With over 4,000 users our Preventing infection in social care settings app has been a big hit with the social care workforce. A year on from its launch, we look at who is using it and the impact it has made in supporting practice.

We recently held a graduation event to celebrate the success of the CEIM Experience Improvement Model Leaders Programme (CEIM Leaders).

Scottish Government has confirmed changes to bursaries provided by the SSSC to students studying an approved postgraduate social work programme.

Scottish Government is funding new arrangements to support social work students on placement.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today announced the appointment of Maree Allison as its new Chief Executive.

Applications to the 2024-25 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.

We’ve published our second six-monthly survey report on Scotland’s filled and vacant social worker and senior social worker posts in local authorities, which shows there were more social workers in post compared to the year before.

At the SSSC we use the data and information we gather from fitness to practise to help understand how we can better support the workforce.

Maree Allison, Interim Chief Executive at the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) welcomes Plan 24-30 and underlines our commitment to realising the ambitions of The Promise.

Today we publish two statutory reports setting out our continuing work to put care experience at the heart of what we do and to embed children’s rights in our work.

We are pleased to announce we are working with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to offer funded places for the next intake of the Scottish Improvement Leader Programme (ScIL).

We are working with partners across the UK to review the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Health and Social Care and Childcare learning and development.