USEFUL RESOURCES

JHP Group

• JHP Training

  One of the largest providers of vocational training in the UK with over 50 Business Centres nationwide.

• JHP Retail

  Specialist provider of vocational qualifications for the Retail industry - information for businesses and individuals regarding work-based learning.

• JHP Apprenticeships

  Jump into your career - specialist in vocational qualifications which offer the perfect balance between work and study.

Government bodies, associations, councils and organisations

• Learning and Skills Council

  The LSC is responsible for planning and funding high-quality vocational education.

• Ofsted

  The inspection and regulatory body for education and skills in learners of all ages. Provides links to official publications as well as FAQs and contact details.

• Carers UK

  Carers UK is the voice of carers and the leading campaigning, policy and information organisation for carers.

• The Social Care Institute for Excellence

  Established by the Government in 2001 to improve social care services for adults and children in the United Kingdom.

• Skills for Care and Development

  The sector skills council for social care, children and young people's workforce in the UK. It is an alliance of 5 organisations:

  1. Children's Workforce Development Council
  2. Skills for Care
  3. Care Council for Wales
  4. Scottish Social Services Council
  5. Northern Ireland Social Care Council
• Children's Workforce Development Council

  Exists to improve the lives of children, young people, their families and carers by ensuring that all people working with them have the best possible training, qualifications, support and advice.

• Skills for Care

  The employer led authority on the training standards and development needs of nearly one million social care staff in England.

• Care Council for Wales

  Established in 2001 to promote high standards of conduct and practice among social care workers.

• Scottish Social Services Council

  Responsible for raising standards in the Scottish Social Service workforce.

• Northern Ireland Social Care Council

  Responsible for raising standards in the Northern Ireland Social Care workforce.

• The General Social Care Council

  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.

• English Community Care Association

  England's leading representative body for independent care homes.

• United Kingdom Homecare Association

  The professional association of home care providers.

• National Day Nurseries Association

  A national charity which is dedicated to the provision, support and promotion of high-quality care and education for the benefit of children, families and communities.

News, magazines and bulletins

• Care Workers Forum

  The internet magazine for all involved in caring.

• Care and Health

  Support for professionals charged with improving people's well-being.

• Community Care

  The leading social care publication.

• Children and Young People Now

  The only dedicated weekly magazine for professionals working with children, young people and families.

• Nursery World

  The UK's leading publication for practitioners and decision-makers across the early years education and childcare sectors.