Publication of 2016 MHO data tables as part of time series data

29 Aug 2017

We are pleased to announce that the 2016 MHO workforce data tables and charts have been published as addenda to the full time series data (click here):

  • Filled MHO posts, headcount and contracted Whole Time Equivalent (WTE): 2005 - 2016
  • Cover MHOs: 2014 - 2016
  • MHO WTE rates per 100,000 population, 2005 - 2016
  • Age and gender of the MHO workforce: 2007 - 2016
  • Ethnicity of the MHO workforce: 2008 - 2016
  • MHO trainees: 2008/09 - 2016/17
  • MHO leavers: 2009 - 2016
  • MHO vacancies & shortfalls: 2006 - 2016
  • Proportion of Social Workers who are MHOs: 2014 - 2016
  • MHOs by type of Specialist Team: 2005 - 2016
  • MHOs in Mental Health Teams: 2005 - 2016
  • MHOs in Non-Mental Health Teams: 2005 - 2016
  • Exclusive MHO positions: 2006 - 2016
  • MHO work: 2005 - 2015 (MHO work was dropped from the 2016 report)
  • Filled MHO posts, contracted WTE and weekly hours on MHO work by MHO type and team type: 2016
  • Filled MHO posts, full contracted Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) and WTE per 100k population by local authority: 2006 - 2016
  • Filled MHO posts, hours on MHO work and hours on MHO work per 100,000 population by local authority: 2016
  • Filled MHO posts, contracted hours, hours on MHO work and percentage MHO work hours of contracted hours by local authority: 2016

This constitutes all the data on the MHO workforce collected by the Scottish Government from 2005 to March 2012, and subsequently by the SSSC from December 2012 to date.