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SSSC CPL+ July 2025
This Open Badge recognises SSSC registrants, Personal Assistants (PA) and childminders registered with the Care Inspectorate who have demonstrated a commitment to self-directed learning and professional growth. The CPL+ badge series complements the core learning elements by allowing you to explore topics tailored to your specific role, interests, or developmental needs.
You can apply for a CPL+ badge once per month, allowing you to build a comprehensive learning portfolio throughout the year. By pursuing this badge, you’re not just fulfilling CPL requirements, but actively engaging in a programme of open recognition that values initiative, adaptability, and continuous improvement in the social services sector.
If you haven’t successfully achieved a CPL+ badge before, we recommend watching our introductory tutorial to familiarise yourself with the process and get the most out of recognition through these badges.
You can download a handout with the slides and notes from the presentation. There is also an audio described version of the video.
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To achieve this badge, you must:
- put your SSSC registration number at the top of your evidence submission, your Care Inspectorate service number if you are a childminder or state you are a Personal Assistant (PA) to prove your eligibility for this badge (Required)
- tell us about the topic you have chosen, how you learned about it and state the date(s) when you completed this learning (25 words minimum)
- explain why this learning activity is relevant to your professional development (50 words minimum)
- tell us about three things you learned and why each of these is important to (a) you and (b) people who use your service (150 words minimum)
- explain how you will apply what you’ve learned to improve the quality of care or support you provide in your day-to-day work (150 words minimum)
- reflect on how this learning experience has increased your confidence. (75 words minimum)
There is a maximum word count for this badge of 900 words.
To help write your submission, you can download a template with these questions in Open Document Format (ODT) and open it in a word processor like Microsoft Word, Open Office or Apple Pages.
Your application will be returned to you with a request for further evidence if it does not meet all the above criteria or is unclear which of these questions you are answering within your evidence.
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Terms and conditions
1. I have read, understood and completed all activities listed in the badge criteria. The evidence I have provided answers each question from the criteria.
2. I confirm that the evidence I have submitted is free from personally identifiable information of others. Nobody can be identified, directly or indirectly, from any examples I provide.
3. I wrote or recorded my evidence, and I have not copied it from anywhere else. The core content, ideas and examples are my own original work. I agree that I will only use AI tools under the rules outlined by the SSSC, and if I do so, I will explicitly declare this use in my submission and provide a valid link to the chat history for the assessor to review.
4. I give consent for the SSSC and the people I share this badge with to use plagiarism and AI detection tools to validate the authenticity of the evidence I have submitted.
5. I understand that it may take up to 28 days to assess my application and that feedback cannot always be provided if it is unsuccessful.
Your evidence, name, and email address will be sent to the organisation who issue this badge