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resources related to social care work, including training, employment,
general background links and local authority websites.
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General
Department of Health
www.dh.gov.uk
The Department of Health is the Government department with responsibility
for matters relating to social work and social care. Its website contains
information about recent developments in social work and social care,
press releases and an extensive page of links to other useful sites.
Care and Health
www.careandhealth.com
CareandHealth is a provider of information and communication to the health and social care sectors through training programmes, conferences and on-line publications.
Children Webmag
www.childrenwebmag.com
This online childcare magazine provides a variety of background information which will be of use to managers, practitioners and students, for example: articles, statistics. legal information, recommended reading, information sources, details of key reports and training courses.
Community Care
www.community-care.co.uk
Community Care is a major magazine covering the social care sector.
Its website contains a wide range of information about current issues
in social care, as well as a jobs page.
Commission for Social Care Inspection
www.csci.org.uk
Launched in April 2004, The Commission for Social Care Inspection
is the single, independent inspectorate for all social care services
in England.
Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection
www.chai.org.uk
The Healthcare Commission is the independent inspection body for both
the NHS and private and voluntary healthcare.
Social Care Association
www.socialcaring.co.uk
The Social Care Association aims to promote good professional practice
in all aspects of social care. The information on the website is mainly
of interest to people already working in the field, but there is a
page of job vacancies and provision to contact the SCA with queries.
United Kingdom Home Care Association Ltd
www.ukhca.co.uk
UKHCA is the professional association for domiciliary care providers and representing their views to the public and Government. Their website provides a searchable list of social care employers in your local area at www.ukhca.co.uk/jobs.
Social Care opportunities in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
For opportunities in Northern Ireland click on:
www.niscc.info
For opportunities in Scotland click on:
www.sssc.uk.com
For opportunities in Wales click on:
www.ccwales.org.uk
Thera Group
http://www.thera.co.uk/
Thera is an organisation directly controlled by adults with a learning disability . Thera supports people with a learning disability in their own homes, at work, in their local community and for short breaks. |
