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Workforce

Scottish Government remains committed to delivering a more competent, confident and valued social service workforce, as a major contribution to realising its single purpose of a more successful country, with opportunities for all to flourish through increased sustainable economic growth.  Doing so creates more successful and skilled individuals  and strengthens the vital contribution made by this diverse workforce to individuals, families and communities.  Our aim is to ensure that we have the right number of staff with the right skills in the right place at the right time.

Developing workforce planning

Workforce planning is essential for making best use of the available skills, qualifications and capacities of the workforce, identifying and addressing current skills gaps, and for anticipating the size and type of workforce needed for the future.

To support improved planning at national and local levels, this workstream will take a strategic overview of workforce intelligence activities, including making the collection of, and access to information on the social service workforce more streamlined, effective and consistent. This will be supported by the implementation of a core minimum data set across social services.

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