Qualification criteria - day care of children service workers
To register with the SSSC you need to be employed in a service that is registered with and regulated by the Care Inspectorate. If you are unsure whether you are eligible for registration, speak to your manager.
The SSSC operates a function based register. This means that workers are registered on the basis of their job function, not their job title. You need to be employed to undertake the function for which you seek registration.
Managers and practitioners of Day Care of Children Services are now required by the Scottish Government to be registered with the SSSC.
Managers and practitioners new to post have six months from the date they start in the post to gain registration with the SSSC.
Support Workers should have their application in by 31 December 2013 to guarantee that the application will be processed by the date of required registration: 30 June 2014
What happens if you don't register?
If you fall into this group you must be registered with the SSSC or be registered withanother regulatory body by the date of required registration. If you don't it will mean your employer will be committing an offence.
Please click the below link relevant to your registration
Further information about the qualification criteria and principles
