Workforce Intelligence Newsletter

October 2021

Welcome to the first of our new blog posts by the Workforce Intelligence (WI) team. The purpose of these posts is to update you with news about the latest publications, data sets and to provide further insight into the sector.

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We are pleased to announce the publication today of the 2021 Workforce Skills Report - available here 

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We are pleased to announce the publication today of the tables and charts for the Adults' services for 2020. The Adults' services tables are available here 

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We are pleased to announce that the breakdown of local authority post types for 2020 was published on Thursday 9th September. The 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.

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We are pleased to announce that Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2020 Workforce Data was published on 31 August 2021 (available here).

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We are pleased to announce that the Mental Health Officers (Scotland) 2020 Report was published on Tuesday 17th August 2021 (available here.)

For more information, please contact Zara Gall, Data Researcher at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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