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  • Children's social work workforce3. Role by characteristics (in post)

    FTE and headcount figures on the role of social workers in post by: sex; age; and ethnicity.
    Status
    This is the latest data
    Release
    Reporting year 2025
    Theme
    Children's social care
    Published
    Last updated
    Number of rows
    135,303
    Geographic levels
    Local authority, National, Regional
    Indicators
    • Social workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)
    • Percentage of social workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)
    • Social workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September)
    Filters
    • Organisation role
    • Breakdown
    Time period
    2019 to 2025
    File

  • Children's social work workforce4. Cross-characteristics (in post) - national only

    FTE and headcount figures on the cross-characteristics of social workers in post by: sex; age; and ethnicity.
    Status
    This is the latest data
    Release
    Reporting year 2025
    Theme
    Children's social care
    Published
    Last updated
    Number of rows
    1,296
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Social workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)
    • Social workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September)
    Filters
    • Sex
    • Age group
    • Ethnicity major
    Time period
    2017 to 2025
    File

  • Children's social work workforce2. Characteristics (in post, starters, leavers)

    FTE and headcount figures on characteristics of social workers in post, starters and leavers by: sex; age; ethnicity; role; and time in service.
    Status
    This is the latest data
    Release
    Reporting year 2025
    Theme
    Children's social care
    Published
    Last updated
    Number of rows
    39,501
    Geographic levels
    Local authority, National, Regional
    Indicators
    • Social workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)
    • Percentage of social workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)
    • Social workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September)
    Filters
    • Breakdown
    Time period
    2017 to 2025
    File

  • Children's social work workforce1. Indicators (in post, starters, leavers, agency workers, vacancies, caseload and absence)

    FTE and headcount figures on: social workers in post; starters; leavers; agency social workers in post; vacancies; caseload; and sickness absence.
    Status
    This is the latest data
    Release
    Reporting year 2025
    Theme
    Children's social care
    Published
    Last updated
    Number of rows
    1,463
    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)
    Time period
    2017 to 2025
    File

  • Children's social work workforce5. Attrition (leavers) - national only

    These are official statistics in development. FTE figures on the number and rate of social worker leavers due to: total attrition; full attrition; agency attrition; and movers between local authorities.
    Status
    This is the latest data
    Release
    Reporting year 2025
    Theme
    Children's social care
    Published
    Last updated
    Number of rows
    9
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Social workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)
    • Social worker leavers - FTE (year to 30 September)
    • Turnover rate - FTE (year to 30 September)
    Time period
    2017 to 2025
    File

  • Children's social work workforce6. Base salary full-time (in post) - national and regional only

    These are official statistics in development. Base salary information of full-time social workers in post by role, sex, ethnicity, age and time in service.
    Status
    This is the latest data
    Release
    Reporting year 2025
    Theme
    Children's social care
    Published
    Last updated
    Number of rows
    426
    Geographic levels
    National, Regional
    Indicators
    • Number of full time social workers in post with base salary recorded (as at 30 September)
    • Mean base salary of full time social workers in post (as at 30 September)
    • Median base salary of full time social workers in post (as at 30 September)
    Filters
    • Organisation role
    • Sex
    • Age group
    Time period
    2025
    File

  • Children's social work workforce7. Allowances and additional payments - national and regional only

    These are official statistics in development. Figures on the eligibility of social workers in post for eight types of local authority allowances and additional payments.
    Status
    This is the latest data
    Release
    Reporting year 2025
    Theme
    Children's social care
    Published
    Last updated
    Number of rows
    540
    Geographic levels
    National, Regional
    Indicators
    • Number of local authorities
    • Percentage of local authorities
    Filters
    • Allowances and additional payments
    • Eligibility
    Time period
    2025
    File
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