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

Everyone in the social work, social care and children and young people workforce in Scotland has the right to feel safe at work. Racism and other forms of discriminatory conduct are unacceptable.

Day care of children services was one of the first groups on our Register with required registration coming in almost 20 years ago.

The percentage of care services reporting staff vacancies dropped slightly in 2023, one year after reaching a record high.

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

We are pleased to announce the appointments of Laura Lamb as Director of Workforce, Education and Standards and Hannah Coleman as Director of Regulation.

We opened the public consultation about increasing registration fees on 30 September 2024. The consultation lasted 12 weeks and closed on 23 December 2024.

From June we’ll introduce a three-year timescale for new registrants in the social care workforce to gain their qualification for registration.

We’ve published a new guide for social care providers on employing 16 and 17-year-olds to provide practical support and help when recruiting young people.

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. 

A new report shows the economic and social value of the adult social care sector in Scotland was £5.2 billion in 2022/23. It also estimates that every £1 spent in the sector brought £1.98 in socioeconomic benefits.

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.