Useful Links Directory
Links to useful websites and resources
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Health abd Social Care
Royal Borough of Kingston
Health and Social Care
Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
My Care, My Choice is the name of the Royal Borough's new approach to social care. This approach is also known as 'self-directed support' and is about people being able to choose and manage the support they need to live their everyday lives in as fulfilling a way as possible.
Royal College of Nursing
The RCN represents nurses and nursing, promotes excellence in practice and shapes health policies.
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is responsible for training and examining paediatricians in the UK. The College has over 13,500 members in the UK and abroad and sets standards for professional and postgraduate medical education.
Royal College of Psychiatrists
A detailed report 'Our Invisible Addicts'. London: RCP
Runnymede Trust
Runnymede is the UK’s leading independent race equality thinktank. We generate intelligence for a multi-ethnic Britain through research, network building, leading debate, and policy engagement
Ruskin College
Undergraduate
Rutland County Council
Rutland County Council provides advice and information, personal care and support and equipment and adaptation to people who are experiencing difficulties.
Safeguarding Children Research Initiative
The Safeguarding Children Research Initiative is a programme of research studies on child abuse and neglect jointly funded by the Department of Health and the Department for Education. The studies were commissioned as part of the government response to the inquiry following the death of Victoria Climbié. The purpose is to provide a stronger evidence base for the development of policy and practice to improve the protection of children in England.
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
Do you work with vulnerable adults? Would you like training to help you develop your safeguarding policy, procedures and good practice? This certified programme is delivered over a day and a half and will raise awareness of vulnerability in adulthood, reporting procedures, how to assess and manage risk, code of behaviour and good practice in recruitment and management of staff and volunteers. The course also highlights the eight minimum standards of practice contained in Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults - A Shared Responsibility and supports organisations in developing or reviewing their safeguarding policy.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Health and Social Care
Save the Children
Save the Children works in 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential.
SCIE
SCIE has a list of publications on substance use & mental health issues
Scope
We're all about changing society for the better, so that disabled people and their families can have the same opportunities as everyone else. We work with disabled people and their families at every stage of their lives. We offer practical support – from information services to education and everyday care. We challenge assumptions about disability, we influence decision makers and we show what can be possible. Everything we do is about creating real and lasting positive change in individual lives and in the world around us. We believe that together we can create a better society.
ScotCen Social Research
By helping us to understand the problems and challenges society faces, social research can help make life better. ScotCen is a not-for-profit organisation registered as a charity. Based in Edinburgh, we carry out research across the whole of Scotland in a wide range of policy areas (including health, education and crime).
Scotland's 2011 Census
Scotland’s census is the official count of every person and household, which takes place every 10 years.We asked people to fill in a census questionnaire to reflect their circumstances on 27 March 2011.The answers people give to the census questions will help shape Scotland’s future. The results are used to produce anonymised (with personal details removed) statistics that help decide how billions of pounds of taxes will be spent every year on services everyone needs, such as education, transport and healthcare.
Scottish Borders Council
Social Work Services department provides support to over 11,000 people within the Borders. Our core responsibility is the assessment of client needs and the organisation of services to meet those needs.
Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research
The SCCJR produces high quality research which is both scholarly and of relevance to the needs of those involved in the formulation, development and implementation of criminal justice policy
Scottish Child Care and Protection Network
The network fosters connections, collaboration and the coordination of activities that promote the use of research evidence in child care and protection practice in Scotland.
