Social Care Institute for Excellence SCIE

Linked with Social Care online.

… The Social Care Institute for Excellence’s (SCIE) mission is to identify and spread knowledge about good practice to the large and diverse social care workforce and support the delivery of transformed, personalised social care services. We aim to reach and influence practitioners, managers and the sector leadership who have responsibility for service delivery in adults’ and children’s services. We recognise the central role of people who use services, children, young people, their families and their carers, and we aim to ensure their experience and expertise is reflected in all aspects of our work … (about 1/2).

Homepage; http://www.scie.org.uk/index.asp

Key resources: SC TV; Social Care Online; e-Learning; Good Practice Framework;
Adults; Families, Children; Workforce; Knowledge, Research; Tools, Gateways; Publications; Newsletters; News; Events; Help;
Address: Social Care Institute for Excellence, Goldings House, 2 Hay’s Lane, London SE1 2HB, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /Our Role: SCIE is an independent charity, funded by the Department of Health and the devolved administrations in Wales and Northern Ireland.  Continuer la lecture de « Social Care Institute for Excellence SCIE »

Social Care online

better knowledge for better practice – Linked with Social Care Institute for Excellence SCIE.

  • … Social Care Online is a portal to the UK’s largest collection of information on social work and social care. You can find everything from research briefings, to reports, government documents, journal articles, events and websites with the click of a button. Updated daily by SCIE’s experienced information managers, Social Care Online offers unrivalled access and ease of use.
  • Social Care Online is a product of the Social Care Institute for Excellence SCIE … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Events; my SC; News; Accessibility; KeyResources; SCIE Athens? Suggest a resource; Sharing Knowledge; Help us;
Address: Social Care Online Team, Social Care Institute for Excellence, Goldings House, 2 Hay’s Lane, London SE1 2HB, UK;
Feedback; Contact.

About 2/2 … /When did Social Care Online start? Social Care Online was launched in its present form in May 2005.   Continuer la lecture de « Social Care online »

Social Work Action Network SWAN

Linked on this blog with In Defence of Youth Work.

Friday 15th April to Saturday 16th April 2011 – SWAN National Conference 2011, themes, programme and speakers:

Homepage;
Activities, Events; Regionals; International; News, Updates; Contributions (reports); Archives; Forum;
Contact online.

SWAN Organisation /Manifesto – 1. Social Work Today: Social work in Britain today has lost direction. This is not new. Many have talked about social work being in crisis for over thirty years now. Continuer la lecture de « Social Work Action Network SWAN »

In Defence of Youth Work

Linked on this blog with Social Work Action Network SWAN (SWAN is holding it’s National Conference 2011 in collaboration with us).

The In Defence of Youth Work campaign saw the light of day at Youth and Policy’s  History conference in March 2009. It was initiated through the circulation of an Open Letter, which you can read here on the site. To be honest the interest and support generated has exceeded our expectations. During the year over 500 people have attended meetings across the country and the recent national conference in Manchester attracted almost 150 supporters from across the spectrum of youth work … (full text about).

Homepage (and 3 categories);
Regional Reports; Mailing /Minutes; Background Reading; Videos;
Contact/Comments /(the stories projects).

Open Letter … /IN DEFENCE OF YOUTH WORK: Thirty years ago Youth Work aspired to a special relationship with young people.   Continuer la lecture de « In Defence of Youth Work »

Red Nose Day

We know you work hard to raise cash for Red Nose Day, so it’s only fair we do everything we can to ensure it helps people most in need. Although there’s still a lot to do, we want to show you the difference you’re helping to make both at home in the UK and across Africa. We think you’ll like what you see … (full text What we do).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Difference made; How to get involved; Join in; Fundraising; News; Newsletter; FAQs;
Address: Red Nose Day, c/o Comic Relief UK, 1st Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP, UK;
Contact.

About /What is Red Nose Day: Red Nose Day is on Friday 18th March (and is a project from Comic Relief).

It’s a day like no other when the whole country gets together to do something funny for money and change countless lives in the process.

It all culminates in a night of cracking TV on the BBC with some of the biggest names in comedy and entertainment.

And the best bit? All the fun and mayhem helps to raise cash and transform lives across the UK and Africa. You can be involved too – get quick and easy fundraising ideas now.

Watch also the video.