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5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £3,344 £3,780 £3,521 £4,193Community Care £19,180 £17,570 £20,099 £18,341Adult Offenders £728 £35Other SW Services £2,226 £2,189 £2,241 £1,740Total £24,750 £24,268 £25,861 £24,309Spend per headSpend per head £213.02 £213.38Quartile 3 4GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001StaffCriminal Justice services receive direct funding from the Scottish Executive. £710,468 wasprovided in 2000-2001.The Council spent above GAE on children’s services, but the gap was much smaller than inother authorities. Expenditure in community care and other social work services was belowGAE. Spend per head on social work services is lower than in many other authorities.6. StaffingManagers & central staff 94 0.8 1 86 0.8 2Frontline staff 551 4.8 2 515 4.5 3Other 126 1.1 3 111 1.0 3Total 771 6.7 2 712 6.3 3VacanciesWTE1999actualWTE1999per 1,000Vacancies2000 % Vacancies2000Quartile1999% Vacancies2000ScotlandWTE2000actualWTE2000per 1,000Vacancies2001 % Vacancies2001Quartile2000% Vacancies2001ScotlandSWs with adults 0 0 7.8 1 2.8 10.9SWs with children 2 4.7 7.4 2 4.8 10.7SWs with offenders 0 0 7.5 1 10.0 7.2Generic workers 3 9.2 8.0 0 0 12.7Total 4 5.6 7.7 4 4.6 10.5Total numbers of staff fell between 1999 and 2000 and staffing levels are now relatively low.The rate of managers and central staff remains relatively high. Vacancy levels are below average.In spring 2002, there were no vacant social worker posts, but 70 vacancies for home care staff.The former achievement is attributable to Council efforts to meet training needs, to provideappropriate support routes to social work qualification and to protect caseloads of newlyappointed staff.238