NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have launched a new Social Care Career Options Tool that will make it easier for people to find out about the wide range of roles and careers available in social care. 

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published the SSSC Register Leavers Survey Report which gives an insight into leavers from the social work, social care and children and young people workforce.  

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Mainstreaming and Outcomes Report sets out how we are placing equality, diversity and inclusion at the centre of our work as regulator for the social work, social care and children and young people workforce in Scotland. It shows what we have done since 2021 and our plans (outcomes) for 2025-2029. 

Our first annual Have Your Say Workforce Wellbeing Survey report provides valuable insights from people working in the social work, social care and children and young people workforce on a wide range of topics, including wellbeing, pay, terms and conditions, support, access to training and qualifications and general experiences of working in the sector. 

From 3 May, we’ll start asking a sample of registrants who are due to submit their annual declaration to also provide additional information about how they have completed CPL and demonstrated learning against the core learning elements. 

In June 2024 we changed CPL for registrants to focus on key skills and knowledge required depending on your role and the stage of your career, for example induction or changing jobs. Registrants need to cover core learning elements to meet the CPL requirements.

Recruitment is now open for cohort six of the Care Experience Improvement Model Leaders programme (CEIM Leaders). 

We have produced a new learning resource for people working with children and young people to support you to use the SSSC Codes of Practice, the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the Promise in your practice.

Do you want to make a difference to social services in Scotland?  

Scottish Ministers are looking for a new Convener and two Council Members to join our Council.  

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published its latest Workforce Skills Report (WSR), providing an in-depth analysis of the current training provision for the social work, social care and children and young people sector.

We are pleased to publish our first Registrant Survey Snapshot Report today. The report shows an increase in positive responses across all categories from the previous year. 

We’re working with Scottish Government, Skills Development Scotland and other partners to develop a graduate apprenticeship route to becoming a social worker.