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.

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.

We’re working with Scottish Government, Skills Development Scotland and other partners to develop a graduate apprenticeship route to becoming a social worker.

Have you visited our continuous professional learning (CPL) website?

From June we’ll introduce a three-year timescale for new registrants in the social care workforce to gain their qualification for registration.

We recently held online events to support employers to understand how people should meet the new continuous professional learning (CPL) and return to practice (RTP) registration requirements which came into effect in June 2024. 

We are working with partners across the UK to review the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Health and Social Care and Childcare learning and development.

In summer, we told you about the work NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and the SSSC are doing to develop a new National Induction Framework for Adult Social Care staff.

The Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW) Supported Year is mandatory from today, 1 October 2024. It’s part of the framework that will set out a clear pathway for social workers and employers from qualification to advanced practice.

We’re supporting the Care Inspectorate as they develop new dementia resources and we want frontline staff who provide care to people with dementia to take part in the co-design.

We’re hosting quarterly forums to support implementation of the Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW) Supported Year. These are for NQSWs undertaking a Supported Year, those supervising NQSWs and employers and strategic leads for NQSWs. 

With over 2,000 people joining the social care sector each year and even more changing roles within it, staff and employers are investing significant time and money in the induction process.