http://www.gscc.org.uk/ Protecting the public by requiring high standards of professional education, conduct and practice of all social workers. en-GB Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:35:24 GMT Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:35:24 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=18 I wrote this play as a reaction to my feelings in the immediate aftermath of the Baby P case, though... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:40:04 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=18 http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=17 In July last year, I wrote a blog for the GSCC on my experiences of being a newly qualified social w... Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:50:45 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=17 http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/42/HPC-seeks-to-recruit-%91Visitors%92.html In preparation for the transfer of the social work register, the Health Professions Council (HPC) ar... Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/42/HPC-seeks-to-recruit-%91Visitors%92.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/41/HPC-launches-consultation-on-registration-renewal-date-for-social-workers.html The Health Professions Council (HPC) launched a consultation inviting stakeholders for their views o... Fri, 9 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/41/HPC-launches-consultation-on-registration-renewal-date-for-social-workers.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=16 My name is Mark Doel and I qualified as a social worker in 1974. My career has taken me through dire... Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:44:34 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=16 http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/40/Professional-Boundaries-guidance-launch.html The General Social Care Council (GSCC) today launched its Professional Boundaries Guidance for the s... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/40/Professional-Boundaries-guidance-launch.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=15 Since 2005, social work has been a regulated profession and, to use the title of social worker, you... Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:33:42 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=15 http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/39/GSCC%3A-%93Registration-of-social-work-students-should-continue-in-the-future%94-.html The General Social Care Council (GSCC) welcomes the opportunity for the social work sector to contri... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/39/GSCC%3A-%93Registration-of-social-work-students-should-continue-in-the-future%94-.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=14 It is National Adoption Week and I am pleased that this is one of the few areas of social work left... Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:59:51 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=14 http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=13 Hello, I'm Michael Guthrie and am the Head of Policy and Standards at the Health Professions Council... Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:15:41 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=13 http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/38/lords_debate_Health_and_social_care_bill.html The Health and Social Care Bill has its second reading in the Lords on the 11 October. Part 7 of the... Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/38/lords_debate_Health_and_social_care_bill.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=12 My name is Stefan Liebrecht and I am a qualified social worker. I have been a practice teacher/pract... Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:31:39 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=12 http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=11 My name is June Sadd and I am a freelance practice educator but not a qualified social worker. I hav... Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:30:16 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=11 http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/37/practice_results.html Responses to the last Social Work Connections poll indicate that a large number of readers considere... Thu, 8 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/37/practice_results.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/36/HPC-seeks-to-recruit-panel-members.html In preparation for the transfer of the social work register, the Health Professions Council (HPC) ar... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/36/HPC-seeks-to-recruit-panel-members.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=10 I graduated from Demontfort University in 2009 and, like many other newly qualified social workers (... Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:29:45 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=10 http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/35/Press-release%3A-GSCC-urges-social-workers-to-shape-future-standards-.html The General Social Care Council (GSCC) welcomes the opportunity for social workers to contribute to... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/35/Press-release%3A-GSCC-urges-social-workers-to-shape-future-standards-.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/34/Government-response-to-the-Munro-review.html The GSCC has welcomed the Government's response to the Munro Review of Children Protection, publishe... Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/34/Government-response-to-the-Munro-review.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=9 The General Social Care Council (GSCC) has had another busy and productive year; including renewing... Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:19:29 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=9 http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=8 All being well, I am 10 weeks from qualifying to become a social worker. I'm not one to tempt fate a... Tue, 31 May 2011 10:39:11 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=8 http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/33/GSCC-comments-on-the-College-of-Social-Work-BASW-MoU.html It has been announced today that an agreement has been reached on the development of a single Colleg... Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/33/GSCC-comments-on-the-College-of-Social-Work-BASW-MoU.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/32/Press-release%3A-GSCC-comments-on-Munro%27s-final-report.html The GSCC welcomes Professor Munro's final report, ‘The Munro Review of Child Protection: A child-cen... Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/32/Press-release%3A-GSCC-comments-on-Munro%27s-final-report.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/31/GSCC-and-CQC-strengthen-commitment-to-public-safety-with-new-partnership.html The General Social Care Council (GSCC) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have joined forces in a... Thu, 7 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/31/GSCC-and-CQC-strengthen-commitment-to-public-safety-with-new-partnership.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=7 What is the purpose of social work education and training? Such questions have been at the heart of... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 14:15:09 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=7 http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=6 Just over a year ago, the Social Work Task Force, which I chaired, made fifteen recommendations to t... Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:57:55 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=6 http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/30/Health_Bill_a_chance_to_embed_high_standards_in_social_work_regulation.html To coincide with yesterday's Health and Social Care Bill Second Reading, the General Social Care Cou... Tue, 1 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/30/Health_Bill_a_chance_to_embed_high_standards_in_social_work_regulation.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/29/New-Health-and-Social-Care-Bill-published.html The Health and Social Care Bill was published on 19 January 2011. The Bill transfers the regulatory... Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/29/New-Health-and-Social-Care-Bill-published.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/28/Press-statement-College.html Penny Thompson, GSCC Chief Executive said, "The GSCC strongly supports the Reform Board's vision of... Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/28/Press-statement-College.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=5 This is a great day for The College of Social Work, which is now entering the most important phase o... Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:35:07 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=5 http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/27/A_Report_on_Social_Work_Education_in_England_200910.html The General Social Care Council (GSCC), with support from the Social Work Reform Board, is encouragi... Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/27/A_Report_on_Social_Work_Education_in_England_200910.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/26/A_duty_to_whistleblow.html If you fear that a colleague is working in a way that puts the safety of service users at risk shoul... Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/26/A_duty_to_whistleblow.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/25/GSCC_backs_Social_Work_Reform_Board_plans_to_widen_the_debate.html The General Social Care Council (GSCC) today welcomed the Social Work Reform Board's progress report... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/25/GSCC_backs_Social_Work_Reform_Board_plans_to_widen_the_debate.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/24/High-demand-for-drug%2C-alcohol-and-substance-misuse-training-to-be-included-in-Social-Work-Degree.html A recent poll carried out by the General Social Care Council (GSCC) shows that an overwhelming 89 pe... Wed, 8 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/24/High-demand-for-drug%2C-alcohol-and-substance-misuse-training-to-be-included-in-Social-Work-Degree.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/21/GSCC%92s-new-website-gives-social-workers-platform-for-two-way-communication.html The General Social Care Council (GSCC) has today launched its new website with a clear focus on enga... Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/21/GSCC%92s-new-website-gives-social-workers-platform-for-two-way-communication.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=3 When I spoke to Community Care some months ago, I said we'd strive to leave a strong legacy for the... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:19:23 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php?id=3 http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/8/Social-work-regulator-advises-students.html Social work students who have recently begun their degree courses have been issued with new guidance... Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/8/Social-work-regulator-advises-students.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/3/Forty-thousand-social-workers-due-to-renew-their-registration-with-the-GSCC.html Nearly half of England's eighty-six thousand qualified social workers will be due to renew their reg... Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/3/Forty-thousand-social-workers-due-to-renew-their-registration-with-the-GSCC.html http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/16/GSCC-response-to-ALB-review.html Commenting on the DH's announcement that the GSCC's functions will be transferred to the Health Prof... Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gscc.org.uk/news/16/GSCC-response-to-ALB-review.html