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Useful links
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Information about Care
- Action on Elder Abuse
Works to protect, and prevent the abuse of, vulnerable older adults. The first charity to address these problems.
- Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales
Our local authority inspection and review unit promotes improvement through evaluating the quality and effectiveness of social services in all 22 local authorities. It works with other inspectorates and regulatory bodies in carrying out its work.
- Children's Legal Centre
This is a unique, independent national charity concerned with law and policy affecting children and young people.
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
Inspect and report on care services and councils. We are independent but set up by Government to improve social care and stamp out bad practice. We give a star rating to councils and, from 2008, a quality rating to care services. - Community Care
A specialist website dedicated to all areas of the social care profession. The website is the leading online medium for those working in social care and it contains all of the articles that have been published both in Community Care magazine and online since 1995. - Department of Health
The Department of Health works with a range of national health and social care organisations. - General Social Care Council
Is responsible for setting standards of conduct and practice for social care workers and their employers, for regulating the workforce, and for regulating social work education and training. - Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission is the independent inspection body for both the NHS and independent healthcare. - National Childminding Association
since 1977, have worked with registered childminders, nannies as well as other individuals and organisations, to ensure families in every community in England and Wales have access to high quality home-based childcare, play, learning and family support. - National Day Nurseries Association
Is dedicated to the provision, support and promotion of high-quality care and education for the benefit of children, families and communities. - (PAVA) Practitioner Alliance Against Abuse of Vulnerable Adults
PAVA strives through collaboration with practitioners in the statutory, voluntary and private sectors to develop practice-based interventions and to generate positive outcomes in working with the abuse of vulnerable adults. - Residential Forum
Its purpose is to promote the achievement of high standards of care for children and adults in nursing homes, residential homes and schools, and to contribute to improving the quality of service to the public. - Social Care Association
With the coming of registration for social care workers with the Care Councils, there is an additional need to be part of a professional body committed to supporting you and keeping you up to date. - Sure Start
Is the government programme to deliver the best start in life for every child. We bring together, early education, childcare, health and family support.
Links to other websites
- Administrative Justice Tribunals Council
Seek to ensure that the relationships between the courts, tribunals, ombudsmen and alternative dispute resolution providers satisfactorily reflect the needs of users.
- British & Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII)
Provides access to the most comprehensive set of British and Irish primary legal materials that are available for free and in one place on the internet. In August 2007, BAILII included 76 databases covering 7 jurisdictions.
- Children Now
Provide a unique service to managers and senior practitioners working with children, young people, and their families. They bring together children's and youth professionals across health, social care, education, childcare, youth work, youth justice and advice & guidance for young people.
- Her Majesty's Court Service
Our remit is to deliver justice effectively and efficiently to the public. All citizens according to their differing needs are entitled to access to justice, whether as victims of crime, defendants accused of crimes, consumers in debt, children in need of care, or business people in commercial disputes. - Criminal Records Bureau
The CRB ´ aim is to help organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable to work with children or other vulnerable members of society. - Department for Education and Skills
Work across Government to ensure that all children and young people: stay healthy and safe, secure an excellent education and the highest possible standards of achievement, enjoy their childhood, make a positive contribution to society and the economy, have lives full of opportunity, free from the effects of poverty - Independent healthcare journal (IHJ)
the UK´s foremost and most highly regarded provider of information and market intelligence on the independent health, community care and childcare sectors. - Independent Safeguarding Authority
Has been created to help prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults. - Judicial Appointments Commission
Selects candidates for judicial office. It does so on merit, through fair and open competition, from the widest range of eligible candidates. - Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
The Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman investigates complaints about the judicial appointments process and the handling of matters involving judicial discipline or conduct.
- Judiciary of England & Wales
There's information on the history of the judiciary; the importance of judicial independence; and how the changes brought about by the 2005 Constitutional Reform Act affect the judiciary. - Judicial Studies Board
The JSB is directly responsible for training full and part-time judges in England and Wales, and for overseeing the training of Lay magistrates and chairmen and members of Tribunals. - Ministry of Justice
Just acouple of the MoJ's core components are Youth Justice and sponsorship of the Youth Justice Board and the The Tribunals Service: administration of tribunals across the UK - OFSTED
We inspect and regulate to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. - The Welsh Ministers
Led by the First Minister, it is responsible for many issues, including health, education, economic development, culture, the environment and transport.
