The Skills for Care and Development Alliance is commissioning the next phase of a UK and Republic of Ireland-wide research study exploring the impact of workforce regulation in adult social care.

We’ve made changes to the endorsement section of SSSC registration applications to help us learn more about why people apply late and what organisations are doing to manage this.

We’re proposing changes to the Fitness to Practise Rules (FTP Rules) that set out what we do when we receive a concern about a social service worker and we want to hear your views.

We are continuing our work to review the qualification and modern apprenticeship frameworks and are pleased to provide a progress update. 

We’ve updated our guidance for employing 16 and 17-year-olds in social care and made an online version to make it easier for you. 

As Scotland celebrates Care Experienced Week, we are proud to highlight our ongoing commitment to supporting care experienced people to access meaningful employment, education and development opportunities. 

We have published a new quick guide to continuous professional learning (CPL).

Would you like to find out more about relationship-based practice from a social work perspective?

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), in partnership with the Scottish Government and key stakeholders, has today launched a new resource: Supporting Scotland’s Children: Core Knowledge and Values.

It has now been over a year since we introduced significant changes to registration, qualifications and skills to help make registration simpler and easier to understand

Scotland’s social service workforce continued to grow in 2024, reaching 214,750, the highest level since records began in 2008. That’s according to a new report published by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today.

Applications for cohort 28 of the Digital Health and Care Leadership Programme (DLP) are open to all health and social care settings in Scotland including health, social care, social work, housing, charities and the third sector.