SSSC Learning and Development Adviser, Jane Muir shares her top tips to help you prepare for your SVQ. Jane joined the SSSC from Forth Valley College and has lots of experience in supporting people to gain their qualifications.  

Roslyn is a Vocational Learning Assessment Manager at Fife College and shares her insights and advice about completing an SVQ qualification in Health and Social Care or Social Services (children and young people). Roslyn also explains the role of assessors, what support is available and the benefits of achieving an SVQ qualification.

Leading to Change welcome applications or the next cohort of their popular leadership programme, Leading for the Future.

Vilmantas is a support practitioner with Cornerstone providing care at home and housing support services. He was awarded Cornerstone Learner of the Year award for 2025 for his SVQ assignments that led to substantial improvements in challenging areas, such as mealtime routines for a supported person with high anxiety and trauma.

Applications for cohort 29 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.

We want everyone to know that registering with the SSSC means committing to being qualified for your role. Our #SSSCregistered campaign supports the social care and children and young people workforce to gain their necessary qualifications for registration and tell people about it.  

The percentage of care services reporting staff vacancies dropped again in 2024, two years after a record high.

We want to hear your views on proposed changes to Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs) and apprenticeships in social services.

As an SSSC registrant you need to complete continuous professional learning (CPL) as part of your registration. CPL is essential for maintaining and improving the quality of care and support across Scotland’s social work, social care and children and young people's services.

We’re running the second annual Have Your Say Workforce Wellbeing Survey and want to hear from more people working in social work, social care and children and young people’s services this year. 

As we head into 2026, it’s a great time to think about your professional development. Continuous professional learning (CPL) isn’t just something on your to-do list, it’s an opportunity to grow, keep your skills up to date and be confident in your role.

We’ve published our latest six-monthly survey report on Scotland’s social work workforce. The report provides detail on the number of filled and vacant social worker and senior social worker posts in local authorities in June 2025.