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Who can Register

There are over 44,000 people working in social care across Northern Ireland. This workforce includes Social Care Practitioners, Social Care Managers, Social Workers, Probation Officers, Education Welfare Officers and Social Work Students. They work across a range of care services, in residential and day centres, community facilities and in people’s homes.

Registration with the Social Care Council is compulsory.

To find out more about your Registration click on the relevant link below:


Service notice

Our online services are experiencing intermittent downtime. We hope to have services back to normal as soon as possible. For registrants and employers, for urgent matters you can email: registration@niscc.hscni.net and or call our advisory line on 028 9536 2600. Thank you for your patience.