We are the regulator for the social work, social care and children and young people workforce in Scotland.

Our work means the people of Scotland can count on social work, social care and children and young people services being provided by a trusted, skilled, confident and valued workforce. Through our work, we protect people who use social services and strengthen the professionalism of the workforce.

There are more than 208,000 people working in social services in Scotland. This includes social care workers, social workers, social work students and children and young people workers in a range of care services, in residential and day centres, community facilities and in people’s homes. We protect the public by registering this workforce, setting standards for their practice, conduct, training and education and by supporting their professional development. Where people fall below the standards of practice and conduct, we can investigate and take action.

We:

• publish the national codes of practice for people working in social work, social care and children and young people services and their employers
• register people working in social work, social care and children and young people services. and make sure they adhere to our codes of practice
• promote and regulate their learning and development
• lead workforce development and planning for this workforce in Scotland and provide national statistics.

We have a team of approximately 300 talented staff working across our four directorates.

Across the organisation we have great career opportunities for many different roles including solicitors, accountants, investigation assistants, registration assistants, learning and development advisers, intelligence and data specialists, IT support, communications experts, business support and team leaders and managers.

Working at the SSSC will give you the opportunity to make a real difference to the social services sector in Scotland. If you think you have got what it takes to join our talented team, we would love to hear from you.

We value, celebrate and fully embrace the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion for everyone. We want to increase the diversity of our workforce and make sure that it better reflects the sector that we serve.

For more information about the SSSC, please visit our website.