1) The total number of FTE equivalent child and separately, adult, social worker posts for each year for the last ten years.
| Year | Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Adult social workers | FTE Childrens social workers |
| 2009 – 2010 | 113.80 | 185.12 |
| 2010 – 2011 | 114.75 | 216.92 |
| 2011 – 2012 | 126.09 | 221.84 |
| 2012 – 2013 | 120.53 | 241.71 |
| 2013 – 2014 | 128.13 | 228.71 |
| 2014 – 2015 | 117.83 | 253.45 |
| 2015 – 2016 | 148.47 | 261.86 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 156.56 | 250.22 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 173.03 | 248.24 |
| 2018 – 2019 | 143.20 | 244.98 |
2) The percentage vacancy rate for each quarter for each of the last ten years for child and separately, adult, social workers posts.
We do not hold this information.
3) The percentage of agency staff for each quarter for each of the last ten years for child and separately, adult, social worker posts.
| Year | Adults Q1 | Adults Q2 | Adults Q3 | Adults Q4 | Children Q1 | Children Q2 | Children Q3 | Children Q4 |
| 2009 – 2010 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| 2010 – 2011 | 4.12% | 3.67% | 3.18% | 2.87% | 7.41% | 9.51% | 10.89% | 7.68% |
| 2011 – 2012 | 5.10% | 5.75% | 6.81% | 8.78% | 2.17% | 3.87% | 7.48% | 10.77% |
| 2012 – 2013 | 8.74% | 7.53% | 8.03% | 5.15% | 12.29% | 14.34% | 14.92% | 15.41% |
| 2013 – 2014 | 7.23% | 8.30% | 7.56% | 8.78% | 15.22% | 18.91% | 21.68% | 21.38% |
| 2014 – 2015 | 1.28% | 1.41% | 2.21% | 0.63% | 16.29% | 21.93% | 22.82% | 26.64% |
| 2015 – 2016 | 10.84% | 13.37% | 12.55% | 11.65% | 23.48% | 25.66% | 22.24% | 18.01% |
| 2016 – 2017 | 13.12% | 13.16% | 11.19% | 13.54% | 18.97% | 17.11% | 17.70% | 17.12% |
| 2017 – 2018 | 5.06% | 5.06% | 5.93% | 7.41% | 10.67% | 10.82% | 12.08% | 11.94% |
| 2018 – 2019 | 9.88% | 9.88% | 9.11% | 6.06% | 12.29% | 15.59% | 17.17% | 17.59% |
* means we do not hold the information.
4) The total number of staff for each of the last ten years that have been a) disciplined and b) dismissed for child and separately, adult, social worker posts.
We do not hold this information. Job titles are not recorded as part of disciplinary cases.
5) The average caseload for a social worker for each quarter of the last ten years for child and separately, adult, social workers.
For childrens social care we hold numbers for average caseloads for 2103 – 2018 only.
* The concept of an individual caseload for adult social care workers does not apply as involvement in cases by adult social care workers is more episodic and cases are allocated to teams rather than individuals in most cases. We may hold average numbers of assessments and reviews carried out but they would not cover the whole of the last ten years.
| Year – 30/09/snapshot | Adult social care social workers – average caseload | Childrens social care social workers – average caseload |
| 2013 | * | 21 |
| 2014 | * | 19 |
| 2015 | * | 17 |
| 2016 | * | 16 |
| 2017 | * | 19 |
| 2018 | * | 19.5 |