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Workers in care home services for adults

Update

Registration of Managers in Care Home Services compulsory from 1st December 2009 - click here for further information

 

 

FOR COPY OF SSSC PROFORMA FOR MANAGERS INDICATING WHETHER THEY ARE REGISTERED WITH ANOTHER REGULATORY BODY OR REQUIRE AN APPLICATION PACK FROM THE SSSC. Click Here

 

 

 The SSSC began/will begin registering:

• Managers of care home services for adults from January 2006
• Supervisors in care home services for adults from October 2007 (*see below)
• Practitioners in care home services for adults from January 2009 (register now open)
• Support workers in care home services for adults from April 2009

Workers in care home services for adults are currently being invited to register with the SSSC.

When the Care Commission inspects your service they will check to see if workers are registered and if the service has a training plan in place. Download a copy of the registration newsletter for workers in care home services for adults (pdf 296kb). This document should answer any questions you may have about registration.

Further information or to request an application pack
Telephone: Lo-call 0845 60 30 891 (select option 2)
Email:

The information below is useful for workers in care home services for adults.

• Codes of Practice
• Post Registration Training and Learning (PRTL)
• Fees
• Workers in care home services for adults with international qualifications
• Your professional conduct

 

*Supervisors in care home services for adults
The SSSC register for Supervisors opened in October 2007.  The position is this:

• SSSC definition of Supervisor - "Supervisors are defined as workers who have responsibilities for supervising staff and for overseeing and monitoring the implementation of care plans.
• SSSC states that workers in the Supervisor category must hold:
  • S/NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or a range of stated equivalents PLUS an additional supervisory or management qualification with a minimum of 15 academic credits at the Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework (SCQF) level 7 or above

    or one of the following:

  • A range of stated awards, including "a qualification meeting the registration requirements of the General Teaching Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council or the following professional groups regulated by the Health Professions Council…"

If you wish to see all the relevant qualifications for Supervisors, they are available on the SSSC website.

So, the ‘official’ position is that a nurse registered with the NMC is not required to have a separate supervisor/manager qualification. Those staff only qualified to SVQ Level 3 or equivalent do require the additional supervisory award if they are working as Supervisors, however, providers may wish to take the view that all Supervisors in care homes should have formal evidence of competence at supervisory level, including Nurses.

The item on qualifications of Supervisors in the recently negotiated COSLA settlement for care homes for this year states that all Supervisors be registered with the SSSC (or the NMC for nurses) by September this year and that "arrangements are in place for appropriate training to take place (if necessary and as defined by the SSSC)." As defined by the SSSC technically means those who possess a SVQ Level 3 qualification.

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