It’s Scottish Apprenticeship Week so we’ll be shining a light on the vital role apprenticeships play in supporting individuals, employers and people who use social care and early years services in Scotland.

We’ve updated our guide COVID-19 Key measures for infection prevention and control for social care workers providing care in an individual’s home. It now includes information on testing and vaccination.

Employers can now access a new adult social care recruitment portal to help find staff who are available to work in their area. You can access the portal through your MySSSC account.

We’ve published new information on nationally recognised learning resources that we’ve endorsed, which you can use to support your continuous professional learning (CPL).

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) welcomes the publication of the National Care Service Consultation: Analysis of responses.

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The manager version of the 360 Leadership Capability Feedback Tool is changing. If you used this tool and want to save your reports, you’ll need to do it before 1 March 2022.

We are working with colleagues at the Scottish Government to deliver two new workshops supporting senior and strategic leaders working in social care and social work.

Some newly qualified social workers (NQSW) have now started their supported year at early implementation sites around Scotland.

What do you think about when you hear the words cyber security? People often think about technical things and the responsibility for keeping everyone safe and secure online lies with the IT department. However, you can help protect your organisation and the people who use your service.

The Scottish Government has announced £1 million to support the wellbeing of health and social care workers across the public, private and voluntary sectors.

As part of Scottish Government’s Programme for Government (PfG) commitment to develop a national induction framework for new entrants to adult social care, the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and NHS Education Scotland (NES) are working in collaboration with Scottish Government and key partners. The new framework will also support workers moving between employers or undertaking different roles. The full programme will be delivered by the end of spring 2022.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) is seeking views on their plans to create a Register for the future in a consultation launched today. They are proposing changes to the Register, processes and the qualifications accepted for registration.