From 3 May, we’ll start asking a sample of registrants who are due to submit their annual declaration to also provide additional information about how they have completed CPL and demonstrated learning against the core learning elements. 

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 are pleased to publish our first Registrant Survey Snapshot Report today. The report shows an increase in positive responses across all categories from the previous year. 

New continuous professional learning (CPL) and return to practice (RTP) registration requirements came into effect in June 2024

This Social Work Week we take some time to reflect on the Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW) Supported Year and what it means for the newest recruits in social work across Scotland.  

It’s Social Work Week 2025. A time to celebrate the work social workers and the wider social work sector do to support people in our communities.  

We’re celebrating Social Work Week from 17-21 March to recognise the important contribution social workers make to supporting our communities.

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

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’re consulting on a proposal to add new groups of workers from the social service workforce to the SSSC Register and want to hear your views on the proposal. 

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.