Wrth edrych ymlaen at y degawd nesaf, rydym yn awyddus i ystyried sut y gall Cyngor Gofal Cymru fynd ati i ddatblygu Coleg Gofal Cymdeithasol a Gwaith Cymdeithasol yng Nghymru, er mwyn ymateb i’r heriau sydd o’n blaenau o ran datblygu’r gweithlu. Credwn mai hyn, o bosibl, yw’r cam mawr nesaf tuag at wneud ein gweithlu yn fwy proffesiynol, heb roi unrhyw bwysau newydd ar ein hadnoddau prin. Gallai ei swyddogaethau gynnwys agweddau fel goruchwylio safonau, cynlluniau datblygu a dysgu, gweithredu fel canolbwynt i wybodaeth ar arferion seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, bod yn ganolbwynt i gynlluniau i wella’r gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, cefnogi’r gwaith o ddatblygu gallu ym maes ymchwil ac ymchwil gymhwysol, a helpu llunwyr polisïau i ddatblygu arferion gorau, yn lleol ac yn genedlaethol.
As we look forward to the next decade we are minded to consider how the Care Council for Wales can evolve its development role towards a College of Social Care and Social Work in Wales in order to meet the workforce development challenges that lie ahead. We believe this could deliver the next step change in the professionalisation of our workforce without placing any new pressures on our limited resources.  Its functions could include, for example, overseeing standards and development and learning schemes, acting as an information hub for best evidence-based practice, providing a focus for social services improvement schemes, supporting the development of research capacity and applied research, and assisting policy makers locally and nationally in developing best practice.