Useful Links Directory
Links to useful websites and resources
Social Care Workforce Research Unit
The Social Care Workforce Research Unit (SCWRU) is a multi-disciplinary national centre for original research into issues relating to the social care workforce. The Unit exists to develop research knowledge and to disseminate the findings to policymakers, service providers, employers and social care service user and carer groups.
Social Issues Research Centre
SIRC is an independent, not-for-profit organisation based in Oxford, UK. We conduct research on a wide range of social topics and combine robust qualitative and quantitative methods with innovative analysis and thinking. We also conduct continuous monitoring of social and cultural trends
Social Platform
The Social Platform and its members are committed to the advancement of the principles of equality, solidarity, non discrimination and the promotion and respect of fundamental rights for all within Europe and in particular the European Union.
Social Policy Research Unit
The Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York has an international reputation for excellence in research in social policy, especially health and social care, poverty, welfare and social work.
Social Research Association
The Social Research Association provides a forum for people working in a diverse range of settings and in different subject specialities, to form wider contacts, exchange views and information, and pursue issues of common concern.
Social Research Unit
The Social Research Unit is an independent charity dedicated to improving the health and development of children, primarily in Europe and North America
Social Work Education Committee
The Social Work Education Committee (SWEC) represents higher education institutions to government departments and other organisations across the four nations of the United Kingdom. It represents UK Schools of Social Work on the international scene.
Social Work Ethics
The International Association of Schools of Social Work, IASSW, is the worldwide association of schools of social work, other tertiary level social work educational programmes, and social work educators. The IASSW promotes the development of social work education throughout the world, develops standards to enhance quality of social work education, encourages international exchange, provides forums for sharing social work research and scholarship, and promotes human rights and social development through policy and advocacy activities.
Social Work History Network
The Social Work History Network (SWHN) is an informal group of social workers (some retired), historians, archivists, researchers and teachers in higher education, social work policy makers and practitioners.
Social workers fear service cuts risk children's lives
Some 88% of social workers think cuts are putting vulnerable children's lives at risk, a survey suggests.
Social workers warn over cuts threat
Social workers are warning that cuts to services and growing case loads are leaving vulnerable children without the protection they need. Nearly five years after the death of Baby Peter Connelly, a survey of social workers suggests many are worried about unmanageable amounts of work.
SOLACE
SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers) is the representative body for senior strategic managers working in the public sector. The Society promotes public sector management excellence and provides professional development for its Members who come from all areas of the public sector
start4life
Whether you’re pregnant or a new parent, you’ll know it can be an overwhelming time with lots of information to take in. Start4Life has loads of tips and advice for a healthy pregnancy, and for feeding and getting your new baby active.
substance.org.uk
Reducing the harm from substance abuse
Talk to Frank
Find services that work with young people’s alcohol and other drug use.
The Alfiya Trust
The Afiya Trust is a national charity that works to reduce inequalities in health and social care provision for people from racialised communities. We support and maintain national and local networks concerned with the promotion of BME health and social care issues such as the National BME Mental Health Network, the National Black Carers and Carers Workers Network as well as projects on long term conditions such as stroke, diabetes and cancer.
The Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH)
The Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) is a progressive new charity and membership forum, creating a focus for everyone working in the field of young people’s health across the UK.
The Barrow Cadbury Trust
The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent, charitable foundation, committed to supporting vulnerable and marginalised people in society. The Trust provides grants to grassroots voluntary and community groups working in deprived communities in the UK, with a focus on Birmingham and the Black Country. It also works with researchers, think tanks and government, often in partnership with other grant-makers, seeking to overcome the structural barriers to a more just and equal society.
The BEARR Trust
BEARR has continued to concentrate on health and social welfare issues, with particular emphasis on care of vulnerable groups and reform of the way the state deals with or looks after them. It is based in the UK and managed by a number of trustees with long experience and extensive knowledge of the countries of the region. BEARR has many partners among small and medium-sized voluntary and charitable organisations in the countries of the region. The Trust focuses on: supporting organisations committed to reform in the health and social sectors facilitating networking and exchange of information encouraging sharing of experience and learning helping organisations working in the region to identify potential partners providing seed funding to assist selected organisations to launch or extend partnerships lobbying with and on behalf of organisations that share our objectives.
