Statistical Bulletin SWK/S/2002/24 Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services: page 5


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Statistical Bulletin SWK/S/2002/24
Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services

5. Staff by Client Group

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

5.2 Almost two thirds (64%) of staff provided services for adults, a further 16% provided services for children and 4% provided services for offenders. Eight percent of staff were attributed to generic provision, providing services for more than one client group.

5.3 The majority (85%) of all staff in 2001 were female. This proportion was highest for staff providing services for adults, where 90% were female, and lowest for staff providing services for offenders (59%).

Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2001
Numbers and WTEs by Client Group and Gender

Table 4

Client Group	Number of staff				% of staff		% by client group
Client Group	Males	Females	Total	WTE	Males	Females	WTE
Children	1,445	4,975	6,420	5,686	22.5	77.5	16.4
Adults (Community Care)	3,311	28,330	31,641	22,050	10.5	89.5	63.6
Older People ⁽¹⁾	783	6,147	6,930	5,559	11.3	88.7	16.0
People with Physical Disabilities ⁽¹⁾	176	343	519	425	33.9	66.1	1.2
People with Mental Health Problems ⁽¹⁾	107	190	297	251	36.0	64.0	0.7
People with Learning Disabilities ⁽¹⁾	1,062	2,913	3,975	3,226	26.7	73.3	9.3
Adults (not separately identified) ⁽²⁾	1,183	18,737	19,920	12,589	5.9	94.1	36.3
Offenders	567	806	1,373	1,241	41.3	58.7	3.6
Generic provision	585	2,732	3,317	2,900	17.6	82.4	8.4
Management/ Administration	904	2,141	3,045	2,806	29.7	70.3	8.1
Total	6,812	38,984	45,796	34,683	*14.9*	*85.1*	*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 22,050 staff (WTE) who provided services for adults corresponded to 5.5 per 1,000 population aged 18 and over (table 5). This proportion was highest for the island authorities (16.4 in Eileanan Siar, 14.6 in Orkney Islands and 14.2 in Shetland Islands). There were 5.1 staff per 1,000 population aged under 18 providing services for children, although this rate varied from 10.2 in Dundee City to 1.3 in Eileanan Siar. (The 0% for Perth & Kinross arises because services for children have been combined with education.)

Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 2001
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	6.1	5.5	0.5	0.0	0.7	*6.7*
Aberdeenshire	3.8	5.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	*5.9*
Angus	5.1	6.6	0.4	0.3	0.5	*7.3*
Argyll & Bute	3.1	7.5	0.3	1.3	1.0	*9.0*
Clackmannanshire	4.2	5.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	*6.2*
Dumfries & Galloway	4.9	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	*3.6*
Dundee City	10.2	6.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	*8.6*
East Ayrshire	4.4	5.0	0.5	0.6	0.3	*6.0*
East Dunbartonshire	3.7	4.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	*5.0*
East Lothian	3.8	5.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	*5.3*
East Renfrewshire	1.6	4.8	0.2	0.3	0.8	*5.2*
Edinburgh, City of	9.1	5.8	0.3	0.8	1.1	*8.5*
Eileanan Siar	1.3	16.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	*13.7*
Falkirk	4.0	6.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	*6.5*
Fife	3.2	7.1	0.5	0.3	0.8	*7.7*
Glasgow City	8.2	3.8	0.7	1.2	0.4	*6.8*
Highland	3.9	5.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	*6.4*
Inverclyde	8.3	7.0	0.6	0.5	0.7	*8.8*
Midlothian	4.4	5.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	*5.8*
Moray	3.1	4.8	0.3	0.2	0.4	*5.1*
North Ayrshire	4.9	5.1	0.4	0.6	0.7	*6.7*
North Lanarkshire	4.5	6.4	0.4	0.8	0.3	*7.3*
Orkney Islands	7.0	14.6	0.5	0.4	1.2	*14.8*
Perth & Kinross	0.0	4.7	0.0	0.4	0.5	*4.5*
Renfrewshire	3.7	5.7	0.3	1.2	0.6	*7.2*
Scottish Borders	2.4	7.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	*7.2*
Shetland Islands	6.8	14.2	0.4	0.8	0.7	*14.1*
South Ayrshire	3.6	4.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	*5.0*
South Lanarkshire	3.9	4.9	0.3	0.5	0.4	*5.7*
Stirling	4.1	5.7	0.4	0.2	0.4	*6.3*
West Dunbartonshire	5.9	8.5	0.5	1.0	0.6	*9.8*
West Lothian	4.5	3.5	0.2	0.6	0.4	*4.8*
Scotland	*5.1*	*5.5*	*0.4*	*0.6*	*0.5*	*6.8*

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.

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