Managers of a residential school care accommodation service

Practice qualifications we also accept

View the practice qualifications we also accept

SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF Level 9 with mandatory Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) requirements(Opens new window)

BA (Hons) Social Work (or equivalent)

BA (Hons) Social Work (Residential Child Care) by distance learning – Stage 3 Exit Award: BA Social Pedagogy (Robert Gordon University)


Management qualifications we also accept

View the management qualifications we also accept

K318 Leading, managing caring

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Social Care Management

SVQ Management SCQF Level 9 (GM27 24) plus the following two units:

  • H7LG 04 (SCDLMCA1) Manage and Develop Yourself and Your Workforce within Care Services at SCQF Level 10
  • H7LH 04 (SCDLMCB1) Lead and Manage Practice that Promotes the Safeguarding of Individuals at SCQF Level 10.


A qualification meeting the requirements of other regulatory bodies (practice requirement)

View the qualification meeting the requirements of other regulatory bodies (practice requirement)

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


Practice qualifications which are no longer available, but we continue to accept

View the practice qualifications which are no longer available, but we continue to accept

SVQ/NVQ 4 Health and Social Care at SCQF Level 9

BA/Diploma Curative Education (University of Aberdeen)

BA Social Pedagogy (University of Aberdeen)

SVQ/NVQ 4 Care


Management qualifications which are no longer available, but we continue to accept

View the management qualifications which are no longer available, but we continue to accept

SVQ 4 Management at SCQF level 9 (GC47 24) and all previous versions of the SVQ/NVQ 4 Management

SVQ 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services (LMCS) at SCQF Level 10

SVQ 4 Registered Manager in Health and Social Care (Registered Manager’s Award)

An assessed programme of study (either through a taught programme or by portfolio) where a minimum of 60 credit points covers management, at post-qualifying or advanced level, awarded by the PQ Consortium for Social Work in Scotland.


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