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South Lanarkshire5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £10,476 £11,981 £11,069 £12,005Community Care £43,135 £41,418 £45,269 £44,043Adult Offenders £117 £208Other SW Services £5,691 £4,083 £5,739 £4,640Total £59,302 £57,600 £62,077 £60,896Spend per headSpend per head £187.37 £198.10Quartile 4 4GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001StaffSouth Lanarkshire Council is committed to aligning the overall Social Work budget to the GAElevel over a 3-5 year period. As mentioned earlier, there has also been a significant financialinvestment in the Capital programme for Social Work resources.In contrast to many other authorities, the Council spent only slightly above GAE levels onchildren’s services in 2000-2001. Spend per head on social work services is lower than in mostother authorities.Criminal Justice services receive direct funding from the Scottish Executive, and £2,396,297was provided in 2000-2001.6. StaffingManagers & central staff 168 0.5 3 168 0.5 4Frontline staff 1,275 4.1 3 1,291 4.2 3Other 280 0.9 4 276 0.9 3Total 1,723 5.6 3 1,735 5.6 3VacanciesWTE1999actualWTE1999per 1,000Vacancies2000 % Vacancies2000Quartile1999% Vacancies2000ScotlandWTE2000actualWTE2000per 1,000Vacancies2001 % Vacancies2001% Vacancies2001ScotlandSWs with adults 6 6.0 7.8 5 5.3 10.9SWs with children 7 6.9 7.4 4 3.9 10.7SWs with offenders 0 0 7.5 0 0 7.2Generic workers 0 0 8.0 0 0 12.7Total 13 5.7 7.7 9 4.0 10.5The Council has a low and stable rate of managers and a higher rate of front line staff. Vacancylevels are lower than the national average in all areas.In response to the national difficulties in recruitment and retention, the Council has separatebut complementary recruitment strategies for social workers and social care staff, and positivemechanisms for the retention of existing staff.Quartile2000247