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5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £8,216 £8,551 £8,361 £8,019Community Care £25,355 £26,196 £26,602 £28,157Adult Offenders £23 £9Other SW Services £3,397 £3,770 £3,412 £5,405Total £36,968 £38,541 £38,375 £41,590Spend per headSpend per head £217.78 £235.01Quartile 2 2GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001StaffCriminal Justice services receive funding from the Scottish Executive, and £1,344,012 wasprovided in 2000-2001.Contrasting with most other authorities the Council spends slightly less than GAE levels onchildren’s services. They spend slightly more than GAE on community care and other socialwork services. Spending per head on social work services is relatively high.6. StaffingManagers & central staff 127 0.7 2 156 0.9 1Frontline staff 830 4.7 2 903 5.1 2Other 165 0.9 4 221 1.2 2Total 1,123 6.3 3 1,280 7.2 2VacanciesWTE1999actualWTE1999per 1,000Vacancies2000 % Vacancies2000Quartile1999% Vacancies2000ScotlandWTE2000actualWTE2000per 1,000Vacancies2001 % Vacancies2001Quartile2000% Vacancies2001ScotlandSWs with adults 2 7.3 7.8 4 15.2 10.9SWs with children 4 14.2 7.4 5 14.4 10.7SWs with offenders 3 14.0 7.5 4 17.1 7.2Generic workers 5 19.7 8.0 12 19.5 12.7Total 14 14.2 7.7 24 17.1 10.5The number of staff increased between 1999 and 2000, and staffing rates are now relatively high.The rate of managers and central staff is now higher than in many other authorities. Vacancylevels are high in all areas. The Council is experiencing difficulties attracting qualified socialworkers and retaining home care and residential care staff – particularly good, experiencedchildcare workers. The situation is exacerbated by the high absentee rate in comparison withother departments. In response the Council:• engages agency staff, with additional support;214