Attrition overall
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Breakdowns of the various levels of attrition, with comparisons to the LA-employed social work workforce on 30 September 2021.
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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
- National
- Indicators
- Proportion of Attrition
- Proportion of LA Workforce
- Proportion of Leavers
- Filters
- Variable Name
- Time period
- 2020 to 2021
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| geographic_level | time_period | time_identifier | country_code | country_name | col_name | total_fte | proportion_of_la_workforce | proportion_of_leavers | proportion_of_attrition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 2020 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | Leavers | 4294.2 | 13.5 | 100 | z |
| National | 2020 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | Movers | 1320.2 | 4.1 | 30.7 | z |
| National | 2020 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | Attrition from LA CSC | 2973.9 | 9.3 | 69.3 | 100 |
| National | 2020 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | Full attrition from CSC | 2283.1 | 7.2 | 53.2 | 76.8 |
| National | 2020 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | Attrition into agency | 690.8 | 2.2 | 16.1 | 23.2 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| col_name | Variable Name |
| proportion_of_attrition | Proportion of Attrition |
| proportion_of_la_workforce | Proportion of LA Workforce |
| proportion_of_leavers | Proportion of Leavers |
| total_fte | Total FTE |
Footnotes
- There were 32,502 FTE children's social workers in post at 30 September 2021, and 31,850 FTE at 30 September 2020.
- Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.
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