Social work resources and services

Social Care Online

The UK's most complete range of information and research on all aspects of social care and social work.

Managing knowledge to improve social care elearning

Part of e-Learning courses

This e-learning programme helps frontline social workers understand the principles and practice of knowledge management, as well as organise and manage their knowledge and information as effectively as possible.

Putting people at the heart of social work: lessons from the Named Social Worker Programme

Part of Named Social Worker

Lessons learned from the Named Social Worker (NSW) programme to benefit social work teams and services across the country. This guide focuses on practice and on the lessons emerging from implementation across the sites.

Named Social Worker site profiles and resources

Part of Named Social Worker

Profiles, portraits and tools from Named Social Workers who took part in the Named Social Worker programme

Named Social Worker: programme evaluation - final report

Part of Named Social Worker

The Named Social Worker programme aims to build an understanding of how having a named social worker can contribute to people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs achieving better outcomes. This report is a final evaluation of the programme.

Named Social Worker: summary of evaluation findings

Part of Named Social Worker

Summary evaluation findings from phase 2 of the Named Social Worker (NSW) programme evaluation.

Named Social Worker: findings from six pilot sites report

Part of Named Social Worker

Sets out the findings from the six sites which have been part of the Named Social Work programme during the six months from October 2016 to March 2017.

Living and learning together: conference report: August 2004

The General Social Care Council (GSCC) and Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) share a commitment to putting service users and carers at the heart of all aspects of social work and social care, including social work education. As part of this commitment, the GSCC and SCIE held a joint conference in November 2003, to promote and share different approaches to service user and carer involvement in social work education and training. This report provides a summary of the content of the conference, an analysis of lessons learnt and some suggestions and practical tips about putting this into practice effectively. We hope it will contribute to further developing knowledge and dissemination of good practice in this area.

Partnership working in child protection: improving liaison between acute pediatric and child protection services

Summary of how hospital trusts and councils' social care services can work together to identify and prevent child abuse and maltreatment

Partnership working in child protection

This film for children’s services, health and care staff and social workers, introduces the key issues and developments in child protection. It looks at how hospitals and local authorities can work together more effectively to protect children and identify and reduce the risk of maltreatment.