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 | |
Dec 22 | 2021 Detailed workforce information | Here |
Nov 22 | Staff vacancies in care services 2021 | Here |
Nov 22 | The Adults' services workforce tables - 2021 | Here |
Oct 22 | Local Authority Post Types 2021 | Here |
Oct 22 | Interactive Social Worker Data Tool 2021 | Here |
Aug 22 | Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2021 Workforce Data | Here |
Aug 22 | Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2021 | Here |
Aug 22 | 2021-2022 SVQ Tables | Here |
Jul-22 | 2020 Children's Services Workforce Tables | Here |
Jun-22 | Residential Child Care report 2022 | Here |
Jan-22 | Interactive Social Worker Data Tool 2020 | Here |
Dec-21 | Staff vacancies in care services 2020 report | Here |
Oct-21 | 2020 detailed workforce information | Here |
Oct-21 | Workforce Skills Report 2021 | Here |
Sep-21 | The Adults' services workforce tables - 2020 | Here |
Sep-21 | Local authority post types 2020 | Here |
Aug-21 | Mental Health Officers time series data | Here |
Aug-21 | Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2020 Workforce Data | Here |
Aug-21 | Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report 2020 | Here |
Quarterly | Registration and Early Learning and Childcare data ( last QTR to 03/10/2022) | Here |
May 2016
SVQs in the Scottish Social Service Sector 2015
This is the seventh in a series of annual reports on Scottish Vocational Qualifications provision in Scotland, produced regularly for the purposes of workforce planning.
March 2016
Experimental Statistics: Whole Time Equivalent Data for the Scottish Social Service Workforce
This report and our experimental statistics report on staff retention are the first in a new series of reports intended to explore and examine more fully the workforce data available to the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
Experimental Statistics: Staff Retention in the Scottish Social Service Sector
This report and our experimental statistics report on whole time equivalents are the first in a new series of reports intended to explore and examine more fully the workforce data available to the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
Local authority post types 2008-2014
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.
SVQs in the Scottish Social Service Sector - report for 2012, 2013 and 2014
Revised Publication
The SSSC has revised and republished the SVQs in the Scottish Social Service Sector report for 2012, 2013 and 2014. It was withdrawn in January 2016 following the identification of a data quality issue at the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) which affected the SVQ data for 2014.
December 2015
2014 detailed workforce information
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.