NISCC issue new gudiance materials on fitness to practice for social care workforce
The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) have produced guidance materials for registrants and employers to introduce them to the new Fitness to Practise processes.
The new Fitness to Practise model for regulation will now be applied in all assessments of a registrant’s ability to practise safely and competently in social care services.
These changes offer a wider range of actions for NISCC to apply in cases where registered workers have not met the standard expected by NISCC for their conduct or practice. This allows NISCC to apply a sanction that is more proportionate to each particular case. It will also streamline the regulatory and investigative processes, minimising the impact on all parties involved in the case.
Information sessions will be held over the coming months around NI with details of these events to follow.
For more and to access the Guidance, visit: http://www.niscc.info/fitness-to-practise-and-hearings
