Scottish Social Services Workforce Data
Publications
Our workforce data, information and intelligence reports are all available from this section of the web-site. Below are quick links to our most recent publications.
More detailed information and tables regarding our workforce data can be found on our Detailed data page.
October 2023
Interactive Social Worker Data Tool 2022
30
Oct
2023
The interactive Social Worker Data Tool allows you to interactively investigate data on practising social workers employed by local authorities. Guidance and background notes are included within the tool.
The latest version of the tool can be donwloaded below
Local Authority Post Types 2022
05
Oct
2023
This file allows you to interactively investigate the Local Authority Post Types data. The file presents 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.
September 2023
The 2022 Staff vacancies in care services report
12
Sep
2023
“This Staff vacancies in care services 2022 report is jointly published by the Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). This report provides data on vacancies reported by care services as at 31 December 2022. It shows the number of registered care services with a vacancy, the number of actual vacancies that services say they had using whole time equivalent (WTE) data, and data on the reasons why services have reported that vacancies are hard to fill.
August 2023
Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2022 Workforce Data
05
Sep
2023
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today published Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2022 Workforce Data.
Register annual report 2022 to 2023
25
Aug
2023
The register annual report is a new report providing data from the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) Register. It gives a unique insight into the social work, social care and children and young people workforce (also known as the social service workforce).
It’s the first time we’ve published such a report on our Register data. As the regulator for the social work, social care and children and young people workforce, we’re in the unique position of holding reliable information on the registered workforce.
Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2022
15
Aug
2023
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today published the Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2022.
The Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2022 presents information on:
- The number of practising MHOs in post at 5 December 2022, 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.
