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Important information for social workers in England regarding the transfer of regulation to Social Work England including FAQs

Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

Monday 3 March marks the start of the HCPC's first ever CPD Week. We will be showcasing resources, sharing good practice and publishing materials designed to support registrants with their CPD.

Learn about the updated standards of proficiency, what is changing, what they will improve and what your responsibilities are as an employer. 

Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

Being open and honest when things go wrong can be very challenging. In this webinar we will explore the duty of candour requirements across the UK, some of the challenges in meeting these requirements and how to overcome them.

We have significantly expanded the role of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), placing specific importance on making sure that practice is inclusive for all service users. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

This paper presents highlights from our year in registration survey 2022 (formerly known as the new graduate survey), which seeks the views of those who have been HCPC-registered for a year about their education and training programme, how this prepared them to practice, and the first year in employment. 

Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

Learning resources on registrants' duties around raising concerns, created by the winners of the 2025 HCPC student competition.

If a concern is raised or referral is made about a HCPC-registered professional, our fitness to practice investigations process will begin. This flowchart summarises the steps. 

It is important that you get the service user’s permission, or ‘consent’, before you share or disclose their information or use it for reasons which are not related to the care or services you provide for them

HCPC Policy Manager Tom Miller explains the proposals we are making and why it is especially important to hear from employers and managers of HCPC registrants, who have experience of how the current arrangements are working.