{"id":"6d765688-fb18-4f13-8e8e-be816bc63b17","title":"1. Indicators (in post, starters, leavers, agency workers, vacancies, caseload and absence)","summary":"FTE and headcount figures on: social workers in post; starters; leavers; agency social workers in post; vacancies; caseload; and sickness absence.","file":{"id":"d1b9d7d0-7fda-43de-9758-08de5f2b2e9b","name":"csww_indicators_2017_to_2025.csv","size":"283 Kb","meta":{"numDataFileRows":1463,"geographicLevels":["Local authority","National","Regional"],"geographicLevelsCsvOnly":[],"timePeriodRange":{"from":"2017","to":"2025"},"filters":[],"indicators":["Social workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)","Social workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September)","Social worker starters - FTE (year to 30 September)","Social worker starters - headcount (year to 30 September)","Social worker leavers - FTE (year to 30 September)","Social worker leavers - headcount (year to 30 September)","Turnover rate - FTE (year to 30 September)","Turnover rate - headcount (year to 30 September)","Agency workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)","Agency workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September)","Agency worker rate - FTE (as at 30 September)","Agency worker rate - headcount (as at 30 September)","Agency workers in post covering vacancies - FTE (as at 30 September)","Agency workers covering vacancies rate - FTE (as at 30 September)","Vacancies - FTE (as at 30 September)","Vacancy rate - FTE (as at 30 September)","Vacancy agency worker cover rate - FTE (as at 30 September)","Cases held (as at 30 September)","Social and agency workers holding cases - FTE (as at 30 September)","Average caseload - per FTE (as at 30 September)","Working days missed due to sickness absence (year to 30 September)","Sickness absence rate - FTE (year to 30 September)"]},"dataCsvPreview":{"headers":["time_period","time_identifier","geographic_level","country_code","country_name","region_code","region_name","old_la_code","new_la_code","la_name","inpost_fte","inpost_headcount","starters_fte","starters_headcount","leavers_fte","leavers_headcount","turnover_rate_fte","turnover_rate_headcount","agency_fte","agency_headcount","agency_rate_fte","agency_rate_headcount","agency_cover_fte","agency_cover_rate_fte","vacancy_fte","vacancy_rate_fte","vacancy_agency_cover_rate_fte","case_holders_fte","cases","caseload_fte","working_days_lost_fte","absence_rate_fte"],"rows":[["2025","Reporting year","National","E92000001","England","","","","","","36186.3","38292","5837.8","6043","4276.3","4611","11.8","12","5415.9","5566","13","12.7","4390.8","81.1","5965.4","14.2","73.6","21105.4","321661","15.2","322786.3","3.5"],["2025","Reporting year","Regional","E92000001","England","E12000001","North East","","","","2299.3","2434","363.2","375","269.9","289","11.7","11.9","206","210","8.2","7.9","158.5","77","223.9","8.9","70.8","1378.9","22736","16.5","22947.5","3.9"],["2025","Reporting year","Regional","E92000001","England","E12000002","North West","","","","5239.2","5538","930.1","966","637.7","685","12.2","12.4","1044.5","1057","16.6","16","741.9","71","975","15.7","76.1","3116.7","49351","15.8","54697.2","4.1"],["2025","Reporting year","Regional","E92000001","England","E12000003","Yorkshire and The Humber","","","","4116","4405","600.1","618","408.8","445","9.9","10.1","353.1","358","7.9","7.5","221.3","62.7","330.8","7.4","66.9","2172.4","34544","15.9","42690.2","4.1"],["2025","Reporting year","Regional","E92000001","England","E12000004","East Midlands","","","","2626.6","2802","425.8","454","257.2","306","9.8","10.9","300.4","308","10.3","9.9","258","85.9","352.4","11.8","73.2","1613.6","24682","15.3","27516","4.1"]]},"variables":[{"label":"Sickness absence rate - FTE (year to 30 September)","value":"absence_rate_fte"},{"label":"Agency workers in post covering vacancies - FTE (as at 30 September)","value":"agency_cover_fte"},{"label":"Agency workers covering vacancies rate - FTE (as at 30 September)","value":"agency_cover_rate_fte"},{"label":"Agency workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)","value":"agency_fte"},{"label":"Agency workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September)","value":"agency_headcount"},{"label":"Agency worker rate - FTE (as at 30 September)","value":"agency_rate_fte"},{"label":"Agency worker rate - headcount (as at 30 September)","value":"agency_rate_headcount"},{"label":"Social and agency workers holding cases - FTE (as at 30 September)","value":"case_holders_fte"},{"label":"Average caseload - per FTE (as at 30 September)","value":"caseload_fte"},{"label":"Cases held (as at 30 September)","value":"cases"},{"label":"Social workers in post - FTE (as at 30 September)","value":"inpost_fte"},{"label":"Social workers in post - headcount (as at 30 September)","value":"inpost_headcount"},{"label":"Social worker leavers - FTE (year to 30 September)","value":"leavers_fte"},{"label":"Social worker leavers - headcount (year to 30 September)","value":"leavers_headcount"},{"label":"Social worker starters - FTE (year to 30 September)","value":"starters_fte"},{"label":"Social worker starters - headcount (year to 30 September)","value":"starters_headcount"},{"label":"Turnover rate - FTE (year to 30 September)","value":"turnover_rate_fte"},{"label":"Turnover rate - headcount (year to 30 September)","value":"turnover_rate_headcount"},{"label":"Vacancy agency worker cover rate - FTE (as at 30 September)","value":"vacancy_agency_cover_rate_fte"},{"label":"Vacancies - FTE (as at 30 September)","value":"vacancy_fte"},{"label":"Vacancy rate - FTE (as at 30 September)","value":"vacancy_rate_fte"},{"label":"Working days missed due to sickness absence (year to 30 September)","value":"working_days_lost_fte"}],"subjectId":"09cabdb2-9224-45e8-5509-08de5f2b2e91"},"release":{"id":"54642595-7462-42ba-b565-08de4c5bcb90","title":"Reporting year 2025","slug":"2025","type":"OfficialStatistics","isLatestPublishedRelease":true,"isSuperseded":false,"published":"2026-03-19T09:30:13.2337931+00:00","lastUpdated":"2026-03-19T09:30:13.2337931Z","publication":{"id":"d8baee79-3c88-45f4-b12a-07b91e9b5c11","title":"Children's social work workforce","slug":"children-s-social-work-workforce","themeTitle":"Children's social care"}},"footnotes":[{"id":"cfd12388-b970-4031-0e9b-08de7928df52","label":"Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster were unable to provide data for 2025 following a cyberattack which had a significant impact on their information management systems. Therefore, figures from the previous year were used as best estimates for these local authorities to calculate 2025 totals for England, London, and Inner London."}]}