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Annex C: Information on
SCCC Registration
The Scottish Social Services Council (
SSSC) has set the qualification
requirements and the timescales for different groups of
workers to be registered with the
SSSC. This includes:
- registration of Heads of residential adult and day
care services - commencing in December 2005; and
- registration of all adult residential care workers
- commencing in 2006/2007.
Heads of residential and adult day care -
are workers designated as the 'Fit Person' to act as a
manager of a care service for the purposes of regulation of
services by the Care Commission.
Adult residential care workers - since
there are a wide range of job titles used in adult
residential care the
SSSC has categorised the parts of the
Register for adult residential care workers on the basis of
job functions. Therefore, there will be a part of the
Register for each of the following categories of adult
residential care workers:
Support workers are workers who have
delegated responsibility for providing care and support to
adults using residential care.
Practitioners are workers who provide care
and who have responsibilities for co-ordinating the
implementation of care plans. This may include holding key
worker responsibilities.
Supervisors are workers who have
responsibilities for supervising staff and for overseeing
and monitoring the implementation of care plans.
The
SSSC may register workers without the
relevant qualification subject to the condition that they
meet all other criteria for registration and that they gain
the qualification within a specified period of time,
normally the first three years of the registration period.
Access to registration will have to be gradual in order to
allow sufficient time for workers to access and achieve the
required qualifications.
There is a range of qualifications that can meet the
requirement for registration. To obtain a copy of the full
list go to
www.sssc.uk.com or
telephone 01382 207101 or email
enquiries@sssc.uk.com
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