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Further down this page you will find the following sections: general social work links, human rights, UK-specific links, social work values, not specifically SW but interesting, discussion groups & forums, jobs, commercial. To find other pages try the buttons on the left and the drop-down box at the top.

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GENERAL LINKS:

Association of Directors of Social Services
- Professional association representing directors of social services in the UK. Provides info about the association, its policy and committees.

Care & Health.com
- a new (2001) on-line social work community "committed to improving the quality of care delivered in the UK". Information, debate, links, jobs, etc. You can sign up and receive a weekly email update on the latest news affecting social work and a monthly magazine too - all free!

Social Work Alliance
- offering up-to-date information on social work and social care issues. You can sign up and have the news e-mailed to you regularly.

The European Social Welfare Information Network
- 'enables professionals to obtain both national and international information on policies and organisations in the area of social welfare, in various countries of the UN-European region.

Socialworker.com
'The place for social workers on the Net'. Can be translated into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish with AltaVista's translation service.

Socialworksearch.com
Another good gateway for social workers with a search engine, discussion board, research, different client groups, chat, and lots of links.

The Social City
A community of social work professionals, educators and students who believe in exchange of information - research, debates, chat room, bulletin board.

Socialwork.About.com
A US guide to social work with news, jobs, and dozens of links.

University of Pennsylvania social work index of resources.

Western Connecticut State University resources for social work.

The Social Work Access Network - University of South Carolina College of Social Work.

NASW - the US National Association of Social Workers - 'the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world'. Have a look at their Code of Ethics.

World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers - just what it says. From New York University.

Social Work Student Resource page - a one-stop database of internet sites that students may find useful in their research. A bit like Socialworkstuff but even bigger!

BLINK - BLack INformation Link. A freewheeling website with lots of opinion of all sorts and the ability to post comments yourself.

Washington University - scroll down for a 'Topical List' to all sorts of interesting subjects.

TheBody - an HIV/AIDS information resource, with a comprehensive library of over 15,000 documents from 50 leading organisations, up-dated daily, Q&A with experts, on-line discussion groups offering emotional and practical support.

The Francois-Xavier Bagnoud site for HIV/AIDS information and links.

CUSSN - Computer Use in Social Services Network. Based in a US University.

Critical Social Work - offers the opportunity for constructive dialogue in the interest of achieving social justice.

Ask the Internet Therapist - lots of interesting links and information of use to 'caring professionals'. Aimed primarily at medical and counselling workers.

UK SPECIFIC SITES:

Community Care
The website of the UK social work journal of the same name: latest news about social work in the UK, jobs, feature, search facility, links, diary, publications, and more.

The National Task Force on Violence Against Social Care Staff - prepared by the DOH.

http://www.poptel.org.uk for finding links to trade unions and local government organisations.

Publicsector.org - all sorts of things for people employed by the UK public sector.

The Equal Opportunities Commission.

TheSocialWorkStudent.co.uk - links to sites of interest to social work students in the UK, including a forum.

SocialWorkUK - a site run by a Kent University social work tutor, with easy-to-navigate links to lots of good things, including a forum.

BAC
The British Association for Counselling. Becoming, I think, the main umbrella for counselling and counsellors in the UK.

Stress UK - for all those interested in personal and occupational stress management.

SOCIAL WORK VALUES:

GSCC Codes of practice for social care workers and employers - the UK General Social Care Council. Order free copies or download to your computer.

TOPSS National Occuptational Standards Code of Practice for Social Care Workers - the UK Training Organisation for the Persoanl Social Services.

QAA Social Work Benchmarks - the UK Quality Assurance Agency; expected standards in social work training and practice.

Are social work values under threat? - Society Guardian article (April 2001).

Statement of Values - from the South West Texas University.

- University of Bradford, UK, lecture notes with some interesting thoughts.

Social Work Students & Work Values - an account of an international survey provided by the international project, Work Importance Study, under the leadership of the American psychologist Donald Super. Keep reading - it's interesting!

Measuring social work values - A cross-cultural challenge for global practice - more international research.

Barefoot Social Worker - "Social work is going through a crisis caused by confusion about the values and role of social workers."

Google search page for anti-oppressive practice in social work.

Google search for social work values.

Social Work Values and Principles of Practice - from New South Wales, Australia.

Social work values - from the University of Southampton, UK - CCETSW's statement of values.

Dominant Values Associated With Three Models of Internationalizing Social Work Education - from the Penn State University, USA.

Philosophy and Values - from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Department Of Social Work (US) - mmmm, should be interesting?!

SOCIAL WORK & UK LAW:

All the law links have been moved to a separate page now (it got too big!). Please go to the SocialWorkStuff law page here - there are direct links to full text of all laws that apply to social work that I could find.

NOT SPECIFICALLY SOCIAL WORK BUT INTERESTING!:

Prospect Magazine. Prospect is the magazine for the intellectually curious general reader who appreciates finely written essays across the spectrum of political,intellectual and cultural debate. It is the intelligent monthly based in Britain, but with an international mind and an international readership: "more readable than The Economist, more relevant than the Spectator, more romantic than the New Statesman"! (Sir Jeremy Isaacs).

Red Pepper - the independent magazine of the green and radical left. Special online subscription rates available, or read stuff direct on the web.

Antidote - The Campaign for Emotional Literacy. "Emotions are right at the centre of individuals' private lives and the nation's public life. But at present they are there in a way that degrades the political process and political participation. Emotional literacy means being able to recognise what you are feeling so that it doesn't interfere with thinking. It becomes another dimension to draw upon when making decisions or encountering situations. Emotional expression by contrast can mean being driven by emotions so that it isn't possible to think. These two things are often confused because we are still uncomfortable with the idea of the validity of feelings." Susie Orbach, The Guardian, August 12 1998 .

Socialism.org.uk - Online Political Debate, free and easy to use. Join in NOW!

Socialism Today - the monthly journal of the Socialist Party.

The Fabian Society - the UK's premier left-of-centre think tank. Or have a look at The Fabian Global Forum - "developing ideas for a progressive global politics that pursues the the great opportunities of globalisation but simultaneously challenges inequality and injustice."

The UK Gay and Lesbian Bookshop - holidays, gay rights, books - "Whatever it is that you are looking for, the UK Gay and Lesbian Bookshop has something for everyone".

Achilles Heel - Radical Men's Magazine. A very comprehensive Links & Resources Page on issues of relevance to men.

Foundation for Ethics And Meaning - "The Foundation's activities and research seek to challenge the present economic and cultural dominance of market driven hyper-consumption, and the worship of material wealth, power and celebrity, the political, spiritual and ethical apathy, and the ecological and human damage this worldview produces. Instead we work to encourage a holistic and community spirit of caring that promotes tolerance, justice, and reconciliation. Moving beyond outdated Left/liberal and Right/conservative paradigms..."

The New Humanist magazine - the Journal of the Rationalist Press Association. "The RPA is the leading rationalist organisation in the UK. It emphasises the use of reason for understanding the world. It develops a rationalist perspective on philosophy, religion, science and the arts. Rationalists recognise that reason must be tempered with an appreciation of the importance of emotion in human behaviour." Rationalism and Humanism are not necessarily anti-materialism.

The Muslim Council of Britain - "the largest reperesentative body of British Muslims".

The Noam Chomsky Archive - "the full text to many of Chomsky's major works, the complete audio to several important lectures, and numerous articles, interviews and speeches. ZNet also has its own article archive with over 750 articles from Z plus an extensive forum system where you can discuss issues with Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Barbara Ehrenreich, Michael Albert, and thousands of others. (Noam usually responds within a few days.)"

Liberty - a human rights organization protecting human rights in the UK - "new ideas, reasoned arguments and thought-provoking opinions ..".

DISCUSSION GROUPS & FORUMS::

These are places for groups with a special interest. They are usually moderated by someone but anyone can contribute with questions, answers, opinions, problems, etc.. Messages can be viewed at any time simply by logging into the site.

A main site for discussion forums is Delphi - this contains thousands of forums, all free to join, though you do need to sign up. A search for social work ones came up with 53!

An example is a Forum for black workers called the Triangle Association.

For lists have a look at Liszt.com and look for ones that follow your interest.

Newsgroups: They are separate from the web and are "text-based discussion areas which are usually entirely open - meaning anyone can post up any message, question or comment using a special piece of software called a newsreader". There is a good guide to them by the BBC - click here to read it. In a quick search I found some - click here for the Google search page taking you to various groups. However browsing through them I found very little of any use, and a lot of stuff that was just plain nasty. Mail me if you know anything more about this, particularly if you find a useful one.

JOBS:

Social Work Careers - a Department of Health site about careers in social work. "Here you can find all you need to know about a career in Social Work. Learn about the diversity of rewarding roles available, meet Social Workers and Carers, hear their stories and even search for universities that offer a diploma in Social Work." And Social Care Careers - the social care version.

Community Care jobsearch - the journal's jobs page.

The Guardian jobs page.

Hays Social Care - previously Social Work Solutions. "We are one of the leading providers of Qualified Social Workers, Social Work Assistants, Residential Support Workers (RSWs) and Care Staff to Social Services, the NHS, private, voluntary and charitable organisations throughout the UK."

We are currently featuring some exciting opportunities for the Department for Work and Pensions, Graduate Management opportunities in the NHS and UK based Inspectors for the NCSC (National Care Standards Commission).

Amicus Recruit - a specialist Recruitment, Training and Consultancy Company for the Health and Social Services sector across the UK.

Reed Health Group - "to help health professionals find rewarding work and develop their careers, and to help health and care organisations find the people they need.... a network of branches across the UK and overseas branches in Canada, Australia and New Zealand".

SWIIS - "A premier UK wide health and social care recruitment consultancy matching the skills and ambitions of candidates with the requirements of clients, speedily, reliably and honestly".

Quality Locums - "a specialist recruitment business that currently supplies an extensive range of health, care, education & commercial sector related staff".

VSO - Voluntary Services Overseas - an international development charity that works through volunteers.

- Careplan

- Social Work Professionals

- SWR Group

- Sugarman Social Work

Sugarman Medical Ltd - "Based in The City of London we assist clients throughout the United Kingdom".

WorksFM - Number one for Equality and Ethnic Minorities Recruitment in UK.

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