Most of our hearings are taking place online but, where necessary, they are held at our offices in Dundee, with appropriate physical distancing measures.
Members of the public can attend public hearings. You would do this by coming to our offices in Dundee.
If you wish to observe a hearing, please contact us before the hearing date as follows:
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.
If you've been asked to come to a hearing you can find out more information in this section. See the different categories below.
Our video shows you what it's like if you come to a SSSC hearing at our offices in Dundee. You might attend because you are a registered worker and we are holding a hearing about you or because you've been asked to be a witness.
If we have asked you to attend an SSSC hearing, find out what you need to do here.
If we have asked you to attend a hearing as a witness for the SSSC, find out what you need to do here.
If you've been asked to attend a hearing as a witness for a social service worker who is appearing at a SSSC Fitness to Practise Panel hearing, find out what you need to know here.
Please contact David Kydd, Team Leader (Hearings) on 01382 721926 or david.kydd@sssc.uk.com
Members of the media wishing to attend a hearing should contact Lorraine Wakefield, Communications Manager on 01382 721926 or lorraine.wakefield@sssc.uk.com
Information for each Fitness to Practise Panel impairment hearing is published seven days in advance.
View the documents that set out how we carry out our regulatory function and provide guidance to decision makers on when to apply the different sanctions available to them.
Revised Codes of Practice came into effect on the 1st of November 2016. The Codes set out the standards of practice and behaviour expected of social services workers and their employers.