Social Work Staff Mental Health

Question

This request concerns mental health issues faced by social work staff at your authority.
 
1) Please state the number of:
 
a) Qualified social workers
b)  All social work staff
 
at your authority who took long term sick leave, defined as being on leave for 28 or more calendar days (i.e., 4 working weeks) for any reason in each of the following financial years:
 
i) 2012/13
ii) 2013/14
iii) 2014/15
iv) 2015/16
v)  2016/17
vi) 2017/18 to 01/09/17
 
2) Please state the number of
 
a) Qualified social workers
b) All social work staff
 
at local authority who took long term sick leave, defined as being on leave for 28 or more calendar days (i.e., 4 working weeks) due to mental health issues, in each of the following financial years:
 
i) 2012/13
ii) 2013/14
iii) 2014/15
iv) 2015/16
v) 2016/17
vi) 2017/18 to 01/09/17
 
3) Please state the number of permanent
 
a) Qualified social workers
b)  All social work staff
 
at your authority who left your employment for any reason in each of the following financial years.
 
i)  2012/13
ii) 2013/14
iii) 2014/15
iv) 2015/16
v)  2016/17
vi) 2017/18 to 01/09/17
 
4) Please state the number of permanent
 
a) Qualified social workers
b) All social work staff
 
at your authority who left your employment due to mental health issues in each of the following financial years.
 
i) 2012/13
ii) 2013/14
iii) 2014/15
iv) 2015/16
v) 2016/17
vi) 2017/18 to 01/09/17

Answer

Please see the information requested below (Qualified Social Workers only):
 
 Q1.  Year             Employee Count
 

2012-13                        6
 

2013-14                        4
 

2014-15                        4
 

2015-16                        5
 

2016-17                        4
 

2017-18 to 01/09/2017  3
 

 
 Q2.  Please note that sickness absence reasons were not recorded by the Comhairle until 2015-16

Year                     Employee count (Mental Health Reason)
 

2015-16                         1
 

2016-17                         3
 

2017-18                         2
 

 
 Q3.

Year                     No. of Leavers
 

2012-13                       2
 

2013-14                       2
 

2014-15                       2
 

2015-16                       0
 

2016-17                       1
 

2017-18 to                    2
 

 
 Q4. We do not hold this information.