Scottish Social Services Workforce Data
Publications
Our workforce data, information and intelligence publications are all available from this section of the web-site. Immediately below are quick links to our most recent publications, followed by more detailed information on each publication.
Date | Publication | |
Apr 24 | Digital Capabilities within the Adult Social Care Workforce in Scotland | Here |
Feb 24 | The Distribution of the Social Service Workforce Report | Here |
Jan 24 | The Fitness to Practise report | Here |
Jan 24 | 2022 Detailed workforce information - being amended presently. | Here |
Dec 23 | 2022 Children's Services Workforce Tables | Here |
Nov 23 | Adults' services workforce tables 2022 | Here |
Oct 23 | Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey | Here |
Sep 23 | The 2022 Staff vacancies in care services report | Here |
Sep 23 | Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2022 Workforce Data | Here |
Sep 23 | Register annual report 2022 to 2023 | Here |
Aug 23 | Mental Health Officers time series data 2006 to 2022 | Here |
Aug 23 | Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2022 | Here |
Aug 23 | 2022-2023 SVQ Tables | Here |
Jun 23 | Movement of Day Care of Children Staff Report | Here |
May 23 | 2021 Children's Services Workforce Tables | Here |
Dec 22 | The Adults' services time series 2011 to 2021 | Here |
Dec 22 | 2021 Detailed workforce information | Here |
Nov 22 | Staff vacancies in care services 2021 | Here |
Oct 22 | Local Authority Post Types 2021 | Here |
Quarterly | Registration and Early Learning and Childcare data | Here |
December 2018
Adults' Services Workforce 2017
This report looks in detail at the adults' services workforce in Scotland. It supplements data already published in the Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2017 Workforce Data.
October 2018
Interactive Social Worker Data Tool 2017
This file allows you to interactively investigate data on practising social workers employed by local authorities. It uses data from our LA Post Types publication and adds in some contextual population data from National Records of Scotland. Guidance and background notes are included within the file.
Local authority post types 2017
These spreadsheets present headcount and WTE (whole time equivalent) data of all filled posts in local authority social work services where those employed do not work in a registered care service. This therefore covers staff working primarily in field social work services. The data published includes a breakdown of the numbers of different people and posts across the whole of Scotland as well as by individual local authorities.
2017 detailed workforce information
This spreadsheet contains information about the Social Services Workforce collected from services regulated by the Care Inspectorate (via its Annual Returns in December) and from the annual December Local Authority Social Work Services Staffing Return in 2017.
August 2018
Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2017
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today published the Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2017.
Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2017 Workforce Data
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today published Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2017 Workforce Data.