The Social Workers Regulations 2018

Regulation 2(4)

SCHEDULE 1 E+W Recognised qualifications

1.  A person has a recognised qualification if they— E+W

(a) have an approved qualification,

F1 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) have undergone training in the social work profession outside the United Kingdom, and either—

(i) hold a qualification which the regulator is satisfied attests to a standard comparable to that attested to by an approved qualification, or

(ii) do not hold such a qualification, but the person has undergone such additional training or experience, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, as satisfies the regulator, following any test of competence as it may require them to take, that they meet the requisite standard for admission to the register, or

(d) have undergone training in the social work profession in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, and—

(i) the training is recognised by the regulator as meeting the standard which it requires for admission to the register, or

(ii) the training is not so recognised but they have undergone, whether in England or elsewhere, such additional training or professional experience as satisfies the regulator that they have the requisite standard of proficiency for admission to the register.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 1(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 10(a) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 11 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 19(b)-(e)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 2.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 para. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 10(b) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 11 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 19(b)-(e)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

3.  The regulator must make rules setting out procedures to— E+W

(a) assess whether a qualification awarded outside the United Kingdom is of a comparable standard to an approved qualification,

(b) assess other training or professional experience acquired outside the United Kingdom and to compare it, together with qualifications mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) where appropriate, with the standard required for admission to the register, and

(c) assess training or professional experience acquired in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland and to compare it, together with qualifications mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) where appropriate, with the standard required for admission to the register,

and it must, where it sees fit, keep a list of qualifications which are of a comparable standard which it must publish and keep under review.