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5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £2,037 £4,688 £2,258 £4,879Community Care £18,552 £15,653 £19,602 £16,294Adult Offenders £16 £30Other SW Services £2,050 £2,961 £2,080 £3,087Total £22,639 £23,317 £23,939 £24,290Spend per headSpend per head £218.11 £227.22Quartile 2 3GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001StaffCriminal Justice services receive funding from the Scottish Executive, which was £660,292 in2000-2001.The Council spends more than twice the GAE level on children’s services. There is a historicspend below GAE on community care – currently only 78% of GAE budget. Expenditure perhead on social work services is relatively low.6. StaffingManagers & central staff 75 0.7 2 93 0.9 1Frontline staff 601 5.7 1 514 4.8 2Other 127 1.2 3 94 0.9 3Total 803 7.5 1 702 6.6 2VacanciesWTE1999actualWTE1999per 1,000Vacancies2000 % Vacancies2000Quartile1999% Vacancies2000ScotlandWTE2000actualWTE2000per 1,000Vacancies2001 % Vacancies2001Quartile2000% Vacancies2001ScotlandSWs with adults 3 5.8 7.8 12 14.5 10.9SWs with children 0 0 7.4 5 24.6 10.7SWs with offenders 1 11.4 7.5 0 0 7.2Generic workers 0 0 8.0 0 0 12.7Total 4 3.5 7.7 17 14.7 10.5The total number of staff has decreased between 1999 and 2000 but staffing rates remainrelatively high. There were reductions in the number of front-line staff and other staff, managersand central staff increased and the rate is now high compared to many other authorities. Vacancylevels are very high in community care and children’s services, having increased significantlybetween 2000 and 2001.222