Skills for Care & Development - Sector Skills Agreement - Stages 1 & 2 - Headline Report

A Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) is a document developed by a Sector Skills Council (SSC) in conjunction with employers, training providers, stakeholders and Government, which aims to address the key skill needs of a sector’s workforce. They are developed on a UK-wide basis but should reflect the needs of each of the four countries of the UK and have solutions which are appropriate to the needs of each of the countries. The Scottish Social Services Council is the Scottish arm of the SSC for the social services sector1 , Skills for Care & Development. As such, it is leading the work to develop the sector’s SSA in Scotland.