Joining a regulated profession requires our workforce to follow professional standards including quality assuring, approving, and enhancing the workforce practice. Each regulator presents the professional standards that must uphold to be registered to practise in the UK. If you work in health, social care, or social work, you will be required to work to each regulator’s codes of practice. Look below to find out more.

“One thing that always overcomes the daily challenges of our working days, it is to see and hear that our service users are having a good quality of life, they feel safe and protected and their families trust and work with us to provide the best care possible to their love ones; it isn't a path full of roses or green, but we work together to overcome any obstacles and improve standards of care”- Danny

Do you work in social care or social work?
We want being registered with the SSSC to be simple, easy to understand and for people to know about the benefits and value of being registered and the standards, skills and qualifications needed to deliver high quality care.
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The Scottish Social Services Council