Scottish Social Services Workforce Data
News
On this page you can find announcements about publication dates and updates about our work.
Publication of the Staff vacancies in care services 2019 report
14
Dec
2020
The Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have published new figures on the levels of staff vacancies in Scotland’s social care services.
As with the previous report, this report provides a national overview of vacancies and recruitment difficulties reported by care services to the Care Inspectorate, the body which registers and inspects all social care services.
The report is available here
The information in the report on vacancies, problems filling vacancies and the reasons why services have reported having problems filling vacancies, has been extracted from information provided by care services, across early learning and childcare, children’s services and adult social care.
Every care service is asked to complete an annual return each year to provide statistical and other information. The vacancy questions are asked for every care service type apart from childminders, who are typically sole providers.
Publication of 2019 local authority post type data
08
Oct
2020
We are pleased to announce that the breakdown of local authority post types for 2019 was published on Thursday 8th October (available here). 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.
Publication of the 2019 Mental Health Officers Report
13
Aug
2020
We are pleased to announce that the Mental Health Officers (Scotland) 2019 Report was published on Thursday 13th August 2020 (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.
Announcement of publication date for the Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2019 Workforce Data
04
Aug
2020
We are pleased to announce that the Social Service Sector: Report on 2019 Workforce Data will be published on Thursday 27th August at 9.30am.
For more information, please contact James Arnold, Data Researcher at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Last year’s report is available on the site at: Scottish Social Service Sector: Report 2018 Workforce Data.
