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19 May 2025

Planned downtime for SSSC website and MySSSC - 26 and 27 May 2025

We’re making changes to our website and to do this we need to shut down MySSSC and the SSSC website on Monday 26 May until the afternoon of Tuesday 27 May

SSSC registration

14 May 2025

New National Induction Framework for Adult Social Care now available

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have developed a new National Induction Framework for Social Care.

Employers Social service workforce Your learning

13 May 2025

New approach to quality improvement learning

We’re pleased to support NHS Education for Scotland (NES) with their new approach to quality improvement (QI) learning.

Social service workforce Your learning

08 May 2025

New tool helps you to track registration data easily

We have produced a new interactive dashboard designed to provide clear, insights into SSSC registration data. The tool allows you to explore real time updates on registered individuals, removals from the SSSC Register and findings from the leavers survey.

Workforce data

06 May 2025

CPL CYP portal improvements benefit Scotland’s children and young people workforce

We’ve improved the Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) portal for the Early Learning and Childcare Workforce to provide better support for the workforce.  

Social service workforce Your learning

30 Apr 2025

New resource for social care career information in Scotland

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. 

Careers in care

30 Apr 2025

SSSC Register Leavers Survey Report, April 2025

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.  

Workforce data

29 Apr 2025

Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Mainstreaming and Outcomes Report 2025-2029

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. 

SSSC corporate

23 Apr 2025

Have Your Say Workforce Wellbeing Survey 2025 report

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. 

Social service workforce Workforce data

21 Apr 2025

Verifying your staff’s continuous professional learning (CPL)

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. 

Employers SSSC registration

21 Apr 2025

Continuous professional learning (CPL) requirements

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.

Your learning SSSC registration

14 Apr 2025

Recruitment open for the next CEIM Leaders programme

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

Leadership Social service workforce Your learning