NISCC definition
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This refers to the Social Work England (SWE), Social Care Wales (SCW), the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), or the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC).
It is a UK partnership of five bodies comprising the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)1, Care Council for Wales (CCW), Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC), Skills for Care and the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC); the latter two both in England.
Where a registered social worker, (or in the case of the Care Council, NISCC, SSSC social care manager, social care worker or social work student) is registered with more than one Council, unless otherwise agreed, the Council in the country where the alleged misconduct or impairment of fitness to practise took place will lead on the investigation and hearing process.
The Scottish Social Services Council is part of the sector skills council, Skills for Care & Development (SfC&D), which was licensed in February 2005 and is a UK partnership of five bodies comprising the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), Care Council for Wales (CCW), Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC), Skills for Care (SfC) and the Children’s Workforce Development Council in England (CWDC).
The partner organisations that comprise the SSC are the Care Council for Wales (CCW); the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC); the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and in England, Skills for Care (SfC) representing adult social care and the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC).
The SSSC is part of the Sector Skills Council (SSC) Skills for Care & Development (SfC&D) which was licensed in February 2005 and is a UK partnership of five bodies comprising the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), Care Council for Wales (CCW), Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC), and in England, Skills for Care and the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC).
This Supplementary Agreement has been developed in order to provide guidance on the exchange of information and the collaboration between the Care Council for Wales (the Care Council), the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) (collectively ‘the four Councils’) in relation to investigations and hearings into the practice of people registered with one or more Council.