Social worker stability by characteristics
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Number of social workers during the year (social worker stability) for CLA on 31 March by gender, age, ethnicity, first legal status and placement during the year, UASC/non-UASC.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Stability measures for children looked after in England
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- Characteristic
- Number of social workers
- Time period
- 2024
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | cla_group | population_group | characteristic | sw_stability | number | percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA on 31 March | Age group | 1 to 4 years | Total children | 10770 | 100 |
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA on 31 March | Age group | 1 to 4 years | With 1 social worker during the year | 3330 | 31 |
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA on 31 March | Age group | 1 to 4 years | With 2 social workers during the year | 3980 | 37 |
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA on 31 March | Age group | 1 to 4 years | With 3 or more social workers during the year | 3460 | 32 |
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA on 31 March | Age group | 10 to 15 years | Total children | 31340 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic | Characteristic |
| number | Number |
| percentage | Percentage |
| sw_stability | Number of social workers |
Footnotes
- Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements.
- Social workers are only counted once for each child during the year. For example, if a child had a social worker, moved to a different social worker, then back to the original social worker during the course of the year, then this would count as 2 social workers during the year.
- Figures exclude Barnet who did not complete a social worker data return and one child from Darlington with missing social worker episodes for the correct period.
- First placement and legal status during the year, excluding a small number of children for whom placement on 31 March of the relevant year and corresponding legal status has been used instead. See methodology document for further information.
- Youth Justice legal statuses' refers to children: remanded to LA accommodation or youth detention accommodation under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012; placed in LA accommodation under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; or, sentenced to a youth rehabilitation order with residence or intensive fostering requirement under the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (as amended).
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