Scottish Social Services Workforce Data

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Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey

09 Nov 2025

Analysis of the data collected as at 30 June 2023 This report presents findings from the first run of a proposed new six-monthly survey of local authority social work services (LASWS), which took place between June and August 2023. The survey asked for...

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Provisional official statistics on the Scottish social service workforce 2019

09 Nov 2025

Notice: This provisional data was produced during Spring 2020 to assist with COVID planning that was required at that time. It has now been superseded by the Official Statistics publication Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2019 Workforce Data....

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Workforce Skills Report 2021

09 Nov 2025

The Workforce Skills Report 2021 looks at the current provision of qualifications for the social work, social care and early years workforce, demand for qualifications and how they meet current skills needs. It also looks at barriers to undertaking...

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Sector Skills Assessment (Scotland) 2010

09 Nov 2025

Skills for Care and Development is the Sector Skills Council for the 1.87 million people working in the social care, children and young people.s sector in the UK. It is an alliance of six organisations, including the Scottish Social Services Council...

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Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey at June 2024

09 Nov 2025

This report was reissued and republished on the 12th November 2024 after a revision which is detailed here Analysis of data at 14th June 2024 This report presents data on the whole time equivalent (WTE) number of social workers and social work...

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Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey at December 2023

09 Nov 2025

Analysis of the data as at 4th December 2023 This report presents data on the whole time equivalent (WTE) number of social workers and social work vacancies in local authority social work services in December 2023. It is the second of our half-yearly...

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Workforce Skills Report 2025

09 Nov 2025

31 March 2025 The Workforce Skills Report 2025 looks at the current provision of qualifications for the adult social care, children's residential care and early years workforce, and demand for those qualifications. It also looks at barriers to...

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2017-2018 SVQ report

09 Nov 2025

The 2017-2018 report provides SVQ provision data separately for social services and healthcare (primarily Adult services) and Children and Young People frameworks as well as the proportion of SVQ activity made up by Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) in...

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