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It is important to be clear the Bill does not focus on national workforce planning. The Bill includes a focus on the development and application of workload planning tools aiming to ensure health and social care providers (those registered and inspected by the Care Inspectorate) are providing adequate numbers of suit...
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SSSC recognised that a register could potentially contribute to workforce planning and development, noting that their data on the SSSC registered workforce supported national workforce planning and had played a key role in policy initiatives, such as helping to shape and inform the national expansion of funded early learning and childcare.ivScottish Social Services Council (SSSC). (2025, August).
The role of the third sector in the delivery of some Tier 1 and Tier 2 services is also explored.
This briefing then covers workforce and recruitment, looking at progress around training and recruitment within both the general workforce supporting children and young people and the specialist CAMHS workforce.
The Committee has heard evidence that in order for SDS to be properly implemented in accordance with the legislation and the underlying principles, there needs to be greater flexibility in funding and budgetary arrangements.