Links
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
Centres for Excellence
- Dementia Services Development Centre
- Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
- Centre of excellence for looked after children in Scotland
- Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol
Colleges
Children and young people
- Aberlour Child Care Trust
- Barnardos
- Children 1ST
- Quarriers
- HandsonScotland
- National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)
- Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA)
- Scottish Out of School Care Network (SOSCN)
- Scottish Pre-school Play Association (SPPA)
Information for people who use services and carers
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 Inspectorate
- 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
- 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)
- 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
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
Social service resources
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
- Work With Us
