Please note: There are two parts to supervisor’s qualification requirements (unless stated). You must hold a practice and a supervisory qualification.
Practice qualification
- Any practice qualification in the manager category
- HNC Social Services
- SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 7
Supervisory
You must gain an additional supervisory or management qualification. It must contain at least 15 credits at SCQF level 7 or above of supervision or management theory and practice for a supervisor of a care service. There are four ways you can meet this requirement:
- PDA Health and Social Care Supervision at SCQF level 7.
- SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF level 9.
- Any two units from the list we have specified here from SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF level 9 and SVQ Care Services Leadership and Management at SCQF level 10.
- Another qualification that contains at least 15 credits at SCQF level 7 of supervision or management theory and practice specifically for a supervisor of a care service
If you are considering progressing into a management role in the future, you may wish to consider options 2 or 3 above, since these would build towards meeting the requirements for managers in adult services.
Please note that qualifications must be specifically for a supervisor of a care service – we do not accept generic supervisory or management awards
Qualifications meeting both practice and supervisory requirement:
All of the qualifications below are acceptable on their own and you do not need to do an additional supervisory qualification
- BA (Hons) Social Work (or equivalent)
- SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 9
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
If you have any questions about your qualifications being suitable for SSSC registration, please contact us using the web form on our Contact us page.
Legacy qualifications meeting both the practice and supervisory requirement
- BA (Hons)/Diploma Social Pedagogy (University of Aberdeen)
- BA Curative Education (University of Aberdeen)
- Diploma in Curative Education (University of Aberdeen)
- SVQ/NVQ 4 Health and Social Care at SCQF Level 9
Legacy qualifications meeting only the practice requirement
- Higher Education Certificate in Care (Queen Margaret University)
- Certificate in Residential Care of Children and Young People
- Higher Education Certificate in Care or Person Centred Approaches for Social Care Workers (Queen Margaret University College)
- 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)
- NVQ Health and Social Care (Level 3)
- SVQ/NVQ 3 Care with HNC Social Care (Combined Award)
- SVQ 3 Health and Social Care at SCQF Level 7
- SVQ 3 Community Justice: Work with Offending Behaviour at SCQF Level 7 (G9WM 23 and all other awards pre-2010)
- SVQ 3 Community Justice: Work with Victims, Survivors and Witnesses at SCQF Level 7 (G9YK 23 Route A only)
- SVQ 3 Promoting Independence
- SVQ Caring for Children and Young People (Level 3)
Legacy qualifications meeting only the supervisory requirement
- A combination of units from the past version of the SVQ 4 Management at SCQF level 9 (GC47 24). Please see the list of units here. Please note units must be at least SCQF level 7 and we do not accept any units that appear only in the current award (GM27 24).