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All about registration

The Register of Social Service Workers in Scotland opened on 1 April 2003.

Registration is a major part of the drive for higher standards in social services and will bring this workforce in line with other professional colleagues. Nursing, medicine and teaching are all regulated professions and workers have to register with their own regulatory bodies to be able to work in their field.

Now social service workers will have to do the same.

To register, a worker must satisfy the criteria for registration. This includes holding the appropriate qualifications for the job they do and being able to evidence good character.

Please click on a question:

What are the timescales for registration?

What qualifications do I need to register with the SSSC?

How do I apply for registration?

 

 

Or to get a step by step guide to registration please click on a link below.

Are you a:

Social worker

Social work student

Care Commission Officer

Residential child care worker

Worker in a care home service for adults

Worker in an adult day care service

Worker in a day care of children service, for example in a nursery

Worker in a housing support service

Worker in a school care accomodation service

Employer

 

Other useful information

The purpose of registration

Registration Rules and Conduct Rules

Other UK health and social care regulators
Codes of Practice in other languages and formats