LINKS
In a previous incarnation of this website (two versions ago) we used to have a page with quite a number of links to related social care websites. This page is not an attempt to bring back bundles of links for the sake of it but more simply to list some key websites within social care work that we think have some useful educative role for social care workers. It does not follow that we agree with everything on these websites simply because they are listed below. Links are also provided to other outside information sites on our user pages such as Attachment Theory, Probability and Judgement pages. A selected set of Attachment Theory links are to be found at the bottom of the page.
AASW Australian Association of Social Workers - Aussie equivalent of BASW.
BAAF: British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering: leading U.K. charity in adoption and fostering work.
Barnado's: U.K. children's charity founded in 1867 and which has produced some significant social care research.
BASW British Association of Social Workers
Behaviourism: Wikipedia article with useful further links on operant and classical conditioning.
Bibliography: Our own Osiris Bibliography of books which we are extending over the course of time.
Carleton University: Canadian site this time and very good it is too.
Chapin Hall Centre for Children (University of Chicago): very useful site with research findings
Children Act 1989: The main child care legislation in the U.K.
Child Abuse Effects: very comprehensive site run by Darlene Barriere on the effects of child maltreatment
Children's Legal Centre: U.K. charity advising on children's law and related legal matters.
Child Maltreatment: Wikipedia article on child maltreatment and its effects.
Community Care Act 1990: The main adult care legislation in the U.K.
Community Care: the only widely distributed weekly journal published in the U.K. concerning social work issues.
Department of Children, Schools and Families: overall U.K. Government department in charge of children's social care and including education.
Department of Health : overall U.K. Government department in charge of Adult and Mental Health social care.
Every Child Matters The main U.K. Government site for policy initiatives within children's social care.
General Social Care Council This body oversees social work in the UK. Overseas social workers who wish to check out the validity of their qualification compared to the UK standard will need to contact the GSCC.
Family Rights Group: leading U.K. charity supporting the rights of parents and children.
Freud: The Freud Museum (London) website.
Human Brain and Emotion: two Wikipedia articles that contain useful accounts of the human brain and the emotion system
International Federation of Social Workers Worldwide organisation for social workers.
INTUTE: U.K social science database of resources
Melanie Klein: The Melanie Klein Trust website.
Mental Health Act 1983 The main legislation for Mental ill health in the U.K.
Mental Health Foundation: another U.K. mental health charity and conducts own research work.
MentalHelp net: American site with good information on mental ill health
Mental ill Health: Wikipedia article on Mental Illness
MIND (National Association for Mental Health): Leading U.K. charity regarding mental health issues.
NASW National Association of Social Workers - American equivalent of BASW.
New York University Information for Practice resource site. Comprehensive American resource site
NSPCC: leading U.K. children's protection charity founded in 1889. Some very useful resources.
Pat McClendon's Clinical Social Work site. Very useful American site with lots of resources and other links.
Psychoanalysis: Wikipedia Article
Psychoanalytic Ideas: some key ideas in psychoanalysis explained by experts in the field.
Research: our own Osiris published Research and Articles.
Research in Practice It is possible to sign up to this U.K. site and receive useful periodic distillations of research via email. However, to fully join and have full access is very expensive and is way out of the reach of small organisations like us which we think is a great shame and says something not at all positive about social work research in the U.K.
Research in Practice Evidence Bank Children & Families: courtesy of SCIE, povertous social care workers can access this.
Research into Practice for Adult Care: courtesy of SCIE, povertous social care workers can access this.
Skills for Care: organisation which deals with training standards in adult social care in the U.K.
Social
Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Acts as research hub disseminating
key information to social workers in the UK and
SCIE:
access to SCIE's online resource database.
Social Care in the U.K. (history): (Robert Gordon University at Aberdeen). We are not agreed on everything this site says about social care history in the U.K. but broadly it is correct. It serves as a brief introduction.
Social Work and Society: international free access online journal for social care.
SocialWorker.com More links for your delight.
Social Work Webring American site which acts as a hub for social work related sites.
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Social Work: Wikipedia article which is interesting and useful with other links.
Social Work World Another American site which has a number of useful resources available for social workers / students.
Trauma Model of Mental ill Health Wikipedia article re long term effects of child maltreatment.
University of Maryland Resource site. Yet more useful resources.
University of Minnesota Social Work Resources Another very useful American site.
Washington University in St Louis Further resources courtesy of our friends in America.
Attachment Theory Links (but please also see mental health links above)
John Bowlby: Wikipedia article
John Bowlby Centre: Excellent U.K. site on Attachment Theory
Attachment Theory: our own Osiris website article on Attachment Theory with links to our training and independent services.
Attachment Network: Further information and links about Attachment Theory
Attachment Theory: Wikipedia article
Anna Freud Centre Some very useful information on Attachment and other issues
Attachment Theory: An Open University publication that provides a broad overview.
Attachment Disorder: site dedicated to Attachment Disorder in children and particularly fostered or adopted children.
Origins of Attachment Theory: excellent article by Inge Bretherton on the early history of Attachment Theory.
Reactive Attachment Disorder (Disorganised Attachment): Practice parameter paper and useful Table with behavioural indicators for younger children.
Reactive Attachment Disorder: Wikipedia Article on RAD (diagnosed Disorganised Attachment)
Reactive Attachment Disorder article from "On the Brain" website of Dr Michael Merzenich.
You may wish to make a web search on some of the above topics. Try socialworksearch first or alternatively we recommend the meta-search engine Dogpile. Don't be put off by the name! It actually does work very well.
Any useful links that you know of which may be added to the above please let us know. We are not interested in rival training / education sites based in the UK unless they have easily accessible user materials.