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.

Date Publication
Jan 26 Staff vacancies in care services report 2024
Dec 25 Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey at June 2025
Sep 25 Scottish Social Service Sector Report on 2024 Workforce Data
Aug 25 Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2024
Aug 25 SSSC Fitness to Practise Data Snapshot Report 2024/25
July 25 Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey at December 2024
Apr 25 SSSC Register Leavers Survey Report
Apr 25 SSSC Have Your Say Survey
Mar 25 Workforce Skills Report 2025
Mar 25 Staff vacancies in care services report 2023
Feb 25 Economic and social value of the UK adult social care sector: Scotland
Nov 24 Analysis of diversity data and research report November 2024
Nov 24 Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey at June 2024
Oct 24 Register annual report 2023 to 2024
Aug 24 Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2023 Workforce Data
Aug 24 Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2023
Apr 24 Digital Capabilities within the Adult Social Care Workforce in Scotland
Feb 24 The Distribution of the Social Service Workforce Report
Jan 24 The Fitness to Practise report
Quarterly Quarterly Registration and Early Learning and Childcare data

 

November 2022

The Adults' services workforce tables - 2021

07 Nov 2022

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 2021 Workforce Data.

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October 2022

Local Authority Post Types 2021

06 Oct 2022

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.

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Interactive Social Worker Data Tool 2021

04 Oct 2022

This file allows you to interactively investigate data on practising social workers employed by local authorities. Guidance and background notes are included within the file.

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August 2022

Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2021 Workforce Data

24 Aug 2022

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today published Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2021 Workforce Data.

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Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2021

23 Aug 2022

 

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today published the Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2021.

The Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2021 presents information on:

  • The number of practising MHOs in post at 6 December 2021, 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.

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2021-2022 SVQ tables

02 Aug 2022

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

These tables provide SVQ provision data separately for social services and healthcare (primarily Adult services) and Children and Young People frameworks as well as the proportion of SVQ activity made up by Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) in Scotland.

As well as the 2021-22 data these tables also show historic data (2017-18 onwards) in order to allow comparison. 

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