The FOI also shows that there were 10 financial year agency social workers in 2025-2026, 11 in 2024-2025, 10 in 2023-2024 and 15 in 2022-2023. "The fact that the number of social workers has increased also reflects the growing demand for social work services. "More people are relying on these vital services, and that means the pressure on our social workers is increasing too. A spokesperson for Glasgow’s Health and Social Care Partnership said: "The number of social worker vacancies is broadly consistent for Glasgow. "We don’t tend to experience difficulty in recruiting social workers and we carry out recruitment campaigns for student social workers each year.