General Social Care Council

Welcome to the General Social Care Council (GSCC), the regulator of the social care workforce in England.

We maintain the Social Care Register of social care workers, issue codes of practice for social care workers and their employers and regulate social work education and training.

On this site you will find information about social care and how it is regulated in England, key contacts at the GSCC and links to other relevant bodies. The site also contains our position on key developments in social care as set out in our briefings, consultations and speeches.

If want to find out more about us, please visit our website http://www.gscc.org.uk or go to People and Contacts

GSCC: key facts

• Established in 2001 under the Care Standards Act 2000
• Non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department of Health
• Set up to regulate the social care workforce in England
• Currently registers social workers and social work students and regulates their conduct and training
• Social Care Register opened in April 2003 and Protection of Title for social work introduced in April 2005, making registration for social workers compulsory
• Registration for home workers will begin in April 2010
• Currently registers nearly 80,000 social workers and over 17,000 social work students