This section will help link you to other social care organisations and related websites.

Careers and jobs

Careers Scotland
Good Moves
ILA Scotland
Job Centre Plus
LearnDirect Scotland
LearnDirect Scotland for Business - find a course
Monster
National Union of Students
S1 Jobs
Scotsman
Scottish Jobs on the Net
Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS)

Care Councils

Care Council for Wales
General Social Care Council
Northern Ireland Social Care Council

Centres for Excellence

Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre
Dementia Services Development Centre
Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care
Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol

Colleges

Scottish Further Education Unit

Children and young people

Aberlour Child Care Trust
Barnardos
Children 1ST
Quarriers
HandsonScotland - online resource for people who work with children
National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)
Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA)
Scottish Out of School Care Network (SOSCN)
Scottish Pre Play Association (SPPA)

Information for people who use services and carers

Scottish Voices
TheCarer

Learning networks

North
South east
Tayforth
West

Local authorities

Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeenshire Council
Angus Council
Argyll and Bute Council
Clackmannanshire Council
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Dundee City Council
East Ayrshire Council
East Dunbartonshire Council
East Lothian Council
East Renfrewshire Council
The City of Edinburgh Council
Falkirk Council
Fife Council
Glasgow City Council
The Highland Council
Inverclyde Council
Midlothian Council
Moray Council
North Ayrshire Council
North Lanarkshire Council
Orkney Islands Council
Perth and Kinross Council
Renfrewshire Council
Scottish Borders Council
Shetland Islands Council
South Ayrshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council
Stirling Council
Western Isles Council
West Lothian Council

Other useful websites

Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW)
Association for Care Training and Assessment Networks (ACTAN)
British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
Care Commission
Changing Lives
Community Care Providers Scotland
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
Disclosure Scotland
Equality Forward Scotland
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Futureskills Scotland
Housing Support Unit
John Birdsall Social Issues Photo Library
Joint Improvement Team
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)
Scottish Care
Scottish Care at Home
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Government
Scottish Information Commissioner
Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services
Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care (SIRCC)
Scottish Objective 3 Programme
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Personal Assistant Employers' Network
Scottish Practice Learning
Skills Development Scotland
Social Care Association (SCA)
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA)
The Butler Trust
The Carer - help and advice for trainers
The Scottish Housing Regulator
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES)
Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit (VSSSWU)

Professional bodies

Association of Professional Music Therapists
British Association of Art Therapists
British Association of Drama Therapists
Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
General Dental Council
General Medical Council
General Teaching Council
Health Professions Council
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Occupational Therapists
Physiotherapists
Speech and Language Therapists
The British Psychological Society (BPS)

Qualifications

Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework (SCQF)
Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)

Sector Skills Councils

Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Sector Skills Alliance for Scotland
Skills Active
Skills for Care
Skills for Health
Skills for Justice

Social care publications

Care Appointments
Children in Scotland
Community Care
Nursery World

Social service resources

ESOL Scotland Databank of Resources

IRISS Learning Exchange

Universities

Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow School of Social Work
Robert Gordon University
The Open University
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
University of the West of Scotland
University of Stirling
University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)

Volunteering

Community Service Volunteers
Project Scotland
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
Student Volunteering Scotland
Volunteer Centre Network Scotland
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