General Social Care Council
Welcome to the General Social Care Council (GSCC).
The GSCC was established in October 2001 with a responsibility to protect the public by ensuring that only those people who are properly trained, registered and of good character practice as social workers in England. The GSCC now registers over 100,000 social workers and social work students.
The GSCC is committed protecting the public through ensuring the highest standards among social workers. We maintain the Social Care Register and issue 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 the latest 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
- Social workers overwhelmingly in favour of professional regulation
- GSCC welcomes government commitment to strengthening workforce regulation
- Social work regulator to help 'build a safe and confident future'
- 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
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