General Social Care Council
Welcome to the General Social Care Council (GSCC).
The GSCC was established in 2001 to regulate the social care workforce. In 2003 we opened the Social Care Register to social care workers. Registration became compulsory in 2005. We now register nearly 80,000 social workers and over 17,000 social work students.
The GSCC is responsible for the regulation of the social care workforce and is committed to ensuring the highest standards among social workers. We do this by maintaining the Social Care Register and issuing the codes of conduct. We also responsible for regulating training and education for social workers and introduced the Social Work Degree in 2003.
On this site you will find information about the regulation of social care in England, key contacts at the GSCC, links to other relevant bodies and up to date news and events.
If want to find out more about us, please visit our website http://www.gscc.org.uk or go to People and Contacts
Latest Press Releases
- Newly qualified social workers not equipped to risk assess, GSCC poll finds
- GSCC response to Social Work Task Force
- Toolkit to 'de-mystify' social work sponsorship schemes
- Social work employers urged to halt cuts to training budgets
- Former CSCI chief joins GSCC as acting head: GSCC provides update on steps to strengthen conduct work
- Social worker whistle blowing going unheard, GSCC poll finds
- Employer loophole could leave social care users at risk, says GSCC
- GSCC appoints five new Council members
- GSCC welcomes select committee's report on strengthening training for social workers
- GSCC backs social work task force's plans to strengthen the profession
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