Ms Carole Wilkinson
Non-Executive Board Member of NHS Education for Scotland
Carole Wilkinson recently retired from her post as Chief Executive of the Scottish Social Services Council ( SSSC). She was responsible for establishing the organisation and overseeing the implementation of the regulation and registration of social services workers. The SSSC was also responsible for regulating education and training for the care sector and establishing the qualifications required by the workforce. Before moving to the SSSC Carole held the post of Director of Housing and Social Work for Falkirk Council.
During her career she has held a number of senior management posts in England and spent a period in higher education teaching social workers and social care staff. She has served on a number of Scottish Government working groups advising on workforce development matters and on future workforce needs. This has included looking at how health and social care staff could be supported to work and learn together.
