We’re changing our fitness to practise hearings process. From this summer we will only hold a hearing when a worker asks for one.

The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16-24 year-olds on Universal Credit.

Funding for the early implementation of the mandatory newly qualified social worker (NQSW) Supported Year is now available. All local authority, independent and third sector NQSW employers can apply for funding.

We’ve published the presentations and digital stories from our social work practice learning webinar earlier this spring so everyone can watch them, even if you missed the event.

Ten years on from its publication as Scotland’s first national dementia workforce development framework, the 2021 Promoting Excellence Framework reflects progress made on the actions, priorities and commitments of the dementia strategies and national activity on dementia.

We’ve published our second annual report on Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) partnership working.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is consulting on post-registration standards for nurses working in health and social care and would like to hear from nurses working in social care as well as employers and others with an interest in nursing standards.

We have developed a new app to help social service workers identify potential skin breakdown on people they support in partnership with Glasgow School of Art’s School of Simulation and Visualisation.

Today, the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) publishes its fifth Equality, Inclusion and Diversity Mainstreaming and Outcomes Report showing how we continue to mainstream and promote equality, diversity and inclusion. 

Applications are open for this programme of leadership and management development for those in senior leadership roles across health, social care and partner organisations. Cohort 11 starts in September 2021.

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your skills in work?

Apply for an Individual Training Account from today.

It’s nearly six months since we introduced the new continuous professional learning (CPL) requirement and soon we will start sampling registered workers’ learning.