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Practice qualification

  • Any practice qualification in the manager or supervisor category
  • SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 7
  • HNC Social Services

Qualifications also accepted

  • BA (Hons) Social Work (or equivalent)

Qualifications meeting requirements of other regulatory bodies:

  • A qualification meeting the registration requirements for the following professional groups regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council:
    • Occupational Therapists
    • Art, Music and Drama Therapists
    • Physiotherapists
    • Speech and Language Therapists
    • Practitioner Psychologists
  • A qualification meeting the registration requirements of the General Teaching Council (Scotland), Nursing and Midwifery Council or the General Medical Council
  • Degree/Diploma in Community Education as recognised by the Standards Council for Community Learning and Development for Scotland Approvals Committee

Please note we’re currently reviewing our approach to accepting qualifications which have been accepted by another regulatory body. If you have any questions about this or your qualifications being suitable for SSSC registration please contact us using the web form on our Contact us page.

Legacy qualifications (past qualifications that we continue to accept)

  • Diploma in Social Pedagogy (University of Aberdeen)
  • HNC Social Care (2005 revised award G7ME15)
  • HNC Social Care (all other awards pre-2005) with the SVQ Health and Social Care units DK4R04, DK4K04, DK5704 or H5LE 04 (SCDHSC0033), H5RY 04 (SCDHSC0031), H5LD 04 (SCDHSC0032)
  • Higher Education Certificate in Care (Queen Margaret University)
  • Higher Education Certificate in Person Centred Approaches for Social Care Workers (Queen Margaret University)
  • NVQ 3 Health and Social Care
  • NVQ 3 Community Justice (Work with Offending Behaviour) or NVQ 3 Community Justice (Work with Victims, Survivors and Witnesses) with the addition of a value base unit ('O' unit or Principles of Care)
  • SVQ 3 Health and Social Care at SCQF Level 7
  • SVQ/NVQ 3 Care with HNC Social Care (Combined Award)
  • SVQ 3 Care or Promoting Independence or Caring for Children and Young People