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

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

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.

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

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.