Amendment of the Registration of Social Workers and Social Service Workers in Care Services (Scotland) Regulations 2013
2.—(1) The Registration of Social Workers and Social Service Workers in Care Services (Scotland) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 5(7) (requirements on social service workers) for “of the Schedule” in each place it occurs substitute “of Table A in the Schedule”.
(3) After regulation 5(7) insert—
“(7A) In the case of a social service worker of a description specified in column 1 of Table B in the Schedule who works in such a role on the date specified in column 2 of Table B in the Schedule—
(a)paragraph (1) does not apply until the date specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of Table B in the Schedule;
(b)that worker must be registered by the date specified in column 3 of Table B in the Schedule; and
(c)paragraphs (2), (3), (5) and (6) do not apply.”.
(4) In the Schedule—
(a)the table becomes Table A;
(b)for the description of the table “Table with dates of mandatory registration for certain social service workers” substitute “Dates of mandatory registration for certain social service workers”; and
(c)after the table, insert—
“Table B
Dates of mandatory registration for certain social service workers
Description of social service worker (column 1)(2) | Date on which the worker works in that role (column 2) | Date of mandatory registration (column 3) |
|---|---|---|
| Supervisor in a care at home service | 30th June 2014 | 30th June 2017 |
| Supervisor in a housing support service | 30th June 2014 | 30th June 2017” |
“Care at home service” and “housing support service” have the meaning given by article 1(2) of the Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/318 as amended by S.S.I. 2014/129).