The Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise Siobhan Brown has announced the appointment of Andrew Fleming as a Member of the Scottish Social Services Council. The appointment will be for three years and will run from 3 August 2026 to 2 August 2029.

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’re looking to recruit up to 12 legally qualified chairs for our Fitness to Practise Panel hearings. Chairs must be available to sit for 15 to 30 days each year.

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.

When people with lived experience help shape our work, it helps us see things we might otherwise miss. Listening to the people who use services helps us improve what we do and keep our standards high. That’s why we make sure people with lived experience are at the heart of our continuous improvement work.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) published its Strategic Plan 2026-2029 today setting out priorities for the next three years. It supports our vision that a trusted, skilled, confident and valued workforce delivers social work, social care and children and young people services.

The National Social Work Agency officially launched on World Social Work Day 2026. SSSC Chief Executive, Maree Allison, looks forward to working together.

Today, the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) publishes its 2024-2025 Annual Report. 

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and the Care Inspectorate are supporting Disclosure Scotland with changes to the PVG scheme to help applicants and care providers with the changes.

The Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Natalie Don-Innes MSP has appointed two new SSSC Council Members, Alison Todd and Tricia Stewart. Their appointment is from 1 September for three years.

Peter Murray was appointed Convener of the SSSC Council on 1 September 2025. His appointment runs to 31 August 2028.

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.