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11 Sep 2025

Free learning resources for fitness to practise conditions

One of the sanctions that can be imposed on your registration following a fitness to practise investigation is a condition.

Professional standards Your learning

11 Sep 2025

Simplifying fitness to practise - making our guidance more accessible for all

We’ve done a lot of work recently on improving the accessibility of our fitness to practise guidance documents and have produced several documents in Easy Read format. 

Professional standards

11 Sep 2025

Fitness to practise referral trends

Over the summer, we’ve been keeping an eye on the rising numbers of fitness to practise concerns being referred to us.

Professional standards

12 Aug 2025

SSSC Fitness to Practise 2024/25 insights published

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published its second Fitness to Practise Snapshot Report, providing key insights into the fitness to practise process and investigations over the past year.

Professional standards Workforce data

31 Jul 2025

Qualifications and Apprenticeships framework review. Our progress.

Earlier this year, we told you about our work to review the qualification and modern apprenticeship frameworks. We have made good progress with this project, which will continue over the next two years, and are pleased to be able to provide an update. 

Consultations and surveys Social service workforce Professional standards

13 Jun 2025

Revised Decisions Guidance and Practice Notes

We’ve updated our Decisions Guidance for Fitness to Practise Panels and SSSC staff and also published a range of Practice Notes to provide further guidance on legal issues that can arise during Fitness to Practise Panel hearings. 

Professional standards

13 Jun 2025

Need support? The Fitness to Practise Wellbeing Support Line is here for you

We’ve expanded access to our Fitness to Practise Wellbeing Support Line to make sure more people can get the help they need. 

Professional standards

11 Mar 2025

Dealing with racism and discrimination

Everyone in the social work, social care and children and young people workforce in Scotland has the right to feel safe at work. Racism and other forms of discriminatory conduct are unacceptable.

Professional standards SSSC Codes of Practice

11 Mar 2025

Fitness to practise and day care of children services

Day care of children services was one of the first groups on our Register with required registration coming in almost 20 years ago.

Professional standards SSSC Codes of Practice

12 Dec 2024

Making sure Fitness to Practise Panels are fair and independent

Fitness to Practise Panels play a key role in the fair, independent and transparent regulation of the social work, social care and children and young people workforce. They make decisions on fitness to practise cases in the name of the SSSC but are independent. 

Professional standards

12 Dec 2024

Inappropriate behaviour in the workplace

Social service workers, like anybody else, have the right to a safe place of work, free from harassment and from other harmful acts. Unfortunately, as with any other sector, there are cases of inappropriate behaviour in social service workplaces.  

Professional standards

11 Dec 2024

What are the benefits of workers applying for registration within three months?

Following the changes to our Register earlier this year, workers now need to apply for registration within three months of starting their role. They still need to be registered within six months as before.  

SSSC registration Professional standards Employers