Growth and development.pdf

A partnership approach is taken to delivery of all criminal justice services. For example, alldomestic abuse cases automatically trigger a child protection enquiry. The youth justice strategyfocuses on early intervention with a range of tailored responses delivered by NCH, aimed atlimiting the chances of troubled children entering the adult criminal justice system.5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £525 £1,056 £523 £997Community Care £5,649 £8,638 £5,830 £8,421Adult Offenders £113 £119Other SW Services £573 £551 £570 £562Total £6,747 £10,359 £6,923 £10,099Spend per headSpend per head £381.12 £371.55Quartile 1 1GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001StaffThe Council receives funding direct from The Scottish Executive for criminal justice services,and it received £118,048 in 2000-2001.Eilean Siar spent more than GAE on social work services in 1999-2000 and 2000-2001. Spendper head on social work services is high. Expenditure on children’s services was around twiceas high as GAE and expenditure on community care was also above GAE (more on communitycare per head of population than Orkney or Shetland).6. StaffingManagers & central staff 24 0.9 1 24 0.9 1Frontline staff 298 10.8 1 283 10.4 1Other 62 2.2 1 62 2.3 1Total 384 13.9 1 368 13.5 1VacanciesWTE1999actualWTE1999per 1,000Vacancies2000 % Vacancies2000Quartile1999% Vacancies2000ScotlandWTE2000actualWTE2000per 1,000Vacancies2001 % Vacancies2001Quartile2000% Vacancies2001ScotlandSWs with adults 0 0 7.8 0 0 10.9SWs with children 0 0 7.4 0 0 10.7SWs with offenders 0 0 7.5 0 0 7.2Generic workers 0 0 8.0 0 0 12.7Total 0 0 7.7 0 0 10.5108