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East Renfrewshire5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £1,709 £2,464 £1,805 £2,322Community Care £11,336 £9,894 £11,933 £10,759Adult Offenders £33 £77Other SW Services £1,548 £2,179 £1,556 £2,228Total £14,593 £14,570 £15,293 £15,386Spend per headSpend per head £162.26 £171.35Quartile 4 4GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001StaffCriminal Justice services receive funding from the Scottish Executive, £333,931 was providedin 2000-2001.Expenditure on children’s services has been above GAE levels. Spend per head on social workservices is low compared to many other authorities.6. StaffingManagers & central staff 73 0.8 1 60 0.7 2Frontline staff 244 2.7 4 292 3.3 4Other 54 0.6 4 76 0.8 4Total 371 4.2 4 428 4.8 4VacanciesWTE1999actualWTE1999per 1,000Vacancies2000 % Vacancies2000Quartile1999% Vacancies2000ScotlandWTE2000actualWTE2000per 1,000Vacancies2001 % Vacancies2001Quartile2000% Vacancies2001ScotlandSWs with adults 2 8.7 7.8 0 0 10.9SWs with children 2 7.1 7.4 1 4.5 10.7SWs with offenders 1 22.2 7.5 1 22.2 7.2Generic workers 0 0 8.0 1 50.0 12.7Total 5 8.9 7.7 3 5.8 10.5There are lower rates of social work staff than in most other authorities. The rate of managerialand central staff was high in 1999, but due to the reconfiguration of the service, the rate isnow relatively low. There were just three social work vacancies in 2001. In March 2002 therewere no social worker vacancies, but the Council reported that fewer people were applying forvacant posts. Vacancies among social care staff are few.91