Our vision: our work means the people of Scotland can count on social services being provided by a trusted, skilled and confident workforce.

Our purpose:to raise standards and protect the public through regulation, innovation and continuous improvement in workforce planning and development for the social service workforce.

We have four outcomes to help us achieve our vision. Want to know more? Click on the sections below.

• Scotland has a safer, more skilled and flexible social service workforce

  • Register and regulate the social service workforce.
  • Ensure that qualifications and standards deliver a skilled and committed workforce.
  • Work with employers to support them in their workforce planning and development.

• Scotland has an effective, proportionate and successful model of regulation in social services.

  • Register and regulate the social service workforce.
• • Ensure that qualifications and standards deliver a skilled and committed workforce.
  • Work with employers to support them in their workforce planning and development.
  • Influence and inform the right people at the right time with the right information.

  Scottish people have a high quality, well led social services.

• • Ensure that there is evidence and research to support our decisions and future direction.
  • Make sure people know who we are and what we do.
  • Influence and inform the right people at the right time with the right information.
  • Contribute to the development of national policy in an innovative way.

  Our work and the organisation is regarded as an exemplar of good practice and innovation.