Scottish Social Services Workforce Data
Publications
Our workforce data, information and intelligence publications are all available from this section of the web-site. Immediately below are quick links to our most recent publications, followed by more detailed information on each publication.
| Date | Publication | |
| Nov 24 | Interactive Social Worker Data Tool 2023 | Here |
| Nov 24 | Local Authority Post Types 2023 | Here |
| Nov 24 | Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey at June 2024 | Here |
| Oct 24 | Register annual report 2023 to 2024 | Here |
| Oct 24 | 2023-2024 SVQ Tables | Here |
| Sep 24 | Mental Health Officers time series data 2006 to 2023 | Here |
| Aug 24 | Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2023 Workforce Data | Here |
| Aug 24 | Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2023 | Here |
| July 24 | Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey - Dec 2023 | Here |
| Apr 24 | Digital Capabilities within the Adult Social Care Workforce in Scotland | Here |
| Feb 24 | The Distribution of the Social Service Workforce Report | Here |
| Jan 24 | The Fitness to Practise report | Here |
| Dec 23 | 2022 Children's Services Workforce Tables | Here |
| Nov 23 | Adults' services workforce tables 2022 | Here |
| Oct 23 | Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey | Here |
| Sep 23 | The 2022 Staff vacancies in care services report | Here |
| Sep 23 | Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2022 Workforce Data | Here |
| Sep 23 | Register annual report 2022 to 2023 | Here |
| Aug 23 | Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2022 | Here |
| Aug 23 | 2022-2023 SVQ Tables | Here |
| Jun 23 | Movement of Day Care of Children Staff Report | Here |
| May 23 | 2021 Children's Services Workforce Tables | Here |
| Dec 22 | The Adults' services time series 2011 to 2021 | Here |
| Dec 22 | 2021 Detailed workforce information | Here |
| Nov 22 | Staff vacancies in care services 2021 | Here |
| Oct 22 | Local Authority Post Types 2021 | Here |
| Quarterly | Registration and Early Learning and Childcare data | Here |
December 2021
Staff vacancies in care services 2020 report
09
Dec
2021
The Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have published new figures on the levels of staff vacancies in Scotland’s care services.
This report is based on data from 31 December 2020. As with previous reports, 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 care services. It also includes data on vacancies as a percentage of the total whole time equivalent (WTE) workforce.
October 2021
2020 detailed workforce information
28
Oct
2021
This spreadsheet contains information about the Social Services Workforce collected from services regulated by the Care Inspectorate (via its Annual Returns in December) and from the annual December Local Authority Social Work Services Staffing Return in 2020.
Workforce Skills Report 2021
06
Oct
2021
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 qualifications and what new skills are needed for the future.
All workers registered with the SSSC must hold, or be working towards, a qualification suitable for their role. If they don’t already hold one, they are registered with a condition to gain it, usually within five years.
The new report highlights that between 2021 and 2025 more than 68,000 registered workers in care homes for adults, care at home and housing support services need to meet a qualification condition. Most of these are met by the SVQ Social Services and Healthcare (SSH) at SCQF level 6, however based on recent average provision around 25,000 people will be able to start the award over the next four years. This gap between demand and supply is the biggest identified in the report
September 2021
The Adults' services workforce tables - 2020
21
Sep
2021
These tables look in detail at the adults' services workforce in Scotland. They supplement data already published in the Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2020 Workforce Data.
Local authority post types 2020
09
Sep
2021
These 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. The data published includes a breakdown of the numbers of different people and posts across the whole of Scotland as well as by individual local authorities.
August 2021
Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2020 Workforce Data
31
Aug
2021
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today published Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2020 Workforce Data.
