The Department of
Health
Policy, guidance and publications for NHS and social care
professionals
Department of
Health Personal Health Budgets pilot website
If you're interested in personal budgets in the NHS you can find
out more about the Department of Health's pilot programme on this
website, along with news, resources and information about learning
so far. The Learning Network is also home to a learning community
for professionals directly involved in the pilot programme.
Putting
People First
Putting People First (PPF) is a national programme to improve
people's experience of adult social care. Aimed at social care
practitioners, this website is designed to help you implement
personalised care, promote good practice and
knowledge-sharing, and deliver improved care outcomes for
people.
ADASS
The home of the Association of Directors of Adult Social
Services, and the voice of adult social care. The site
contains the whole range of policy initiatives, press releases and
consultation responses that constitute so much of the daily
activity of the Association's members, and is regularly
updated.
ADCS
The Association of Directors of Children's Services Ltd - ADCS -
is the national leadership association in England for statutory
directors of children's services and other children's services
professionals in leadership roles.
SCIE
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.
Care Quality Commission
(CQC)
The independent regulator of health and social care in
England.
C4EO
The Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young
People's Services provides a range of support to drive positive
change in the delivery of children's services, and ultimately
outcomes for children, young people and their families.
The National
Skills Academy
The National Skills Academy for Social Care is working to
transform social care. It is doing this by focusing on leadership
and management skills, commissioning practice and promoting
excellence in social care training.
The
College of Social Work
This website is about the development of a fully independent
College of Social Work which will seek to improve and support
social work by providing leadership by and for the profession.
Last Updated : 21 January 2011. Page Author: Laura Bimpson.
