High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Workforce by Client Group and Gender
In October 2007, 63.8% of staff provided services for adults, a further 16.5% provided services for children and 4.0% provided services for offenders. Seven per cent of staff were attributed to generic provision, providing services for more than one client group.
The majority (84.8%) of all staff were female. This proportion was highest for staff providing services for adults where 88.7% were female, and lowest for staff providing services for offenders (64.4%).
Source: Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2007
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