Qualification criteria: registration of managers care at home and housing support services Linda Barr Education and Workforce Development Adviser
Dec 07, 2014
Qualification criteria:registration of managers care at home andhousing support services
Linda BarrEducation and Workforce Development Adviser
The SSSC’s responsibilities
Publish Codes of Practice for all social service workers and their employers.
Register key groups of social service workers.
Regulate the training and education of the workforce.
Contribute to workforce planning, development of qualifications, and promotion of education and training.
Why regulate?
Strengthen and support the professionalism of the workforce.
Protect those who use services.
Raise standards of practice and in doing so…
Raise public confidence in the workforce.
Context - Registration
• Social workers April 2003• Social work students May 2004• Care Commission Officers December 2004• Managers residential child care services Oct 2005• Managers care home services adults January 2006• Managers adult day care services January 2006• Residential child care workers July 2006• Managers of day care of children services Oct 2006.
Context - Registration....
• Practitioners day care of children March 2007• Workers with supervisory responsibilities in a care home
service for adults Oct 2007• Support workers in day care of children services Oct
2008• School care accommodation workers Nov 2009• Managers of housing support services Dec
2010• Managers of care at home services Dec
2010
General registration process
• Scottish Government sets down key groups.
• SSSC consults on key issues eg role function and qualifications.
• Workers are registered on the basis of their job function – not their job title ie the work they do rather than what they are called.
• The qualifications set relate to a job function, not a job title.
Overview:
Key group identification: Managers of housing support (2005) Managers of care at home (2009)
Consultation process: Housing support (March– July 2005) (Housing Support Qualifications Advisory Group October 2005 – September 2006)
Care at home (Nov 09 – Jan 2010)
Qualifications criteria: Housing support (2005 – 2006) Care at home (2009)
Functional definitions
Manager of care at home service:
“A manager is a worker who is responsible for the overall professional management of the direct provision, supervision, and quality assurance of care and support provided in a care at home service.”
Manager of a housing support service:
“A manager is a worker who is responsible for the overall professional management of the direct provision, supervision, and quality assurance of care and support in a housing support service.
Qualifications required for registration
All manager categories:
an appropriate practice qualification
and
an appropriate management qualification.
Criteria and principles underpinning qualifications
Criteria• Assessment against occupational standards.• Designed to match particular function.• Subject to a recognised and regulated form of external verification.
Principles• Integrate observed, assessed practice and learning.• Recognised with a national framework eg SCQF.• Knowledge and value base consistent with Code of Practice of
Social Service Workers.
Qualifications criteria
Managers of housing support services
Managers of care at home services.
http://www.sssc.uk.com/sssc/all-about-registration/what-qualifications-do-i-need-to-register-with-the-sssc.html
Benchmark qualifications
Care at home and housing support managers
Practice
S/NVQ Level 4 in Health and Social Care
Management
SVQ Leadership and Management for Care Services level 4
Post Registration Training and Learning(PRTL)
15 days / 90 hours over three years.
Evidence of how PRTL has contributed to your professional development and informed your practice.
Study, training, seminars, reading, teaching, other activities which could be reasonably expected to advance a registrant’s professional development, or contribute to the development of the profession as a whole.
Developing, training and supporting the workforce
Workforce Solutions Portal
http://workforcesolutions.sssc.uk.com
Key content in portal
Induction
Career development toolkits
Career pathways
NOS navigator
Continuous Learning Framework
Workforce information and planning eg funding.
SCQF + RPL
http://workforcesolutions.sssc.uk.com/NavOnline/
Funding updateshttp://www.sssc.uk.com/sssc/news/funding-update-may-2010.html
This summary provides updated information on sources of funding available in 2010-11 for organisations delivering social work, social care and support as well as childhood practice services.
The content of this summary draws on the funding sources section of Funding and Support for Training: A Guide for Providers of Scottish Social Services 2009.
Structure of funding guide:
Section oneInformation about sources of grants and revenue for funding to contribute to workforce development.
Section twoDetails of sources of advice, guidance, consultancy and support including sector specific support.Scottish Government links – helping you meet costs of learning.
Section threeE-Learning resources aimed at social services sector.
Funding update – May 2010
European Social Funding
ILA Scotland
Modern Apprenticeships
Voluntary Sector Development Fund
Innovation Voucher Scheme
Education into Enterprise
Contact [email protected] for advice.
REGISTRATION WITH THE SSSC
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Eligibility for registration
•To be eligible for registration workers must be working in a housing support or care at home service which is regulated by the Care Commission
•Registration is function based – workers will be registered on the part of the Register they are carrying out the role for and not the qualifications they hold or their job title
•Employers should give you guidance on which part of the Register workers should be applying for
Parts of the Register
•Managers of a care at home service - managers are defined as workers who are responsible for the overall professional management of the direct provision, supervision, and quality assurance of care and support provided in a care at home service
•Manager in a housing support service - a manager is a worker who is responsible for the overall professional management of the direct provision, supervision, and quality assurance of care and support provided in a housing support service
Workers registered with another regulatory body
•If a worker is already registered with another regulatory body, for example, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, they can remain registered with them
•If a worker was previously registered with another regulatory body but has allowed their registration to lapse, they may either re-register with that regulatory body or apply to register with the SSSC
Relevant qualifications
•There is a qualification criteria set for each part of the Register (copy enclosed with each application pack)•Qualifications may not be on our list but may still be accepted•Information available on our website or through our helpline•Applicants must provide evidence of the qualification/s you hold•If an applicant does not hold a qualification they may be registered subject to a condition that they gain a qualification three years from the date of registration
How to apply for registration
•We will write to service managers in November
•Managers can complete the application online from 1 December 2010
•Managers can contact us for application packs
Completing the process
•Applicants should take the form and original ID documents and qualification certificate/s to their employer
•Employer must sign a copy of the original documents as a true copy – this should be carried out by a SSSC countersignatory
•Employer must endorse the application for registration and provide information about Disclosure Scotland
Application fees
•Application fee of £30 payable with each application
•The fee is non-refundable
•Methods of payment:- Direct Debit- Cheque/Postal Order- Debit or Credit Card
•The fee is tax deductable information on claiming tax back is in the guidance notes
What happens next?
•Satisfactory applications may be approved by officers of the Council
•Where questions arise about suitability, the application is referred to the Conduct Section who may decide to Register or refer to a Registration Sub-Committee
•Where an application is incomplete, the applicant will be given a specified period of time to provide the information requested
•The application will be treated as withdrawn if the information is not provided and the applicant will be required to complete the full application process again – no refund will be given
•It is extremely important that applicants inform the SSSC of any changes to their circumstances
Once you are registered
•Registration documents are sent by recorded delivery:
- Registration certificate - Guidance notes for registrants - Details about accessing the online registration
system - Details about Post Registration Training and
Learning
Post Registration Training and Learning
•Each registrant is required to undertake 15 days or 90 hours of post registration training and learning during their registration period
•Registrant must keep a record that the SSSC may ask to see
•Can take the form of: - attending workshops and seminars - shadowing/work experience - formal training courses.
Registration period and annual fees
•Registration is for a period of three years
•Annual fee of £30 is due on the anniversary of the registration date
•This fee is also tax deductable
•Each registrant must apply to renew their registration prior to the expiry of registration
•Lapsing for non-payment of annual fees and renewals.
Registration subject to a condition
•At the point of renewal registrants must provide evidence of meeting conditions
•Failure to meet conditions.
Other registration information
•Registration on more than one part of the Register
•Registration of other workers in housing support services
•Required registration
•Due Regard members.
Contact the SSSC
The Scottish Social Services CouncilCompass House11 Riverside DriveDundeeDD1 4NY
Telephone: 0845 60 30 [email protected]