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   • Publication: Children's social work workforce

2. Step 2

   • Data set: Caseloads, absence, vacancies, turnover and agency workers

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2017 to 2021

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Number of agency workers at 30 September (FTE)
     • Number of agency workers at 30 September covering vacancies (FTE)

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   View latest data: Reporting year 2023

   'Caseloads, absence, vacancies, turnover and agency workers' in England between 2017 and 2021

   	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
   Number of agency workers at 30 September (FTE)	5,343	5,356	5,754	5,806	5,977
   Number of agency workers at 30 September covering vacancies (FTE)	3,865	4,166	4,414	4,532	4,558

   Footnotes

   1. 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.

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   • Publication: Children's social work workforce, Reporting year 2023

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