Uk Government Social Care Websites

UK government social care/social work websites

England The main Department of Health website; fairly comprehensive coverage and good links. British government structure divides social care/social work with adults and children, although since end-of-life and palliative care is regarded as health this is the one that matters to readers of this site, but the DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families – I suspect this name is not long for this world) social work site is given for completeness: Department of Health: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/SocialCare/index.htm Department for Children etc: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/localauthorities/index.cfm?action=subsubject&subsubjectID= 54&subjectID=13 This is the nearest equivalent but, because DCSF organises its sites by children’s interests rather than professional concerns, it is actually part of the safeguarding children websites. If you are interested in this, you might also want to look at integrated working and early years sites for social care content.

Northern Ireland The Northern Irish Department has an Office of Social Services (OSS – people with long televisual memories will remember the American series about the second world war OSS, the Office of Strategic Services, a forerunner of the CIA): http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/ssi.htm

Scotland The Scottish government website on social care covers mainly their Changing Lives policy: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Social-Work-Services/intro The Changing Lives priority is pursued in the much broader website for the Changing Lives team: http://www.socialworkscotland.org.uk/

Wales: Welsh government social care website: http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/health/socialcare/?lang=en (also available in Welsh.)