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5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £12,549 £11,333 £12,855 £11,880Community Care £54,898 £54,964 £57,825 £53,607Adult Offenders £171 £247Other SW Services £6,714 £7,347 £6,777 £7,603Total £74,161 £73,814 £77,457 £73,337Spend per headSpend per head £210.65 £209.29Quartile 3 4GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001StaffFunding for criminal justice services comes direct from the Scottish Executive and amounted to£3,088,130 in 2000-2001.All social work expenditure, including that on children’s services, was below GAE in 2000-2001.A significant increase in high cost placements has put pressure on the children and familiesbudget. Spend per head on social work services is comparatively low and decreased between1999 and 2001.6. StaffingManagers & central staff 193 0.6 2 224 0.6 3Frontline staff 1,918 5.5 2 1,922 5.5 2Other 512 1.5 2 443 1.3 2Total 2,622 7.5 1 2,589 7.4 2VacanciesWTE1999actualWTE1999per 1,000Vacancies2000 % Vacancies2000Quartile1999% Vacancies2000ScotlandWTE2000actualWTE2000per 1,000Vacancies2001 % Vacancies2001Quartile2000% Vacancies2001ScotlandSWs with adults 4 4.8 7.8 21 19.5 10.9SWs with children 0 0 7.4 14 14.3 10.7SWs with offenders 6 11.2 7.5 4 7.0 7.2Generic workers 3 18.2 8.0 0 0 12.7Total 13 5.4 7.7 39 13.8 10.5Fife has a relatively high rate of staff. The number of managers and central staff has increasedbut the rate of such staff remains relatively low. Vacancy levels are above the Scottish averageand are especially high in community care and children’s services. The Council has recentlyhad to undertake multiple advertising to attract middle managers and centre managers.132