Social Work: Useful Websites
This guide contains all the resources and services available from the library to support Social Work courses within the College of Education and Social Work.
Websites can be particularly useful for:
- Keeping you up to date with research and developments in your discipline
- Informing you of guidelines, standards and best practice
- Alerting you to training and employment opportunities
Charities and research bodies
- Campbell CollaborationThe Campbell Collaboration promotes positive social and economic change through the production and use of systematic reviews and other evidence synthesis for evidence-based policy and practice.
- Economic and Social Research CouncilESRC is the UK's largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues. They support independent, high quality research which has an impact on business, the public sector and civil society.
- Joseph Rowntree FoundationThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty.
- NSPCC national repository of case reviewThe repository provides a single place for published case reviews and is accessible via the NSPCC Library, which has over 1392 case reviews and inquiry reports dating back to 1945.
- Skills for CareSkills for Care is the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England. Working with employers, Government and partners to ensure social care has the right people, skills and support required to deliver the highest quality care and support now and in the future.
Government organisations
- Department of Health and Social CareThe Department of Health and Social Care are responsible for developing and guidelines to improve the quality of health and adult social care matters in England.
- GOV.UKGovernment services and information
- Parliament UKLatest reports and news from UK Parliament
Professional organisations
- British Association of Social WorkersBASW is the largest professional association for social work in the UK, with offices in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. We’re here to promote the best possible social work services for all people who may need them, while also securing the well being of social workers.
- CafcassCafcass stands for Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. Cafcass represents children in family court cases in England and independently advise the family courts about what is safe for children and in their best interests.
- National Institute for Social WorkFounded in 1961 and following proposals featured in the Ministry of Health Working Party on Social Carers/ Workers in the Health & Welfare Services in 1959, the National Institute for Social Work has been operating throughout the United Kingdom and abroad, offering support to users, carers, practitioners, managers and policy makers and organisations.
- Social Work EnglandSocial Work England is a specialist body taking a new approach to regulating social workers in their vital roles.