney Islands	5.6	15.3	0.4	0.2	1.0	*14.6*
Perth & Kinross	4.8	3.7	0.4	0.3	0.5	*5.1*
Renfrewshire	3.6	5.6	0.3	1.3	0.6	*7.2*
Scottish Borders	4.0	5.6	0.2	0.5	0.6	*6.6*
Shetland Islands	5.5	13.5	0.4	1.4	0.6	*13.7*
South Ayrshire	4.0	5.0	0.4	0.7	0.6	*6.3*
South Lanarkshire	3.8	4.9	0.3	0.5	0.4	*5.6*
Stirling	4.0	5.3	0.4	0.2	0.5	*6.0*
West Dunbartonshire	5.4	8.4	0.5	0.7	0.6	*9.3*
West Lothian	4.2	3.7	0.2	0.5	0.4	*4.9*
Scotland	*4.8*	*5.3*	*0.4*	*0.6*	*0.6*	*6.7*

Note:
(1) Staff per 1,000 population are based on GROS mid-year population estimates for under 18 year olds (services for children), 18 year olds and over (services for adults), 18-64 year olds (services for offenders) and all ages (generic provision, management/ administration and total).
(2) 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 staffing between Councils.
(3)The management/administration figure for City of Edinburgh Council includes 103.5 WTE staff employed in the Blindcraft Sheltered Workshops, which are managed by the authority. Adjusting for this would produce a figure of 0.8 WTE management/ administration staff per 1, 000 population.
(4) In Glasgow City Council, Home Care staff are no longer located within Social Work Services.

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