Useful Links - Social Care Recruitment
Here you will find links to a variety of online resources relating to social care, including volunteering, training and employment. We have included short descriptions of what information can be found on these websites.
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Volunteering
Training
Jobs
General Social Care Council
http://www.gscc.org.uk/
The General Social Care Council is the social care workforce regulator. It registers social care workers and regulates their conduct and training. They also provide information for social workers coming from overseas and offer a verification service which looks at the qualifications of people wishing to practice in the England.
Department of Health
http://www.dh.gov.uk/
The Department of Health is the Government department with responsibility for matters relating to social work and social care. Its website contains information about recent developments in social work and social care, press releases and an extensive page of links to other useful sites.
Children's Workforce Development Council
http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/social-care
http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/social-work
http://bethedifference.cwdcouncil.org.uk
The Children's Workforce Development Council have the websites above to provide you with more information about social care and social work with children and their families.
British Association of Social Workers
http://www.basw.co.uk
BASW is the largest national organisation representing Social Workers. Members are committed to a Code of Ethics which can be found on the website. The site contains some useful background information on Social Work, a discussion site for issues relating to Social Work, and a good jobsite listing both social work and social care vacancies.
Community Care
http://www.community-care.co.uk/
Community Care is a magazine covering the social care sector. Its website contains a wide range of information about current issues in social care and social work, as well as a jobs page.
Social Care Inspection
http://www.cqc.org.uk/
Launched in April 2009, The Care Quality Commission is the single, independent inspectorate for all health and social care services in England.
Social Care Association
http://www.socialcareassociation.co.uk/
The Social Care Association aims to promote good professional practice in all aspects of social care. The information on the website is mainly of interest to people already working in the field, but there is a page of job vacancies and provision to contact the SCA with queries.
Staffordshire Social Care Workforce Partnership (SSCWP)
http://www.sscwp.org.uk/
SSCWP is a consortium of representatives from social care employing sectors in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent who have come together to collaborate with one clear purpose in mind.
The objective of SSCWP is to tackle the challenge of ensuring there is a continually replenished supply of skilled and qualified workers available and motivated to provide the quality of social care services needed by the people of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
Community Service Volunteers (CSV)
www.csv.org.uk/socialhealthcare
CVS is the UK's largest volunteering and training organisation. Its website provides information about the opportunities for volunteering with health and social care.
Working for a Charity
http://www.wfac.org.uk/
Working For A Charity exists to promote the voluntary sector as a positive career option for those seeking paid employment and to promote the opportunities and benefits of becoming a volunteer to people who wish to do unpaid work.
Voluntary Sector Studies
http://www.volstudy.ac.uk/
If you are a volunteer or paid employee working in a caring environment in the voluntary sector, visit this website for information on a variety of educational courses that give you the flexibility to study in your own home and at your own pace.
Skills for Care
http://www.skillsforcare.co.uk/
Social care workforce strategy body Topss England became Skills for Care from 1 April. Still led by employer networks and other care interests, it is concerned specifically with adult social care, while children's services workforce strategy will be taken up by the new Children's Workforce Development Council.
The two bodies will liaise closely, and together will be England's part of 'Skills for Care and Development', the UK-wide sector skills council for social care, children and young people, alongside the already-existing Scottish Social Services Council, Care Council for Wales, and Northern Ireland Social Care Council.
Skills for Care aims to support employers in improving standards of care provision through training and development, workforce planning and workforce intelligence.
Children's Workforce Development Council
http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/
The Children's Workforce Development Council has been established following the government's commitment to workforce reform in the green paper Every Child Matters. One of five bodies which will form the federated UK Skills for Care and Development Sector Skills Council, the CWDC aims to improve outcomes for children and young people by enhancing the role of the workforce.
University and Colleges Admissions Service
http://www.ucas.co.uk/
Applications for degree courses are made through UCAS ( Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) The UCAS website contains lists of all the courses offered in any Further or Higher Education establishment in the UK, including social work, and you can search by type of course, region or by individual university.
Careers Partnership (UK)
http://www.careers-partnership-uk.com/
Provides private individuals and employers with in-depth careers counselling and careers rescue services and recruitment assistance. The site provides Career Doctor services to several professional bodies.
Community Care
http://www.community-care.co.uk/
Community Care is the major magazine of the social care sector. Its website contains a wide range of information about current issues in social care, as well as a jobs page.
Compass
http://www.compassjobsfair.com/
Compass is the definitive careers guide distributed to individuals who work, and want to work in social care. It is a careers companion that assists with job hunting, training and professional development. It is for anyone who wants to do part-time voluntary work to those looking to move into senior management positions.
Employers Organisation for Local Government
http://www.lgcareers.com/
A guide to careers in local government including career profiles in all the different service areas
http://www.lgjobs.com/
The official recruitment website for local government advertising current vacancies in councils all over the country.
Guardian Jobs
http://society.guardian.co.uk/jobs
Guardian Jobs is part of The Guardian website. The jobs section contains adverts for a variety of vacancies in health and social care, charities, health and social care and government, many of which can relate to social work and social care.
Jobcentre Plus
http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/
This website enables you to search online for care vacancies by geographical area.
Career Jet
http://www.careerjet.co.uk/
Careerjet gives job seekers access to a huge selection of jobs that are sourced from various internet sites.
Working in the UK
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Anyone from outside the EU wanting to work in the UK will need to be sponsored by an employer. A number of Social care roles are on the shortage occupations list, which makes it easier to obtain sponsorship.
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