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'Caseloads, absence, vacancies, turnover and agency workers' from 'Children's social work workforce'

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'Caseloads, absence, vacancies, turnover and agency workers' in England between 2017 and 2021
20172018201920202021
Vacancies at 30 September (FTE)5,8235,8126,0376,1136,522
Vacancy agency cover rate (FTE)67.5%72.3%73.1%74.1%69.9%
Vacancy rate (FTE)17.0%16.5%16.4%16.1%16.7%

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.
  2. 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.

Source: Children's social work workforce, Caseloads, absence, vacancies, turnover and agency workers

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