The Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have issued a joint statement to set out our policy on the regulation of managers and clarify the position regarding applications for managers who do not hold relevant qualifications.

We have made some changes to the endorsement page of MySSSC to make sure the information provided on applications is as accurate as possible.

It’s important you tell us about any changes to your SSSC registration details as soon as they happen, whether it’s changing job, address, contact information or your name.

The new continuous professional learning (CPL) requirement for SSSC registered workers comes into effect today.

The Scottish Social Services Council, Scottish Qualifications Authority, Scottish Government and the Care Inspectorate are working together to support, as far as reasonably possible, students undertaking work placements to allow  completion of full HNC qualifications this academic year 2020-21.  

The continuous professional learning (CPL) requirement comes in at the end of October. Here are some key dates you’ll need to know.

At the end of this month (September 2020) support workers in care at home and housing support who were in their role on or before 2 October 2017 must be registered with us.

Post registration training and learning (PRTL) is changing to continuous professional learning (CPL) this autumn. Here is what you need to know.

This autumn we will replace post registration training and learning (PRTL) with a new continuous professional learning (CPL) requirement.

The UK and Scottish coronavirus legislation include some important changes for social service regulation so we can support the workforce to keep on delivering high quality services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To help focus resources on supporting the social service sector during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic we’re making changes to fitness to practise. (Updated 23 October 2020)

We’ve been receiving lots of enquiries from workers and employers. Our FAQs answer some of the most common ones. We’ll keep this information up to date as new guidance and information is available. (last update 11 November 2020, updated guidance for SVQ assessment centres)