Children’s social care workforce
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The proportion of local authorities that reported over 10% of social workers and residential care staff unavailable to work due to coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Data set details
- Theme
- COVID-19
- Publication
- Vulnerable children and young people survey
- Release
- July 2022
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Percentage of local authorities with over 10% of workforce absent due to COVID-19 (coronavirus)
- Filters
- Staff group
- Wave
- Time period
- 2020 to 2022
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | wave | staff_group | percent_of_local_authorities_with_more_than_10percent_absence_due_to_coronavirus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 1 (04-06 May) | Social workers | 12.5 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 2 (18-20 May) | Social workers | 13.19444444 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 3 (01-03 June) | Social workers | 10.95890411 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 4 (15-17 June) | Social workers | 11.56462585 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 5 (29 June - 01 July) | Social workers | 8.219178082 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| percent_of_local_authorities_with_more_than_10percent_absence_due_to_coronavirus | Percentage of local authorities with over 10% of workforce absent due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) |
| staff_group | Staff group |
| wave | Wave |
Footnotes
- The figures from 1 June 2020 onwards are not directly comparable to earlier waves for residential care staff.
- See Methodology for the number of local authorities that responded to the question per wave.
- The survey was collected on a fortnightly basis between May 2020 and March 2021, a monthly basis between April and December 2021, fortnightly in January 2022 and then returned to monthly from February 2022. There was no collection during August 2021.
- Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number
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