The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) launched a new, improved careers in care website careersincare.scot today as we continue our work to promote care as a career of choice across Scotland.

A new report shows Scotland’s mental health officers spent more time working on mental health officer duties in 2022 than in any other year since 2016. 

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Scottish Ministers wish to fill two SSSC Council Member positions.

We are working with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to offer funded places for the Scottish Improvement Leader programme (ScIL).

Health and social care staff will always have the latest infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance in their pocket thanks to a new app launched today.

When was the last time you signed in to your MySSSC account and checked your contact details and personal information?

As an SSSC registrant it’s important to remember the Codes of Practice also apply to behaviour outside of work and we can investigate your fitness to practise if your suitability to work in social services is questioned.

With the increasing use of social media in our personal and working lives, it’s important to remember the standards set for Scotland’s social work, social care and children and young people workforce.

We know registrants and employers have lots of questions about how the Future Proofing Programme (FPP) changes affect them, so we’ve answered some of them in our FPP FAQs.

Applications to the 2023-24 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.

As technology evolves, so do the methods cybercriminals use. Police Scotland recently released figures showing a 68% increase in fraud since 2018. There were 17,000 fraud cases recorded last year, the majority of those were online.

We have produced five short videos to help managers and workers in social services make the most of and benefit from supervision.