General Social Care Council
Protecting the public by requiring high standards of professional education, conduct and practice of all social workers
Community - forum and blogs
Welcome to our community pages. You can keep updated on GSCC and regulatory news through our Blogs, written by a range of people working or involved in the social work sector, from our Chief Executive Penny Thompson through to Chair of the Social Work Reform Board Moira Gibb CBE, as well as frontline practitioners and social work students.
Are you a social worker or student? If so, join our private forum exclusively available to social workers and students, and share your opinions and thoughts on the sector or regulatory-issues affecting you and the profession. It’s quick and simple to register and within minutes you could be discussing the subjects that are important to you.
Latest blogs
Shallow Slumber – the story of a social worker by a social worker
I wrote this play as a reaction to my feelings in the immediate aftermath of the Baby P case, though... Read more ›
Finally a social worker!
In July last year, I wrote a blog for the GSCC on my experiences of being a newly qualified social w... Read more ›
A retrospective on a career in social work
My name is Mark Doel and I qualified as a social worker in 1974. My career has taken me through dire... Read more ›
