New and noteworthy

80.8% of people remained in the same post as in 2019

as measured by the stability index

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Exclusive MHOs rose by 6.4%

non-exclusive fell by 1.9% and cover fell by 8.6%.

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225,438 SSSC registrations

across 23 parts of the register

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A whole-time equivalent (WTE) measure of 159,260

an increase of 2.6% between 2019 and 2020

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209,690 workers in the sector

a rise of 1.6% between 2019 and 2020

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63% of MHOs are based in specialist mental health teams

445 MHOs work in mental health teams.

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34% of workforce employed by the public sector

ranges from 21% to 89% by local authority area

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Increase in average weekly estimated hours worked per MHO

from 16.0 hours in 2019 to 16.6 in 2020

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11% of the workforce on zero-hours type contracts

no change between 2019 and 2020

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83% of the workforce work in frontline care roles

this has increased by 6pp since 2011

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36% of services reported having vacancies

joint SSSC/Care Inspectorate publication

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Adult social care has GVA of £3.4b in Scotland

productivity highest of all the UK nations

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