The GSCC is currently working towards opening the register to home care workers and managers in England. This move follows an extensive consultation which showed widespread support for registration and a government announcement, in 2007, that the GSCC would be tasked with registering the home care workforce next.

The GSCC has undertaken detailed planning and consultation involving a wide range of employers and other important stakeholders. The government has indicated its firm ongoing commitment to registration and further discussions are now taking place on the way forward. We look forward to the government’s final decisions which will determine how and when the GSCC opens the register.

Please rest assured that we will make further information available as soon as possible. We will also make sure that workers and employers are well prepared for registration before it starts. There is no need for you to do anything at this stage.

Registration will deliver a range of benefits for home care workers, their employers and, most importantly, people who use services. It is seen by many people as a positive step that will increase a worker’s status and public confidence in social care by:

Improving the quality of the workforce and driving up standards of care;
Promoting ongoing training and learning;
Preventing unsuitable people from staying in the workforce; and
Ensuring accountability and compliance with the GSCC’s Code of Practice for Social Care Workers.

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