Data set from Children's social work workforce: attrition, caseload, and agency workforce

Caseload breakdown

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Breakdown and distribution of how many cases were held by social workers on 30 September 2021.


Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Children's social work workforce: attrition, caseload, and agency workforce
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Cumulative FTE
  • Cumulative FTE Proportion
  • Total FTE
Filters
  • Cases Held
Time period
2021

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
geographic_leveltime_periodtime_identifiercountry_codecountry_namerounded_casestotal_ftecumulative_ftecumulative_proportion
National2021Reporting yearE92000001England1648.5648.53.17
National2021Reporting yearE92000001England2486.241134.745.55
National2021Reporting yearE92000001England3383.031517.777.42
National2021Reporting yearE92000001England4341.241859.019.09
National2021Reporting yearE92000001England5404.292263.311.06

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
cumulative_fteCumulative FTE
cumulative_proportionCumulative FTE Proportion
rounded_casesCases Held
total_fteTotal FTE

Footnotes

  1. Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.
  2. Social workers who do not hold cases (0 cases per FTE) are excluded – 17,930 FTE social workers.
  3. Social workers who held cases, but had 0 FTE recorded are excluded – 26 social worker with 0 FTE were holding 309 cases.
  4. Social workers holding more than 50 cases per FTE are excluded – 91.0 FTE social workers were holding 4,878 cases.

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