Ms Rosarii Mannion:

They are whole-time equivalents across the system. At any one time, we need approximately an additional 230 social workers. We also get caught up on the issue of what is a vacancy. Our definition of a vacancy is a post that is not filled in any capacity. There may be posts that are not filled specifically by social workers but they are filled by other qualified staff who are appropriate to the task in hand, whether that is family support, social care, etc. Our service managers keep an eye on that in terms of supervision.