SSSC Presentation for Crossroads

REGISTRATION WITH THE SSSC

Stacey MilneRegistration Officer

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.

Parts of the Register

• 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

Parts of the Register....

• 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 2011• Managers of Care at Home Services Dec 2011

Workers in a Care at Home Service

•Managers – Register opened January 2011. Required registration 31 January 2014

•Supervisors - Register opens 2014. Required registration 2017

•Workers – Register opens 2017. Required registration 2020

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Eligibility for Registration

•To be eligible for registration workers must be working in a service which is regulated by the Care Inspectorate

•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

•Workers can be on more than one part of the Register

Workers registered with another regulatory body

•If a worker is already registered with another regulatory body, for example, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, they cannot register with the SSSC.

•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

Registration with Conditions

•If a worker does not hold a qualification they may be registered subject to a condition that they gain a qualification within their first period of registration.

•Once an application is through the process, a Notice of Decision detailing this condition will be sent to applicants who do not hold a relevant qualification.

•When a registrant has gained a relevant qualification, they are required to send us a photocopy verified by their manager.

Post Registration Training and Learning (PRTL)

•Each registrant is required to undertake a set amount of post registration training and learning during their registration period. The PRTL requirement for workers in Care at Home Services has not yet been set

•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

Application Fees

•The application fee for Workers in a Care at Home Service has not been set.

•The fee is non-refundable

•The fee is tax deductable information on claiming tax back is in the guidance notes

Annual Fees

•Annual fee of 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

Qualifications Criteria

The qualification criteria for workers in a Care at Home Service can be found on our website at www.sssc.uk.com

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 e.g. SCQF.• Knowledge and value base consistent with Code of practice of

social service workers.

Funding Update 2012Can be downloaded from the SSSC’s website. Visit: http://www.sssc.uk.com/ewd/funding-for-training/funding-for-training.html

Updated information on funding available in 2012-13 for students, employees, employers and organisations delivering social work, social care and support as well as childhood practice services in a range of settings.

Funding news also in the SSSC’s monthly e Bulletin and SSSC Newsletter.

Email [email protected] to subscribe.

£ Funding for learning • Individual Learning Account (ILA)

• Part-time fee grant, previously ILA500

• Flexible Training Opportunities (FTOs)

• Lloyds TSB Foundation, capacity building grants

• Voluntary Sector Development Fund 2012–13

• Big Lottery Fund, Investing in Ideas

• The Robertson Trust, Development

• Innovation Voucher Scheme

• Third Sector Internship Programme

Contact the SSSC

The Scottish Social Services CouncilCompass House11 Riverside DriveDundeeDD1 4NY T: 0845 60 30 891 E: [email protected]

For funding details contact Wendy Johnston T: 01382 207186 E: [email protected]

www.sssc.uk.com