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case study: Scottish Social Services Council Registration |
http://www.sssc.uk.com/SSSC.Web/index.aspx?group=registration&itemID=5 The Scottish Social Services Council is responsible for raising standards in the Scottish social service workforce. They aim to support the development and recognition of a competent, confident workforce, capable of delivering high quality services that have the confidence of the public, service users and carers. Worker registration is a major part of the SSSC's drive for higher standards in social services. The Register is aimed to put social service workers on a similar footing to other public service professions, such as medicine and teaching. The registration scheme falls within the context of major developments within childhood studies and childcare and education. Specifically the realisation that children experience better outcomes from working with staff who have degrees. This is borne out by a number of studies:
Early Years Research: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Adult Roles, Training and Professionalismwww.bera.ac.uk/pdfs/BERAEarlyYearsReview31May03.pdf Members of The British Educational Research Association investigated how young children engage with curricula in educational settings and how adults promote young children's learning in educational settings.
Effective Provision Of Pre-School Education Projectwww.ioe.ac.uk/cdl/eppe/pdfs/eppe_brief2503.pdf The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) project was the first major European longitudinal study of a national sample of young children's development (intellectual and social/behavioural) between the ages of 3 and 7 years. The project investigated the effects of pre-school education in a variety of settings and the characteristics of effective practice.
Early Years Development and Childcare PartnershipsThis study has compared a range of childcare provision and statistically demonstrates its utility. |