Useful Links

Counselling Directory

The purpose of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help. The website also contains a number of sections on emotional disorders (types of distress section) and provides some useful statistics. Every counsellor on the site who has submitted their profile has either sent a copy of their qualifications and insurance cover to us, or is registered with a professional body online with recognised codes of ethics and practice, this way we can be assured of their professionalism.

www.counselling-directory.org.uk

Care home staff - a one-stop resource for care home staff

Welcome to the section of the MHRA website designed specifically for care home staff. It includes guidance, safety alerts, and links to educational material to assist staff in the safe use and management of the wide range of medicines and medical devices used in care homes.

www.mhra.gov.uk

Department of Health:The Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

The Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (formerly known as the Bournewood safeguards) were introduced into the Mental Capacity Act 2005 through the Mental Health Act 2007 (which received Royal Assent in July 2007).

www.dh.gov.uk/en/SocialCare/Deliveringadultsocialcare/MentalCapacity/MentalCapacityActDeprivationofLibertySafeguards/index.htm

Care Quality Commission

The Care Quality Commission will regulate and improve the quality of health and social care and look after the interests of people detained under the Mental Health Act.

Our work, bringing together regulation of the quality of health and adult social care for the first time, will touch the lives of almost everyone in England.

www.cqc.org.uk

Criminal Records Bureau

The CRB website - provides you with information about the CRB and its services.

The CRB’s aim is to help organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable to work with children or other vulnerable members of society.

www.crb.gov.uk/

General Social Care Council (GSCC)

The social care workforce regulator in England

We register social care workers and regulate their conduct and training.

www.gscc.org.uk/Home/

Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) was established by Government in 2001 to improve social care services for adults and children in the United Kingdom.

www.scie.org.uk/

The Carer

Tips and advice to all carers on getting help, everyday practicalities, accommodation, health issues, money matters and bereavement

www.thecarer.co.uk/home.htm

Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA)

The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) has been created to help prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults.

We will do this by working in partnership with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), which will gather relevant information on every person who wants to work or volunteer with vulnerable people.

www.isa-gov.org.uk/default.aspx

Caring Business Jobs

www.caringbusiness.co.uk/jobs

Preventing Illegal Working

www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/lawandpolicy/preventingillegalworking

Smoke-free (Exemptions and Vehicles) Regulations 2007

www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/20070765.htm

Smoke Free Policy and Interventions in Mental Health Settings: A Toolkit

A Support Pack for Smoke free Mental Health Services (available by contacting the TCC by email at: tcc@tobaccocontrolcentre.org.uk or by telephone on 01926490190