# The Social Workers Regulations 2018, Paragraph 1


A person has a recognised qualification if they—
(a) have an approved qualification,
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) have undergone training in the social work profession outside the United Kingdom, and either—
(i) hold a qualification which the regulator is satisfied attests to a standard comparable to that attested to by an approved qualification, or
(ii) do not hold such a qualification, but the person has undergone such additional training or experience, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, as satisfies the regulator, following any test of competence as it may require them to take, that they meet the requisite standard for admission to the register, or
(d) have undergone training in the social work profession in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, and—
(i) the training is recognised by the regulator as meeting the standard which it requires for admission to the register, or
(ii) the training is not so recognised but they have undergone, whether in England or elsewhere, such additional training or professional experience as satisfies the regulator that they have the requisite standard of proficiency for admission to the register.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/893/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-workers-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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