Transition from Care Commission to SCSWIS - April 2011

On the 1st April 2011 SCSWIS will come into being as the new regulatory body for out of school care, in place of the Care Commission.

We have been informed that services' current registration with the Care Commission will be automatically transferred to the new body, and any service currently undergoing registration and not finished by the Care Commission will be completed by SCSWIS. All IT services should also be transferred over from the old to new regulatory body meaning that all data held in the annual return should be saved, so when services have to complete the return under SCSWIS, it should just be a case of updating information.

With regard to inspections, there will be a reduced frequency for out of school care services which are seen to be low-risk: scoring 4 or above in quality themes. For such services, there will be an inspection once every 36 months (3 years). For those not on level 4 or above, then there will be an inspection once every 12 months.