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We can help provide information and arrange interview topics eg:

  • registration of social workers, social care and day care of children workers
  • the SSSC two Codes of Practice for Social Service Workers and Employers; one setting out the standards for workers and the other the responsibilities of employers of workers in social care, early years and young people’s workforce in Scotland
  • qualification requirements for social service workers
  • education and training opportunities
  • issues concerning the sector
  • statistical information regarding the workforce
  • international qualifications
  • the work of the sector skills council, Skills for Care and Development (SfCD)
  • action taken against social service workers and removal from the register
  • ensuring workers are qualified for the jobs they do
  • conduct hearings
  • careers in social services.

We can also arrange interviews with:

  • the Chief Executive, Anna Fowlie
  • the Convenor, Gary Coutts

You can also use our news room to find out more information and view our news releases.

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Did you know?

  1. There are more than 198,000 people working in the social care, early years and young people's workforce in Scotland.
  2. More than 68,000 social service workers are employed by local authorities.
  3. 66,430 social services workforce are employed by the private sector.
  4. More than half a million people in Scotland receive care services at any one time.
  5. Social workers and social work degree and postgraduate students must be registered with the SSSC.
  6. The SSSC also registers residential child care workers, day care of children workers, workers in care home services for adults and managers of day care services for adults, housing support services and care at home services.