The Adult Social Care Displaced Worker Scheme offers targeted funding to adult social care employers based in Scotland to recruit displaced adult social care workers who are already in the UK.

Over the past quarter of a century, registration and regulation has helped build a social work, social care and children and young people workforce that is trusted, skilled, confident and valued.

We’ve launched a new Palliative care and care around dying MyLearning badge to support Scotland's social service workforce.

We’ve published our six-monthly survey report on Scotland’s social work workforce with details on the number of filled and vacant social worker and senior social worker posts in local authorities in December 2025.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published its latest Register snapshot report giving a unique insight into the social work, social care and children and young people workforce on their Register.

We regulate people working in social work, social care and children and young people services in Scotland and the Care Inspectorate regulates registered social care services. We recognise that workers recruited from overseas are a hugely valuable and important part of the social care workforce.

Members of the social work, social care and children and young people workforce face a number of challenges but remain committed to the people they support and want to make a difference in their lives.

We’ve worked with Public Services Delivery Scotland (formerly NHS Education for Scotland) and Qualifications Scotland to develop a new Recognition of Prior Learning Matrix which allows workers, employers and assessors to evidence prior learning towards the SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Levels 6 and 7.

Up to £994,000 will be available in three new funds to support study for practice educators, mental health officers and new social workers in local authorities in the coming year. The SSSC will administer the funds on behalf of the Scottish Government.

We’re celebrating Social Work Week this year by reflecting on how social work has changed in Scotland over the last 25 years, recognising the vital role social workers play across communities and cultures. 

We first shared Kerry’s story during Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2024. Now two years on, we catch up with Kerry to see how her career in social care has progressed. Kerry still works as a support worker at Voluntary Service Aberdeen (VSA) while working towards a BA (Hons) in Social Work.

We first shared Hannah’s story during Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2024. Now two years on, we catch up with Hannah who is employed as a service manager at Transitions Care Ltd in Aberdeenshire.