Maintaining your Registration
This video provides you with all the information you need to maintain your registration, explaining how to use SCW online to manage your account.
The ‘My Registration’ area of SCWonline is where you go to manage everything related to your registration.
You can use the menu to navigate quickly to specific things you may need to do, or you can click on ‘My Registration’ to see your registration details.
Here you will find your registration number and details of your registration, including your renewal date.
When it’s time to renew your registration, you can do this using the ‘Renew’ button.
If you no longer work in a role requiring registration, you can request to be removed from the Register using the ‘Request Removal’ button.
You can add CPD to your record at any time.
Select the CPD option from the ‘My Registration’ menu. This will take you to the CPD page, which has information about the CPD requirement, and how to add CPD.
You can click the link to find out more information on how to meet your CPD requirement.
Scroll down the page to see your CPD record.
This is where you can add CPD using the button shown. You can also export your CPD record if needed, using the button on the right.
To add CPD, click the ‘Add CPD’ button.
Select the type from the drop-down list and add in the details of your training or learning activity.
There are lots of ways you can continue to learn and develop as a social care professional, and many things can count as CPD.
We have more information on what counts as CPD on our website.
Next, tell us briefly how this activity has contributed to your development and helped inform your practice.
Different activities will teach you different things, and it’s important to reflect on how your learning activities have helped you develop your skills as a care professional.
Next, you’ll need to tell us when this training was completed.
If your training was completed in one day, the ‘Date from’ and ‘Date to’ will be the same.
It must be within your current registration period.
Finally, you need to tell us how many hours were taken to complete the training
This field accepts numbers only.
Once you’ve finished, click the ‘save’ button to add this entry to your CPD record.
You will find details of your registration fees by selecting the ‘Fees and Payments’ option in the ‘My Registration’ menu.
Here you can see any outstanding fees, pay your fees, as well as request receipts for any fees paid.
To pay a fee, click the ‘Pay Now’ button shown.
This will take you to the payment page where you can either set up a direct debit or pay with a credit or debit card.
Setting up a direct debit is the easiest way to make sure your fees are always paid on time.
If you have changed your employment, you need to tell us.
Select the ‘Employment’ option from the ‘My Registration’ menu to take you to the employment page.
Please note if you are changing to a role which requires a different registration, you will need to also submit a 'change in registration' form.
This can be done via the 'my notifications' tab.
Here you will see your current employment record.
If you have more than one employer, you need to add the details of your new employment.
To do this, click the ‘Add New Employment Details’ button on the page.
Add the details of your new role in the sections required, including when you started this role and if this is your main employment.
To select your work address, start typing your employer’s name or work address postcode in the box and select the correct address from the drop-down list.
You’ll then need to select what setting you work in and with whom.
Click ‘Save and Close’ to add this employment.
Please note, that it’s important you tell us when you finish in a role.
If any of your other employment records have ended, please make sure you update this on your account.
Your new employment will now show in your current list.
To end an old employment, click the arrow and select ‘End Employment’.
You’ll need to tell us the date you left, and select the reason for leaving from the drop-down list.
Click ‘Save and Close’ to return to the employment page, where the ended employment will now not show in your current list.
Please remember to select a new main employment if you are ending an old one.
You need to tell us about any changes to your status with any other regulatory bodies. Select ‘Regulatory Bodies’ form the ‘My Registration’ menu to go to the page.
Please use this page to tell us of any changes.
If you need to make a declaration, click the ‘Make a Declaration’ option in the ‘My Registration’ menu.
Here you need to tell us of any issues relating to your health, disciplinary or offence status.
It is a requirement of your registration to do so.
Select the type of declaration you need to make, and complete the details on the form with as much information as possible.
You need to tell us of any changes to your personal details.
To do this, scroll over your name on the right side of the banner and select which details you need to update.
You can make any changes to your home address and name here.
If you need to update your email address, please contact us directly and we can help.
Please note that for name changes, we will need verified evidence of the change.
You can upload any documents here.
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