FOI Request - Social Work Workforce

Request 101003016844

I am sending this request under the Freedom of Information Act to ask for the following information.

1. What was your staff turnover rate for registered social workers working in child protection or with children in need in each of the following years? (Where staff turnover is calculated as the headcount of full-time equivalent (FTE) registered social workers leaving in the year divided by the headcount of FTE registered social workers in post at 1 January)
i) 2017
ii) 2018
iii) 2019
iv) 2020
v) 2021

2. What was your staff turnover rate for social work assistants working in child protection or with children in need in each of the following years? (Where staff turnover rate is calculated as the headcount of full-time equivalent (FTE) social work assistants leaving in the year divided by the headcount of FTE social work assistants in post at 1 January)
i) 2017
ii) 2018
iii) 2019
iv) 2020
v) 2021

3. In your authority’s children’s services department, what percentage of your registered social worker headcount was defined as newly qualified on 1 January in the following years?
i) 2018
ii) 2019
iii) 2020
iv) 2021
v) 2022

4. In your authority’s children’s services department, how many full time equivalent registered social workers were in post on 1 January in each of the following years?
i) 2018
ii) 2019
iii) 2020
iv) 2021
v) 2022


5. In your authority’s children’s services department, how many full time equivalent agency staff were you employing as social workers on 1 January in each of the following years?
i) 2018
ii) 2019
iii) 2020
iv) 2021
v) 2022
 

6. Do you have a shortage of social workers in your authority’s children’s services department? If yes, how many full time equivalent social worker vacancies were recorded on your system as of 1 January 2022?


7. What was the total amount spent by your authority’s children’s services department on agency social workers in each of the following years:
i) 2017
ii) 2018
iii) 2019
iv) 2020
v) 2021

Response 31-03-2022

1. What was your staff turnover rate for registered social workers working in child protection or with children in need each of the following years?  (Where staff turnover is calculated as the headcount of full-time equivalent (FTE) registered social workers leaving in the year divided by the headcount of FTE registered social workers in post at 1 January)
a. 2017 = information not held*
b. 2018 = information not held*
c. 2019 = information not held*
d. 2020 = information not held*
e. 2021 = information not held*

2. What was your staff turnover rate for social work assistants working in child protection or with children in need each of the following years? (Where staff turnover rate is calculated as the headcount of full-time equivalent (FTE) social work assistants leaving in the year divided by the headcount of FTE social work assistants in post at 1 January)
a. 2017 = we do not employ social work assistants in children and families
b. 2018 = we do not employ social work assistants in children and families
c. 2019 = we do not employ social work assistants in children and families
d. 2020 = we do not employ social work assistants in children and families
e. 2021 = we do not employ social work assistants in children and families

3. In your authority’s children’s services department, what percentage of your registered social worker headcount was defined as newly qualified on 1 January in the following years?
a. 2018 = information not held*
b. 2019 = information not held*
c. 2020 = information not held*
d. 2021 = information not held*
e. 2022 = information not held*

4. In your authority’s children’s services department, how many full time equivalent registered social workers were in post on 1 January in each of the following years?
a. 2018 = information not held*
b. 2019 = information not held*
c. 2020 = information not held*
d. 2021 = information not held*
e. 2022 = information not held*

5. In your authority’s children’s services department, how many full time equivalent agency staff were you employing as social workers on 1 January in each of the following years?
a. 2018 = nil
b. 2019 = nil
c. 2020 = nil
d. 2021 = nil
e. 2022 = 1 worker

6. Do you have a shortage of social workers in your authority’s children’s services department?  If yes, how many full time equivalent social worker vacancies were recorded on your system as of 1 January 2022?
a. 5.4FTE

7. What was the total amount spent by your authority’s children’s services department on agency social workers in each of the following years:
a. 2017 = £21,811
b. 2018 = nil
c. 2019 = nil
d. 2020 = nil
e. 2021 = nil

*This information therefore falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.