Please note: unless they hold a higher level recognised practice qualification, workers in a residential child care service are required to gain a practice qualification plus certificated knowledge of 96 credits at or above SCQF level 7.
Practice qualifications
- SVQ 3 Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF level 7.
Plus
Certificated knowledge
- HNC Social Services.
- An award of certificated knowledge with 96 credits at or above SCQF level 7.
Qualifications meeting BOTH the practice and certificated knowledge requirements
- Any practice qualification in the manager/supervisor category for residential childcare
- BA (Hons) Social Work (or equivalent)
- 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 practice and certificated knowledge requirements
- BA (Hons) Social Work (Residential Child Care) by distance learning - Stage 3 Exit Award: BA Social Pedagogy (Robert Gordon University)
- BA Curative Education (University of Aberdeen)
- BA/Diploma Social Pedagogy (University of Aberdeen)
- Certificate in Residential Social Work (issued by Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work)
- Certificate in Residential Care of Children and Young People
- Diploma in Teaching Mentally Handicapped Adults
- Diploma of Higher Education in Curative Education (University of Aberdeen)
- Senior Certificate in Residential Care of Children and Young People
- SVQ/NVQ 4 Care
- SVQ/NVQ Health and Social Care (Level 4)
Legacy qualifications meeting only the practice requirement
You must also have an award of certificated knowledge with 96 credits at or above SCQF Level 7 with the following qualifications:
- SVQ/NVQ 3 Care
- SVQ/NVQ 3 Caring for Children and Young People
- SVQ/NVQ 3 Children's Care Learning and Development
- SVQ/NVQ 3 Early Years Care and Education
- SVQ/NVQ 3 Health and Social Care
- SVQ/NVQ 3 Promoting Independence
- SVQ 3 Children's Care Learning and Development at SCQF Level 7
- SVQ 3 Health and Social Care at SCQF Level 7