When people with lived experience help shape our work, it helps us see things we might otherwise miss. Listening to the people who use services helps us improve what we do and keep our standards high. That’s why we make sure people with lived experience are at the heart of our continuous improvement work.

When endorsing applications, employers confirm if a worker is working as a manager, supervisor, practitioner or support worker based on the role they are carrying out. This determines the qualification requirements for registration.

If you or your staff are looking to gain a qualification as part of your SSSC registration, it's important to make sure you choose the right one.

We’ve created two short explainer videos to support your learning. The videos, designed for the social work, social care and children and young people workforce, as well as members of the public, explain who we are, what we do and what it means to be registered with us.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) published its Strategic Plan 2026-2029 today setting out priorities for the next three years. It supports our vision that a trusted, skilled, confident and valued workforce delivers social work, social care and children and young people services.

Applications are now open for 150 fully funded places on the Professional Development Award (PDA) in Technology Enabled Care (TEC) at SCQF Level 7, starting in September 2026.

Public Appointments are looking for someone with significant experience in finance and audit with oversight of large budgets and the ability to analyse and review complex issues to join our Council.

Up to £994,000 will be available in three new funds to support study for practice educators, mental health officers and new social workers in local authorities in the coming year. The SSSC will administer the funds on behalf of the Scottish Government.

The National Social Work Agency officially launched on World Social Work Day 2026. SSSC Chief Executive, Maree Allison, looks forward to working together.

SSSC Director of Workforce, Education and Standards, Laura Lamb, welcomes the publication of Valuing Practice: Scotland’s Framework for Social Work Education and Learning on World Social Work Day.

We’re continuing to improve the accessibility of our fitness to practise processes, with some of this work based on research carried out by the Open University’s Witness to Harm research project, which the SSSC took part in.  

We’re celebrating Social Work Week this year by reflecting on how social work has changed in Scotland over the last 25 years, recognising the vital role social workers play across communities and cultures.