For links to user controlled organisations please see our networking website at www.solnetwork.org.uk.
Here are some links to other useful and interesting sites:
www.socialworkeducation.org.uk
Social work education participation (SWEP) is a user generated website designed to enable the sharing of good practice in service user and carer involvement in social work education. The aim of the website is that everything you need to know about participation or taking part in social work education can be found on this one website.
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www.skillsforcare.org.uk/funding/funding.aspx
Skills for Care understands that employers and their staff need help to access funding for training.This guide gives details on how to apply for Skills for Care’s Training Strategy Implementation funding and other sources of funding available.
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The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. Their aim is to make sure better care is provided for everyone, whether that’s in hospital, in care homes, in people’s own homes, or elsewhere.
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Promoting good practice in social care. GSCC is the social care workforce regulator in England. They register social care workers and regulate their training.
The Social Care Institute for Excellence gathers and publicises knowledge about how to make social care services better. SCIE is an independent organisation created in response to the government drive to improve quality in social care services across England and Wales. It was launched in October 2001, has around 30 permanent staff and a board of 12 trustees who guide its work and ensure its independence.
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JRF is one of the largest social policy research and development charities in the UK, spending about £7 million a year on a research and development programme that seeks to better understand the causes of social difficulties and explore ways of overcoming them.
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www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-care-experts-blog/
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Community Care is dedicated to working together with social care professionals for best practice in social care and plays an intrinsic part in the social care field providing: practical advice, case studies and information for day-to-day practice; news and analysis on social care, health and housing; topical features on policy and practice; opinions from service users, practitioners and policy makers and hundreds of jobs for all levels and client groups plus career advice.
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www.dh.gov.uk/en/SocialCare/index.htm
The Department of Health works to define policy and guidance for delivering a social care system that provides care equally for all, whilst enabling people to retain their independence, control and dignity.
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www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies
CDS is an interdisciplinary centre for teaching and research in the field of disability studies at the University of Leeds (England). The Centre incorporates and develops the work of the Disability Research Unit (DRU) and aims to promote international excellence within the field.
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INVOLVE is an organisation that has been promoting patient, public, and service user involvement in research for nine years.
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EHRC promote human rights to create a fairer Britain. They do this by providing advice and guidance, working to implement an effective legislative framework and raising awareness of people's rights.
www.projects.ex.ac.uk/folk.us/findex.htm
Folk.us is a group of consumers and researchers in the South West which meets regularly in Exeter, runs a training programme and publishes a newsletter.
SPRU is part of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York.
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Lasa's FREE monthly London ICT E-bulletin is aimed at smaller voluntary and community organisations, managers, circuit riders and accidental techies and contains:news, events, practical tips and resources on ICT for the voluntary sector
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