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Cafcass looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings. We work with children and their families, and then advise the courts on what we consider to be in the best interests of individual children.

The Learning Exchange is the world's first web-based, digital library of learning objects for social work and social care. It includes a wide range of learning resources and a powerful search engine to aid the discovery of high quality content. Whether used for individual study and reflection or deployed in the context of a training programme, the resources of the Learning Exchange will assist you to meet your PRTL requirements

Our aim is to help transform the lives of people affected by drug and alcohol problems. We do this by offering a wide range of services in England and Scotland.

Children's social care

Action on Addiction brings help, hope and freedom to those living with addiction and those living with people who suffer problems of addiction. We are the UK's only charity working across the addiction field in treatment, professional education to honours degree level, support for families and children, research, and campaigns. Our team of experts offers life-saving treatment to individuals and support to families affected by addiction.

Everybody's Business is a youth-led website that raises awareness about female genital mutilation (FGM); provides regular comment about UK and global actions to end the practice and most importantly provides space for young people to add their voice to the FGM campaign.

UNICEF's mission is to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided in doing this by the provisions and principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Convention follows decades of work by the United Nations to change attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities. It takes to a new height the movement from viewing persons with disabilities as "objects" of charity, medical treatment and social protection towards viewing persons with disabilities as "subjects" with rights, who are capable of claiming those rights and making decisions for their lives based on their free and informed consent as well as being active members of society.

About us What we do Who we are How you can help Vacancies Relationship breakdown costs the state £42 billion per year Find out more OnePlusOne is a UK charity that creates resources that strengthen relationships. We help couples and parents through a range of web-services. Our online learning equips frontline workers with the skills to offer timely relationship support in a face to face setting. Based on the latest research evidence, our work promotes early action in relationship support.

This is an interactive, web-based version of Working Together to Safeguard Children (issued March 2010), created by tri.x. It is an exact copy of the original, published by the DCSF (now The Department of Education) ‘‘ with many interactive features.

The Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre is an independent research centre with funding from the Department for Education to provide high quality research, analysis and expert advice on the issues that promote or inhibit childhood wellbeing. The centre is a partnership between the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) and other centres at the Institute of Education, the Centre for Child and Family Research (CCFR) at Loughborough University and the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the University of Kent.

The New Policy Institute is an independent progressive think tank, founded in 1996.

Information designed by APSCo to provide a clear and plain spoken summary of the information you need to understand your rights, help you decide if you are within the scope of the Regulations and understand when those rights will apply.

Employers for Carers is a service for employers to help you retain the 1 in 7 employees in your workforce caring for a family member. We promote the business benefits of supporting carers and provide advice and support on carer friendly policy and practice. Employers for Carers can help your business remain competitive with a healthy and productive workforce.

We are the trusted national provider of high-quality information, data and IT systems for health and social care.

This website is targeted at and designed specifically for Police colleagues. Here you will find a range of materials that can help support your work in tackling CSE. We will be regularly posting briefings that synthesise the most up-to-date knowledge in this area. We will also be posting guides for using and understanding academic research, and guides for applying research approaches in your own contexts. Other useful websites, documents and tools are included, as are news and upcoming events.

Rethink Mental Illness is a national charity for everyone affected by mental illness, their families, carers and friends. We challenge attitudes, we change the law, we change lives. We have groups, services and members across England. What we offer is a little bit different.

National Voices is the coalition of health and social care charities. We work together to strengthen the voice of patients, service users, carers, their families and the voluntary organisations that work for them.

One in 20 children are born with a disability in the UK. Contact a Family is the only national charity that exists to support the families of disabled children whatever their condition or disability. With over 30 years of experience, our vision is that families with disabled children are empowered to live the lives they want and achieve their full potential, for themselves, for the communities they live in, and for society.

EASSW brings together over 300 different schools, universities and tertiary education institutions supporting social work education. EASSW: promotes the development of social work education throughout Europe develops standards to enhance quality of social work education encourages international exchange provides forums for sharing social work research and scholarship.

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.

Pace works alongside parents and carers of children who are ‘‘ or are at risk of being ‘‘ sexually exploited by perpetrators external to the family. We offer guidance and training to professionals on how child sexual exploitation affects the whole family.

The National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN) aims to improve the collection and analysis of information related to the quality, volume and costs of care provided by the NHS, social services and the third sector, to adults approaching the end of life. This intelligence will help drive improvements in the quality and productivity of services. The Network is part of the National End of Life Care Programme.

Cruse is committed to breaking the stigma around grief and ensuring that everyone, no matter how old or young, can access the highest quality support following a bereavement. Not only does Cruse provide a telephone helpline and the useful information you will find on this website, but our trained volunteers provide face-to-face support and practical advice in branches across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Published for the British Association of Social Workers, this is the leading academic social work journal in the UK. It covers every aspect of social work, with papers reporting research, discussing practice, and examining principles and theories. It is read by social work educators, researchers, practitioners and managers who wish to keep up to date with theoretical and empirical developments in the field.

One in three of us will get cancer and it's the toughest thing most of us will ever face. If you've been diagnosed with cancer, or a loved one has, you'll want a team of people in your corner supporting you every step of the way. We provide practical, medical and financial support and push for better cancer care. We are Macmillan Cancer Support.

The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) is the umbrella charity for all those involved in palliative, end of life and hospice care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We believe that everyone approaching the end of life has the right to the highest quality care and support, wherever they live, and whatever their condition. We work with government, health and social care staff and people with personal experience to improve end of life care for all.

The CLA works with all care leavers over the age of 16. We are guided by the views of our membership and thus have a wide range of areas of interest and activity. However, our work can be grouped into five main areas: User Led Support - A Network Project, group support, social networking site and virtual mechanisms to help people connect. Projects - Areas of work with specific outcomes ‘‘ young people, access to records, speaking out media.

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.