Scottish Social Services Council - registration requirements: consultation on proposed changes
This consultation seeks your views on various proposed changes to registration requirements which will further strengthen the Scottish Social Services Council's (SSSC) ability to deliver their public protection functions.
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Section 1: New Registered Groups
Between January and April 2025, the SSSC held a public consultation on the proposed registration of three new groups of workers. These were:
- Adult day care services – support worker, practitioner and supervisors
- Offender accommodation service – practitioner, supervisors and managers
- Social work assistants
The SSSC’s consultation process included a variety of online focus groups, social media surveys aimed at members of the public and formal public consultation, each with healthy engagement. Consultation respondents were asked their views on whether these groups should be registered with the SSSC, and whether they agreed with the proposed role descriptions, qualification requirements, registration fees and continuous professional learning requirements.
Responses to the consultation showed strong support for the expansion of the Register with between 80%-94% of respondents agreeing that the SSSC should register each of the proposed groups. A full analysis report from the consultation can be found at the following link: Expanding the Register – consultation response