Social Care
If you are interested in developing your knowledge of social care, including social work, community care, community development and the probation service or if you are looking for work in either a paid or voluntary capacity, you might find the following resources useful.
Journals:
Children & Young People Now
For everyone working with children and young people. Includes jobs, blogs, events and and news updates via RSS feeds.
Community Care
Broad-based journal for everyone working in social care. Includes jobs, networking, legal and news updates, a useful A-Z of benefits and e-newsletters.
Probation Bulletin
A comprehensive guide to vacancies throughout the probation service and related fields.
Professional Associations:
British Association of Social Workers
The largest association representing social work and social workers in the UK. Includes a jobs page.
Community Matters
Community Matters is the nationwide federation for community associations and similar organisations, with more than 1162 member organisations across the UK. Includes a jobs page.
Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association, UK's leading professional organisation for health visitors, school nurses, nursery nurses and other community nurses working in primary care. Includes a members section.
Web Sites:
Community Service Volunteers
Lots of volunteer and training opportunities.
Development Trusts Association
The DTA is a network of community enterprise practitioners dedicated to helping people set up development trusts and helping existing development trusts learn from each other and work effectively.
General Social Care Council
The General Social Care Council is responsible for setting standards of conduct and practice for social care workers and their employers, for regulating the workforce, and for regulating social work education and training. Includes Social Caring Magazine.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) are two independent charities that work together to understand the root causes of social problems, identify ways of overcoming them, and show how social needs can be met in practice. Includes latest issue of JRF Magazine and news updates via RSS feeds.
Crime and Justice
Government web pages.
NAVCA
Provides members with networking opportunities, specialist advice, support, policy information and training.
Includes podcasts and news updates via RSS feed.
Social Care Association
SCA exists to promote good practice in social care. SCA believes that the application of good practice in any setting happens finally between the person using services and the social care worker. Our purpose and business is supporting that person to practice well.
Includes Social Caring Magazine and jobs.
VSO
International development charity that works and supports volunteers.
Jobs and Careers:
Public Sector Careers
Wide choice of jobs and careers in the public sector.
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