Agency rates
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Agency rate data, at local authority and National level.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children's social work workforce: attrition, caseload, and agency workforce
- Release
- Reporting year 2021
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National
- Indicators
- Agency Rate
- Agency Rate Group
- Agency-employed Social Worker FTE
- Time period
- 2021
Data set preview
| geographic_level | time_period | time_identifier | country_code | country_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | la_sw_fte | agency_fte | agency_rate | agency_rate_group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local authority | 2021 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | 201 | E09000001 | City of London | 10 | 4 | 28.6 | 20+ - 30% |
| Local authority | 2021 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | 202 | E09000007 | Camden | 185.6 | 29.2 | 13.6 | 10+ - 20% |
| Local authority | 2021 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | 203 | E09000011 | Greenwich | 224.5 | 20.5 | 8.4 | 0+ - 10% |
| Local authority | 2021 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | 204 | E09000012 | Hackney | 190.6 | 53 | 21.8 | 20+ - 30% |
| Local authority | 2021 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | 205 | E09000013 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 135.5 | 20 | 12.9 | 10+ - 20% |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| agency_fte | Agency-employed Social Worker FTE |
| agency_rate | Agency Rate |
| agency_rate_group | Agency Rate Group |
| la_sw_fte | LA-employed Social Worker FTE |
Footnotes
- The FTE agency worker rate is calculated as the number of FTE agency staff working as social workers at 30 September divided by the sum of the number of FTE agency staff working as social workers at 30 September and the number of FTE social workers.
- Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames submit a joint return each year, and the numbers are reported against Kingston upon Thames. This arrangement has no impact on regional and national totals.
- Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.
- Northamptonshire local authority was replaced with two new unitary authorities, North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire, in April 2021. Data for both unitary authorities combined was submitted by North Northamptonshire in the 2021 census and is reported against North Northamptonshire in this statistics publication.
- Rates are based on the number of LA social workers in post at 30 September.
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