Caseload by organisation role
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Breakdown of how many cases were held by social workers at each different organisation role type, provided for agency-employed social workers and LA-employed social workers.
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- 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
- Mean cases held
- Proportion holding cases
- Total cases
- Filters
- Organisation role
- Worker type
- Time period
- 2021
Data set preview
| geographic_level | time_period | time_identifier | country_code | country_name | orgrole | worker_type | total_fte_incl_non_case_holders | total_fte_holders_of_cases | proportion_holding_cases | total_cases | average_caseload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 2021 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | Case Holder | Agency Workers | 2857.6 | 2590 | 90.6 | 47709 | 18.4 |
| National | 2021 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | Case Holder | LA Workers | 15729.6 | 12524.2 | 79.6 | 206844 | 16.5 |
| National | 2021 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | Case Holder | Total | 18587.2 | 15114.2 | 81.3 | 254553 | 16.8 |
| National | 2021 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | Data Missing | Agency Workers | 1382.9 | 1034.3 | 74.8 | 18315 | 17.7 |
| National | 2021 | Reporting year | E92000001 | England | Data Missing | Total | 1382.9 | 1034.3 | 74.8 | 18315 | 17.7 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| average_caseload | Mean cases held |
| orgrole | Organisation role |
| proportion_holding_cases | Proportion holding cases |
| total_cases | Total cases |
| total_fte_holders_of_cases | Total FTE holding cases |
Footnotes
- Some local authorities may have difficulty in recording role type, leading to some social workers in the "qualified without cases" role type recorded as holding cases. Please see data quality in the methodology for more details.
- Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.
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