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Hearings

This section provides information for social service workers about Fitness to Practise Panel hearings.

Read about fitness to practise changes during COVID-19 here.
 

Information about hearings

This section provides information for social service workers about Fitness to Practise Panel hearings. These are application hearings, temporary order hearings and impairment hearings.

Attending a hearing

Our hearings are generally held in public so anyone can attend. Sometimes the panel decides it should be in private for example to protect a vulnerable person.

SSSC hearings

This section contains information about Fitness to Practise Panel impairment hearings taking place in the next seven days.

Search the Register

Check the registration status of a social worker or social care worker employed in Scotland