Data set from Children's social work workforce

FTE and headcount rates

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Absence, vacancy, turnover and agency worker rates, and caseload of children and family social workers. These measures are reported on a full-time equivalent (FTE) and headcount basis where applicable.


Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Children's social work workforce
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Absence rate throughout year (FTE)
  • Agency cover rate (FTE)
  • Agency cover rate (Headcount)
Time period
2017 to 2020

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_namesocial_worker_fteleaver_fteturnover_rate_fte_%working_days_lost_fteabsence_rate_fte_%agency_fteagency_worker_rate_fte_%agency_cover_fteagency_cover_rate_fte_%vacancy_ftevacancy_rate_fte_%vacancy_agency_cover_rate_fte_%case_holders_ftecasescaseload_ftesocial_worker_headcountleaver_headcountturnover_rate_headcount_%agency_headcountagency_worker_rate_headcount_%agency_cover_headcountagency_cover_rate_headcount_%
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001England31854.34294.213.5231924.52.95805.515.44531.678.16112.616.174.120530.833484116.333966486514.3598015473079.1
2020Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North East2028.2248.712.315253.33230.510.211750.7165.67.570.613482428318215228713.32379.912050.6
2020Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000002North West4514.6607.613.542064.63.770713.5546.977.4799.61568.42733.94892817.9479167414.17161355677.7
2020Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000003Yorkshire and the Humber3702.8471.412.735796.13.8461.411.132069.3543.412.858.92247.93807716.9402452713.147410.534171.9
2020Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000004East Midlands2390.1283.911.915984.42.639314.1299.776.3340.912.587.91551.22626516.9259534113.140113.430776.6

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 22 variables
Variable nameVariable description
absence_rate_fte_%Absence rate throughout year (FTE)
agency_cover_fteNumber of agency workers at 30 Sept of which covering vacancies (FTE)
agency_cover_headcountNumber of agency workers at 30 Sept of which covering vacancies (Headcount)
agency_cover_rate_fte_%Agency cover rate (FTE)
agency_cover_rate_headcount_%Agency cover rate (Headcount)

Footnotes

  1. The 2020 absence rate is calculated as the number of days missed due to sickness absence during the year divided by the number of FTE social workers at 30 September multiplied by 254 days (the number of working days in a leap year, taking account of bank holidays). The rate for non-leap years is based on 253 working days.
  2. The turnover rate is calculated as the number of FTE (or headcount) social workers leaving a social work role in the year divided by the number of FTE (or headcount) social workers in post at the 30 September.
  3. Full-time Equivalent (FTE) figures are calculated by aggregating the total number of hours that social workers are contracted to work and dividing by the standard hours for their grade. FTE figures exclude social workers for whom FTE information was missing or not known.
  4. Headcount is a count of all individual children and family social workers, regardless of their working pattern: where a social worker holds more than one post within a local authority, only one post is counted (refer to the methodology section for more information).
  5. The FTE vacancy rate is calculated as the number of FTE vacancies at 30 September divided by the sum of the number of FTE vacancies at 30 September and the number of FTE social workers at 30 September.
  6. The agency worker rate is calculated as the number of FTE (or headcount) agency staff working as social workers at 30 September divided by the sum of the number of FTE (or headcount) agency staff working as social workers at 30 September and the number of FTE (or headcount) social workers.

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