Other Useful WebsitesBelow are some other resources and valuable websites, available for your convenience. If you run a Social Care service or website and you would like a link to your information to be made available on this page, please contact admin@lscpinfo.co.uk Life Coach Directory We provide the UK with a huge life coach support network, enabling individuals to find a life coach close to them and appropriate for their needs. Skills for Care 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. Care Quality Commission We are the independent regulator of health and social care in England. British Association of Social Workers BASW is the only professional association for social workers in the UK, with offices in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Our primary aim is to promote the best possible social work services for all people who may need them, while also securing the well-being of social workers. Social Care Institute for Excellence 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. National Care Association National Care Association was formed in 1981. Its primary aim is to lobby the Government to benefit both its members and the people in their care. National Skills Academy We identify and provide solutions to the strategic learning and training needs of employers in the sector– leadership, management and commissioning skills – to help the sector collectively meet the care demands of an ageing population. English Community Care Association The English Community Care Association (ECCA) is the largest representative body for community care in England. Association for Care Training and Assessment Networks ACTAN strives to promote and develop good practice with regard to the training delivery and assessment of health and social care staff, and those who support children and young people. ACTAN believes that quality services are reliant on the skills, knowledge, values and attitudes of those who work in such services, and the professionalism of such staff. United Kingdom Homecare Association United Kingdom Homecare Association Ltd (UKHCA) is the professional association of home care providers from the independent, voluntary, not-for-profit and statutory sectors. UKHCA helps organisations that provide social care, which may include nursing services, to people in their own homes, promoting high standards of care and providing representation with national and regional policy-makers and regulators. |