Scottish Social Services Council
  • Staying safe and well
  • Effective communication
  • Promoting rights and choices
  • Professional values

Find your career path

Are you ready to take your next steps towards this career?

Head over to our careers website, where you’ll find role descriptions and stories from real workers to help you choose which kind of job or education course to apply for. Good luck!

Children and young people
I want to work with children or young people.
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Social services and healthcare
I want to work in social care with people of any age.
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Social work
I want to find out how to prepare for studying social work at university.
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Resources

Learn about all of our free Careers in Care learning resources.

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Find out more about each of our social services pathways and our most frequently asked questions.

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Enquiries

For all enquiries please call us on:

0345 60 30 891

Or you can write to us at:

The Scottish Social Services Council
Compass House,
11 Riverside Drive,
Dundee,
DD1 4NY

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