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5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £258 £1,216 £268 £1,292Community Care £3,081 £4,738 £3,236 £4,695Adult Offenders £23 £22Other SW Services £363 £1,035 £363 £1,048Total £3,702 £7,012 £3,866 £7,056Spend per headSpend per head £359.95 £362.21Quartile 1 1GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001StaffCriminal Justice services receive funding direct from the Scottish Executive, which amountedto £297,147 in 2000-2001.Expenditure on social work services in 1999-2000 and 2000-2001was considerably above GAElevels – four and half times on children’s services, but there were smaller overspends oncommunity care services and other social work services. Spend per head on social work servicesis higher than in most other authorities.6. StaffingManagers & central staff 40 2.1 1 28 1.4 1Frontline staff 222 11.3 1 194 10.0 1Other 74 3.8 1 62 3.2 1Total 336 17.1 1 285 14.6 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 1 20.0 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 1 9.1 10.5The number of staff (both managers and frontline staff) reduced between 1999 and 2000, butstaffing rates remain higher than in many other authorities. There is only one current vacancy,in children’s services.Community social services have had problems in filling management posts. The Council hastaken a pro-active approach to recruitment, despite higher recruitment costs, with an averagecost of £10,000 per post including advertising, interview and relocation costs.198