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11 May 2023
We updated our Thresholds Guidance last year to help make it clearer when to raise a fitness to practise concern with us. A year on we want to remind employers what they need to refer to us.
10 May 2023
We’re always looking for ways to improve our fitness to practise processes for everyone involved, including witnesses. Here we explain what support we offer.
10 May 2023
The COVID-19 lockdown prompted our move to online fitness to practise hearings. However, moving online didn’t just mean we were able to keep holding hearings but also that more registrants are able to take part.
28 Mar 2023
Book now for the Advanced Social Work Practice Framework workshops to play your part in developing the new framework. There are six free workshops in locations across Scotland.
17 Mar 2023
We receive proportionately more fitness to practise referrals about workers in residential childcare more than any other part of our Register. Here we share some data about this and resources to help support you in your practice.
17 Mar 2023
Of the 166,745 people on our Register only 1.13% of registrants currently have a case being considered by our Fitness to Practise Department.
13 Dec 2022
We’ve joined a UK wide study looking at the impact on witnesses.
26 Aug 2022
Employers and higher educational institutions (HEI) can now make a referral about a registered worker through their MySSSC account.
18 Jul 2022
We are looking for people to sit as independent Panel Members on the Scottish Social Services Council’s (SSSC) Fitness to Practise Panels.
28 Mar 2022
We have changed our fitness to practise thresholds to make it clearer when raising concerns about a worker.
01 Jul 2021
Our fitness to practise hearings process changed to opt in hearings from 1 July 2021. This means we will only hold a hearing if a worker disagrees with the outcome of our investigation and asks for one.
03 Jun 2021
We’re changing our fitness to practise hearings process. From this summer we will only hold a hearing when a worker asks for one.