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Regional Care Associations
MKB Care http://www.mkbcare.org/
MKB Care, the new Care Association incorporating BACH (Buckinghamshire Association of Care Homes). MKB Care is a Care Association for private and voluntary care providers in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire. It is a voluntary organisation, run by members, for members.
BUDCHA
BUDCA is an informal organisation of independent home care agencies operating in Buckinghamshire. Our membership is about 25, comprising most of the main accredited providers in the County. We meet roughly quarterly to discuss common issues, training opportunities, best practice etc. There isnt currently a web presence, but contact details are: 020 8566 8282 jeremy.chandler@enara.co.uk
South East Care Advisory Service
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/view.asp?id=901
SECAS is Skills for Care’s brokerage service, funded by the Learning and Skills Council. The service is being delivered locally through the Care Association network to provide advice and support on workforce development issues such as skills profiling for staff, accessing the right training, workforce planning, and much more.
Berkshire Care Association
Berkshire Care Association (BCA) promotes high standards of health and social care across all care services in Berkshire. BCA is the voice representing the interests of everyone who works in, uses, and is associated with care in Berkshire, and aims to enhance and consolidate the networking, training and co-operation of the health and social care sector and its stakeholders in the area.
Oxcare
Oxcare is a Train to Gain provider and by accessing funding from the Learning Skills Council, the European Social Fund and other sources, we can offer free access to learning opportunities. Please check specific availability with event organisers. Most of these opportunities are also free to unpaid carers.
National organisations
Skills for Care
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/
Skills for Care is the employer led authority on the training standards and development needs of nearly one million social care staff in England providing over £25 million in funding to support improved training and qualifications for managers and staff.
Commission for Social Care Inspection
CSCI regulate, inspect and review all adult social care services in the public, private and voluntary sectors in England. They give a star rating to councils and, from 2008, a quality rating to care services.
Department of Health; Social Care
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/SocialCare/index.htm
The Department of Health works to define policy and guidance for delivering a social care system that provides care equally for all, whilst enabling people to retain their independence, control and dignity.
Community Care
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/
Community Care.co.uk is a specialist website dedicated to all areas of the social care profession.The website is the leading online medium for those working in social care and it contains all of the articles that have been published both in Community Care magazine and online since 1995.
Social care Information and Learning Services
Scils is an independent organisation providing information and learning services to health, social care, education and housing
Social Care
http://www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/
Social Care Online is the UK's most extensive free database of social care information. With everything from research briefings, to reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites.
http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/misc/mca/index.asp
SCIE have just launched pages dedicated to the Mental Capacity on their website. If you click on the link below a wider range of documents giving advise and guidance on the Act will appear.
Career Pathway E-tool
The Career pathway E-tool provides information about what it is really like to work in social care and the kinds of jobs and employers there are. There's advice on the qualifications needed and on deciding whether this is the career for you.
Page last edited: 05 December 2008
