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.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children's social work workforce
- Release
- Reporting year 2020
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 651
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Absence rate throughout year (FTE)
- Agency cover rate (FTE)
- Agency cover rate (Headcount)
- Agency worker rate (FTE)
- Agency worker rate (Headcount)
- Average caseload (per FTE)
- Number of agency workers at 30 Sept (FTE)
- Number of agency workers at 30 Sept (Headcount)
- Number of agency workers at 30 Sept of which covering vacancies (FTE)
- Number of agency workers at 30 Sept of which covering vacancies (Headcount)
- Number of caseholders (FTE)
- Number of cases held
- Number of children and family social workers at 30 Sept (FTE)
- Number of children and family social workers at 30 Sept (Headcount)
- Number of children and family social workers leaving during year (FTE)
- Number of children and family social workers leaving during year (Headcount)
- Number of days of work missed due to sickness absence during year (FTE)
- Turnover rate (FTE)
- Turnover rate (Headcount)
- Vacancies at 30 Sept (FTE)
- Vacancy agency cover rate (FTE)
- Vacancy rate (FTE)
- Time period
- 2017 to 2020
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | social_worker_fte | leaver_fte | turnover_rate_fte_% | working_days_lost_fte | absence_rate_fte_% | agency_fte | agency_worker_rate_fte_% | agency_cover_fte | agency_cover_rate_fte_% | vacancy_fte | vacancy_rate_fte_% | vacancy_agency_cover_rate_fte_% | case_holders_fte | cases | caseload_fte | social_worker_headcount | leaver_headcount | turnover_rate_headcount_% | agency_headcount | agency_worker_rate_headcount_% | agency_cover_headcount | agency_cover_rate_headcount_% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 31854.3 | 4294.2 | 13.5 | 231924.5 | 2.9 | 5805.5 | 15.4 | 4531.6 | 78.1 | 6112.6 | 16.1 | 74.1 | 20530.8 | 334841 | 16.3 | 33966 | 4865 | 14.3 | 5980 | 15 | 4730 | 79.1 | |||||
| 2020 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 2028.2 | 248.7 | 12.3 | 15253.3 | 3 | 230.5 | 10.2 | 117 | 50.7 | 165.6 | 7.5 | 70.6 | 1348 | 24283 | 18 | 2152 | 287 | 13.3 | 237 | 9.9 | 120 | 50.6 | |||
| 2020 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | 4514.6 | 607.6 | 13.5 | 42064.6 | 3.7 | 707 | 13.5 | 546.9 | 77.4 | 799.6 | 15 | 68.4 | 2733.9 | 48928 | 17.9 | 4791 | 674 | 14.1 | 716 | 13 | 556 | 77.7 | |||
| 2020 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and the Humber | 3702.8 | 471.4 | 12.7 | 35796.1 | 3.8 | 461.4 | 11.1 | 320 | 69.3 | 543.4 | 12.8 | 58.9 | 2247.9 | 38077 | 16.9 | 4024 | 527 | 13.1 | 474 | 10.5 | 341 | 71.9 | |||
| 2020 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | 2390.1 | 283.9 | 11.9 | 15984.4 | 2.6 | 393 | 14.1 | 299.7 | 76.3 | 340.9 | 12.5 | 87.9 | 1551.2 | 26265 | 16.9 | 2595 | 341 | 13.1 | 401 | 13.4 | 307 | 76.6 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| absence_rate_fte_% | Absence rate throughout year (FTE) |
| agency_cover_fte | Number of agency workers at 30 Sept of which covering vacancies (FTE) |
| agency_cover_headcount | Number 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) |
| agency_fte | Number of agency workers at 30 Sept (FTE) |
| agency_headcount | Number of agency workers at 30 Sept (Headcount) |
| agency_worker_rate_fte_% | Agency worker rate (FTE) |
| agency_worker_rate_headcount_% | Agency worker rate (Headcount) |
| case_holders_fte | Number of caseholders (FTE) |
| caseload_fte | Average caseload (per FTE) |
| cases | Number of cases held |
| leaver_fte | Number of children and family social workers leaving during year (FTE) |
| leaver_headcount | Number of children and family social workers leaving during year (Headcount) |
| social_worker_fte | Number of children and family social workers at 30 Sept (FTE) |
| social_worker_headcount | Number of children and family social workers at 30 Sept (Headcount) |
| turnover_rate_fte_% | Turnover rate (FTE) |
| turnover_rate_headcount_% | Turnover rate (Headcount) |
| vacancy_agency_cover_rate_fte_% | Vacancy agency cover rate (FTE) |
| vacancy_fte | Vacancies at 30 Sept (FTE) |
| vacancy_rate_fte_% | Vacancy rate (FTE) |
| working_days_lost_fte | Number of days of work missed due to sickness absence during year (FTE) |
Footnotes
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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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