Growth and development.pdf
Growth and development.pdf Growth and development.pdf
AberdeenshireThe Council is part of the Northern Partnership for criminal justice social work services. Thepartnership, which includes Aberdeen City, Moray and Highland is working towards consistencyof service, with practice development groups on transfer of cases, community service, socialenquiry reports, and supervised attendance orders. There are plans for future work on probation,throughcare, prison induction, and structured programmes, and to co-ordinate their variousarrangements for work with young offenders. There will also be an information strategy, takingaccount of the authorities’ different information systems, and there is a quality assurance group.The Council is currently developing a range of quality assurance mechanisms and plans tointroduce the CareJust module of the information software package CareFirst. Currently themajority of the information is about process and there is a need to develop a range of outcomemeasures.The Joint Young Sex Offenders Project is an extension of the partnership’s adult sex offenderproject. Funding from the Youth Crime Review provides services for adolescents and childrenwho are exhibiting sexually abusive behaviour. The focus is on preventing young people’sinappropriate behaviour escalating into offending behaviour. The project uses a multidisciplinaryapproach, involving Grampian Police, schools and educational psychologists.Preliminary indications from carers suggest positive results.5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £3,124 £9,164 £3,303 £9,715Community Care £29,921 £31,566 £31,414 £31,346Adult Offenders £773 -£75Other SW Services £3,945 £2,079 £3,979 £2,784Total £36,990 £43,583 £38,695 £43,770Spend per headSpend per head £191.82 £192.64Quartile 4 4GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001Criminal Justice services receive funding from the Scottish Executive, £947,300 was providedin 2000-2001.Aberdeenshire spent two and a half times the GAE calculated by the Scottish Executive forchildren’s services in 2000-2001. The principal reasons cited for this high spend are expensiveresidential care and the prevalence of misuse of drugs and alcohol, though Aberdeenshire as awhole has a far lower than average rate of drug misuse. Additional resources have beenallocated, particularly in North Aberdeenshire, to provide specialist and intensive support to asmall number of drug misusing parents of young children. This is particularly taxing work forstaff and has necessitated additional training costs.The overall social work spend per head is less than in many other authorities.21
Staff6. StaffingManagers & central staff 137 0.6 2 149 0.7 2Frontline staff 864 3.8 4 939 4.1 3Other 274 1.2 3 237 1.0 3Total 1,274 5.6 3 1,326 5.8 3VacanciesWTE1999actualWTE1999per 1,000Vacancies2000 % Vacancies2000Quartile1999% Vacancies2000ScotlandWTE2000actualWTE2000per 1,000Vacancies2001 % Vacancies2001Quartile2000% Vacancies2001ScotlandSWs with adults 0 0 7.8 0 0 10.9SWs with children 0 0 7.4 3 2.9 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 3 1.5 10.5Numbers of managers and frontline staff per thousand population are below many otherauthorities. Vacancies are far lower in all areas of social work than in Scotland as a whole.Recruitment and retention have, however, deteriorated in 2001-2002. Increasing problems haveemerged over recruiting experienced staff in children and family services; maintaining homecare in remote areas; retaining mental health officers once qualified; and recruitingexperienced drugs workers, where drug problems are most concentrated.The Council is seeking support from voluntary organisations, which can provide more flexibleworking arrangements and, therefore, attract the return of qualified workers who might prefersessional working. In children’s services, family support staff now have a professionaldevelopment scheme and are encouraged to develop specialisms.The home care service has recently been reorganised to improve staff recruitment andretention and to promote continuity of personal care. Home carers are at three levels:• practical support workers, employed by the independent sector in urban areas;• personal carers (addressing personal and health care needs); and• team support workers to co-ordinate packages and undertake low-level reviews.Flexibility will be increased by shift working; a training package will enhance skill levels; a newuniform is being provided to signal different status, focus and image.22
- Page 1 and 2: Growth and DevelopmentSOCIAL WORK S
- Page 4 and 5: IntroductionThe Local ReportsGrowth
- Page 6 and 7: ContentsPageNorth Lanarkshire 183Or
- Page 8 and 9: 1. Profile at 2002With an estimated
- Page 10 and 11: AberdeenThe three councils and heal
- Page 12 and 13: AberdeenBehavioural support teacher
- Page 14 and 15: AberdeenStaff6. StaffingManagers &
- Page 16: AberdeenThe Council is still some w
- Page 19 and 20: 2. Performance: Community CareBalan
- Page 21: In an Equal Chances project the Cou
- Page 26 and 27: 1. Profile at 2002Angus is a medium
- Page 28 and 29: AngusAcross Angus, there are multi-
- Page 30 and 31: AngusAlthough the crime rate is bel
- Page 32: Angus8. The FutureA sound foundatio
- Page 35 and 36: 2. Performance: Community CareBalan
- Page 37 and 38: 3. Performance: Children and famili
- Page 39 and 40: Current management information syst
- Page 41 and 42: 8. The FutureThe reorganisation of
- Page 43 and 44: 2. Performance: Community CareBalan
- Page 45 and 46: The Council is preparing to adminis
- Page 47 and 48: 7. Modernising servicesA local work
- Page 49 and 50: 2. Performance: Community CareBalan
- Page 51 and 52: The social services department is i
- Page 53 and 54: 5. FinanceService Area(£000)Childr
- Page 56 and 57: 1. Profile at 2002Dundee is a mediu
- Page 58 and 59: DundeeDundee is participating in a
- Page 60 and 61: Dundee4. Performance: Criminal Just
- Page 62 and 63: Dundeefor example, call centres.A n
- Page 64 and 65: 1. Profile at 2002East Ayrshire has
- Page 66 and 67: East AyrshireThe pan-Ayrshire menta
- Page 68 and 69: East Ayrshire4. Performance: Crimin
- Page 70: East Ayrshire8. The FutureIf the Co
Staff6. StaffingManagers & central staff 137 0.6 2 149 0.7 2Frontline staff 864 3.8 4 939 4.1 3Other 274 1.2 3 237 1.0 3Total 1,274 5.6 3 1,326 5.8 3VacanciesWTE1999actualWTE1999per 1,000Vacancies2000 % Vacancies2000Quartile1999% Vacancies2000Scotl<strong>and</strong>WTE2000actualWTE2000per 1,000Vacancies2001 % Vacancies2001Quartile2000% Vacancies2001Scotl<strong>and</strong>SWs with adults 0 0 7.8 0 0 10.9SWs with children 0 0 7.4 3 2.9 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 3 1.5 10.5Numbers of managers <strong>and</strong> frontline staff per thous<strong>and</strong> population are below many otherauthorities. Vacancies are far lower in all areas of social work than in Scotl<strong>and</strong> as a whole.Recruitment <strong>and</strong> retention have, however, deteriorated in 2001-2002. Increasing problems haveemerged over recruiting experienced staff in children <strong>and</strong> family services; maintaining homecare in remote areas; retaining mental health officers once qualified; <strong>and</strong> recruitingexperienced drugs workers, where drug problems are most concentrated.The Council is seeking support from voluntary organisations, which can provide more flexibleworking arrangements <strong>and</strong>, therefore, attract the return of qualified workers who might prefersessional working. In children’s services, family support staff now have a professional<strong>development</strong> scheme <strong>and</strong> are encouraged to develop specialisms.The home care service has recently been reorganised to improve staff recruitment <strong>and</strong>retention <strong>and</strong> to promote continuity of personal care. Home carers are at three levels:• practical support workers, employed by the independent sector in urban areas;• personal carers (addressing personal <strong>and</strong> health care needs); <strong>and</strong>• team support workers to co-ordinate packages <strong>and</strong> undertake low-level reviews.Flexibility will be increased by shift working; a training package will enhance skill levels; a newuniform is being provided to signal different status, focus <strong>and</strong> image.22
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