Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2010

This publication contains statistics obtained from the staffing census held across all local authorities on 4 October 2010. It presents findings from a range of statistics to provide an overall picture on staffing levels, and details about the staff in filled posts.Information on vacancies is also provided. However, care must be taken when looking at these due to difficulties local authorities have in reporting this information, and inconsistencies in how vacancies are being reported by local authorities. As a result, comparisons across local authorities is not appropriate.