Useful Links Directory
Links to useful websites and resources
Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA)
The Independent Safeguarding Authority’s (ISA) role is to help prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups including children. Referrals are made to the ISA when an employer or an organisation, for example, a regulatory body, has concerns that a person has caused harm or poses a future risk of harm to vulnerable groups including children. In these circumstances the employer or regulatory body must make a referral to the ISA
Institute for Criminal Policy Research
Our aim is to improve criminal justice policy and to contribute to academic knowledge and public debate about crime and criminal justice. Our audiences include policy-makers and their advisors, practitioners, academics and the wider public.
Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) is a charitable company with a mission to promote positive outcomes for the people who use Scotland’s social services by enhancing the capacity and capability of the social services workforce to access and make use of knowledge & research for service innovation & improvement.
Institute of Public Care
Working for well run evidence-based public care. We help to improve the quality and impact of services across health, social care, education, housing and welfare. IPC is part of Oxford Brookes University
International Association of Schools of Social Work
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.
International Council on Social Welfare
ICSW and our members are active in a wide range of fields within the general areas of social development, social welfare and social justice. This includes issues such as food and nutrition, welfare and health services, social protection, education and housing, as well as many issues relating to economic development, human rights and community participation.
International Definition of Social Work (under review)
The social work profession promotes social change, problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being. Utilising theories of human behaviour and social systems, social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their environments. Principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work.
International Federation of Social Workers
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) is a global federation of national organisations of social workers (unions or associations). It is striving for social justice, human rights and social development through the development of social work, best practices and international cooperation between social workers and their professional organisations
International Juvenile Justice Observatory
The International Juvenile Justice Observatory, with its headquarters in Brussels, was founded in 2003 with the goal of encouraging a global juvenile justice without borders, and since then it has been gradually taking shape around different distinguishing features.
International Longevity Centre UK
The International Longevity Centre-UK is the leading think tank on longevity and demographic change. Our policy remit is broad, and covers everything from pensions and financial planning, to health and social care, housing design, and age discrimination. We work primarily with central government, but also actively build relationships with local government, the private sector and relevant professional and academic associations. Our policy remit is broad, and covers everything from pensions and financial planning, to health and social care, housing design, and age discrimination. We work primarily with central government, but also actively build relationships with local government, the private sector and relevant professional and academic associations.
International Social Service
SS is committed to protecting, defending and assisting persons, and in particular children, who as a result of migration, international displacement or other circumstances has led to their separation from their families in an international context.
Internet Watch Foundation
We are the UK Hotline for reporting criminal online content -child sexual abuse content hosted anywhere in the world, Criminally obscene adult content hosted in the UK and Non-photographic child sexual abuse images hosted in the UK.
Inverclyde Council
Social Care and Health
IPPR
IPPR, the Institute for Public Policy Research, is the UK’s leading progressive thinktank. We produce rigorous research and innovative policy ideas for a fair, democratic and sustainable world.
IPSOS MORI Social Research Institue
Ipsos MORI's Social Research Institute is the leader in public sector research, helping policy and decision makers understand what works.
IRISS
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) is a charitable company with a mission to: …promote positive outcomes for the people who use Scotland’s social services by enhancing the capacity and capability of the social services workforce to access and make use of knowledge and research for service innovation and improvement.
IRISS.FM
RISS.FM presents lectures, discussions and debate on current topics of interest in the social services. It's a forum where all involved in social services may share opinion, knowledge and experience. We aim to promote engagement between practitioners, policy makers, researchers and people who use services.
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Health and Care
Isle of Wight Council Adult Care
Welcome to the Social Care and Health web pages. These pages are maintained by the Adult Community Services Directorate of the Isle of Wight County Council. These pages are intended to provide a wide range of information about health and social care topics from healthy eating and keeping warm in winter to eligibility and access of the support services we provide.
