This page provides MHO workforce data for the full period for which data is available, as follows:

• Filled MHO posts, headcount and contracted Whole Time Equivalent (WTE): 2006 - 2023
• Cover MHOs: 2014 - 2023
• Age and gender of the MHO workforce: 2007 - 2023
• Ethnicity of the MHO workforce: 2008 - 2023
• MHO trainees: 2008/09 - 2023/2024
• MHO leavers: 2009 - 2023
• MHO vacancies & shortfalls: 2006 - 2023

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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today published Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2023 Workforce Data.

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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today published the Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2023. 

The Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2023 presents information on: 

The number of practising MHOs in post at 5 December 2023, excluding long-term absentees.

MHO trainees, leavers, vacancies and staffing shortfalls.

Key characteristics of the MHO workforce (e.g. age) and the type of teams they work in.

The key points from this year’s MHO report are set out below.

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The Scottish Social Services Council publishes information on those undertaking qualifications relevant to work in the social service sector. This data is to help support workforce planning.

There are two main SVQ frameworks that are relevant to people working in care services. One is Social Services and Healthcare which is aimed primarily at those working in adult social care services. The other is Children and Young People which is aimed mainly at those working in day care for children and residential child care services. All of the SVQs are benchmark qualifications for workforce registration.

The tables published below present SVQ provision data separately for the two frameworks and cover the period 2019 to 2024. Data on the numbers of modern apprenticeships (MAs) within each framework is also provided including the proportion of SVQ activity made up by MAs.

In addition data is also available on relevant HNC provision. The two HNCs that are most relevant are, the HNC Childhood Practice and the HNC Social Services. As with the SVQs, both of these are benchmark qualifications for registration.

These tables give a breakdown of the entries (registrations) and awards (certifications) for SVQs, MAs and HNCs. The data used in the tables is provided by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) with the exception of the MA data.

The SSSC is responsible for approving MA centres and dealing with all registrations and certifications in the two relevant frameworks. The data for this is held on the MA Online system, which is managed on our behalf by the Federation for Industry Sector Skills & Standards (FISSS).

The data tables and charts in this report are available in Microsoft Excel (.xls x) and OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods) format. The provision of the data in these formats is intended to facilitate its analysis and re-use.

For more detailed information on modern apprenticeships please see this page.

If you have any enquiries about these tables, please contact:

Zara Gall
Tel: 01382 723657
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Analysis of the data as at 4^th 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 reports on practising social workers (that is, main grade social workers and senior social workers). The first report was published in October last year with data from June 2023. That report can be downloaded from here

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The SSSC commissioned ekosgen to conduct research into the digital capabilities of the adult social care workforce in Scotland. 

This ekosgen report details the context for the research, the methodology, the results, analysis and recommendations.

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