1. Indicators (in post, starters, leavers, agency workers, vacancies, caseload and absence)
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FTE and headcount figures on: social workers in post; starters; leavers; agency social workers in post; vacancies; caseload; and sickness absence.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children's social work workforce
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 1,300
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Social workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)
- Social workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September)
- Social worker starters - FTE (year to 30 September)
- Social worker starters - headcount (year to 30 September)
- Social worker leavers - FTE (year to 30 September)
- Social worker leavers - headcount (year to 30 September)
- Turnover rate - FTE (year to 30 September)
- Turnover rate - headcount (year to 30 September)
- Agency workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)
- Agency workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September)
- Agency worker rate - FTE (as at 30 September)
- Agency worker rate - headcount (as at 30 September)
- Agency workers in post covering vacancies - FTE (as at 30 September)
- Agency workers covering vacancies rate - FTE (as at 30 September)
- Vacancies - FTE (as at 30 September)
- Vacancy rate - FTE (as at 30 September)
- Vacancy agency worker cover rate - FTE (as at 30 September)
- Social and agency workers holding cases - FTE (as at 30 September)
- Cases held (as at 30 September)
- Average caseload - per FTE (as at 30 September)
- Working days missed due to sickness absence (year to 30 September)
- Sickness absence rate - FTE (year to 30 September)
- Time period
- 2017 to 2024
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | inpost_fte | inpost_headcount | starters_fte | starters_headcount | leavers_fte | leavers_headcount | turnover_rate_fte | turnover_rate_headcount | agency_fte | agency_headcount | agency_rate_fte | agency_rate_headcount | agency_cover_fte | agency_cover_rate_fte | vacancy_fte | vacancy_rate_fte | vacancy_agency_cover_rate_fte | case_holders_fte | cases | caseload_fte | working_days_lost_fte | absence_rate_fte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 34328.2 | 36402 | 5613.4 | 5822 | 4728.7 | 5073 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 6520.7 | 6704 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 5313.2 | 81.3 | 7188.6 | 17.3 | 76.2 | 20803.5 | 320461 | 15.4 | 287194.9 | 3.4 | |||||
| 2024 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 2158.1 | 2279 | 295.8 | 310 | 271.5 | 309 | 12.6 | 13.6 | 250.6 | 258 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 183.5 | 73.2 | 299.7 | 12.2 | 61.2 | 1365.9 | 22994 | 16.8 | 23171.4 | 4.2 | |||
| 2024 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | 4887.2 | 5168 | 848.4 | 882 | 755.4 | 797 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 1145.3 | 1157 | 19 | 18.3 | 862.3 | 75.3 | 1102.6 | 18.4 | 78.2 | 2982.1 | 49555 | 16.6 | 49509.8 | 4 | |||
| 2024 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | 3858.6 | 4152 | 600.8 | 617 | 473.3 | 520 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 507.8 | 512 | 11.6 | 11 | 375 | 73.9 | 597.1 | 13.4 | 62.8 | 2198.3 | 34790 | 15.8 | 36170.5 | 3.7 | |||
| 2024 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | 2431 | 2615 | 381.6 | 410 | 276.5 | 317 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 439.5 | 450 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 345.8 | 78.7 | 471.9 | 16.3 | 73.3 | 1604.3 | 24099 | 15 | 22559.9 | 3.7 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| absence_rate_fte | Sickness absence rate - FTE (year to 30 September) |
| agency_cover_fte | Agency workers in post covering vacancies - FTE (as at 30 September) |
| agency_cover_rate_fte | Agency workers covering vacancies rate - FTE (as at 30 September) |
| agency_fte | Agency workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September) |
| agency_headcount | Agency workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September) |
| agency_rate_fte | Agency worker rate - FTE (as at 30 September) |
| agency_rate_headcount | Agency worker rate - headcount (as at 30 September) |
| case_holders_fte | Social and agency workers holding cases - FTE (as at 30 September) |
| caseload_fte | Average caseload - per FTE (as at 30 September) |
| cases | Cases held (as at 30 September) |
| inpost_fte | Social workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September) |
| inpost_headcount | Social workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September) |
| leavers_fte | Social worker leavers - FTE (year to 30 September) |
| leavers_headcount | Social worker leavers - headcount (year to 30 September) |
| starters_fte | Social worker starters - FTE (year to 30 September) |
| starters_headcount | Social worker starters - headcount (year to 30 September) |
| turnover_rate_fte | Turnover rate - FTE (year to 30 September) |
| turnover_rate_headcount | Turnover rate - headcount (year to 30 September) |
| vacancy_agency_cover_rate_fte | Vacancy agency worker cover rate - FTE (as at 30 September) |
| vacancy_fte | Vacancies - FTE (as at 30 September) |
| vacancy_rate_fte | Vacancy rate - FTE (as at 30 September) |
| working_days_lost_fte | Working days missed due to sickness absence (year to 30 September) |
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