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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
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 time series data 2006 to 2022	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
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
Jul 22	2020 Children's Services Workforce Tables	Here
Jun 22	Residential Child Care report 2022	Here
Oct 21	Workforce Skills Report 2021	Here
July 19	The Demand for Social Workers 2019	Here
Quarterly	Registration and Early Learning and Childcare data ( last QTR to 27/03/2023)	Here

July 2015

2013 detailed workforce information

29 Jul 2015

Publication revised

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.

2012 detailed workforce information

05 Dec 2014

Publication revised

Workforce skills reports 2013/2014

04 Dec 2014

The aim of the Workforce Skills Reports (WSRs) is to bring together data on the sector's workforce, uptake of relevant qualifications, and data on service users along with broader information on drivers of change (e.g. developments in policy) in order to identify key workforce development challenges for the sector.

Scottish social services sector: report on 2012 workforce data

04 Dec 2014

Revised Publication

The SSSC has revised and republished the 2012 Scottish Social Services workforce data report. This follows the identification of an error in the original version of the 2012 report published in September 2013. The error resulted in the social service workforce headcount being underestimated by approximately 1,200 i.e. 0.6% of the sector's workforce.