Private Care Sector Workforce Initiative
Compulsory registration dates announced for all workers in housing support and care at home services
Scottish Ministers have announced the compulsory registration dates for all workers in housing support and care at home services. This means that workers in these services must be registered by the following dates:
•Managers – 2014 (this part of the Register is open, managers can apply now)
•Supervisors – 2017 (this part of the Register will open in 2014)
•Support workers – 2020 (this part of the Register will open in 2017)
Workers who are already in post must register by the above dates, however, any new manager, supervisor or support worker in a housing support service or care at home service who is not registered with another regulatory body eg Nursing and Midwifery Council, must achieve registration within six months of commencing employment. This will apply to new workers in a supervisor role when that part of the Register opens in 2014 and for workers in 2017.
Click here for further information from the SSSC website
