Digital skills are becoming part of everyday work in social services. DigiSkills is a new free online learning resource designed to help you feel more confident using digital tools, data and technology in your role. 

Applications to the 2026-27 Voluntary Sector Development Fund (VSDF) are now open. The fund supports voluntary sector organisations providing social services that are a registered charity and are registered with the Care Inspectorate.

Try our new cyber resilience learning resources for Scotland’s social care workers and managers. We’ve published two resources, one for anyone working in social care and one for social care managers.

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.

The Scottish Government is consulting on proposed changes to SSSC registration requirements to add three new groups to the SSSC’s Register. The three groups are people working in adult day care services, offender accommodation services and social work assistants.

The SSSC and Skills Development Scotland (SDS) are asking people across the social care and children and young people sector to share their views on revised apprenticeship frameworks.

We’ve launched two updated MyLearning badges to help care home staff create more meaningful activities in care homes across Scotland.

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.

We’ve looked at the most common themes in referrals we investigated and closed from April 2025 to March 2026. Understanding these themes can help registered workers and employers identify areas for reflection and improvement.

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.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), Care Inspectorate and Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland) are working together to support improvement in social care.

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.