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Key Online Resources

There are many very useful websites which can assist with workforce planning and development.  Please find below some of those we think will be useful to you.

Social Services Knowledge Scotland
The SSKS is developed in partnership by IRISS, NHS Education for Scotland, Scottish Learning Networks and Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to support practising social services staff through better access to information and knowledge. It provides a single point of access to social services information and learning resources, and tools & guidance to support individuals, communities and organisations in accessing and sharing knowledge and putting it into practice.

Update 21st August 2009 -

Fifty people from the social services sector attended a workshop on the future development of SSKS on 4th August at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow.     The delegates considered how best to redesign SSKS to make it an easy to use, interactive and indispensable part of the social services world.  You review more details and download the slide presentations which were given on the day by clicking here.

The Self Management and Rehabilitation MKN is a new managed knowledge network (MKN) from NHS Education Scotland provides access to information and evidence about adult rehabilitation and the management of long term conditions

Social Services Knowledge Scotland (SSKS) aims to offer a single, integrated point of access to information and learning resources for social services staff working in health and social care settings
http://www.ssks.org.uk/home.aspx

Updated 7th July 2009  - A Knowledge Management user group has been established as part of the ongoing development of the Social Services Knowledge Scotland (SSKS). For more information and to take part, please visit: http://www.ssks.org.uk/user-group.aspx.

You can now access a comprehensive events calendar by clicking here.

 

The learning exchange
The Learning Exchange is IRISS's digital library of learning resources for social services and social work education and training. The resources include information sheets, official publications, interactive learning resources, video clips, case studies and radio broadcasts, all of which may be used for non-commercial, educational purposes.

reSearch Web
reSearchWeb is funded by the Scottish Government as a tool for the informed social work professional. It provides an easy to search database that gives access to:

• links to the full text of Scottish Government publications on social welfare
• links to the full text of reports from Scottish research
• links to the full text of policy documents relating to Scotland
• links to websites of Scottish organisations.

Social Care Online
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 and you find it all with the click of a button. Updated daily by SCIE's experienced information managers, Social Care Online offers unrivalled free access and ease of use.

NHS Scotland e-Library
The NES Knowledge Services Group provides a national strategic and policy framework, leadership, resources and tools to
widen access to knowledge and promote competence in its use, to help to improve Scotlandís health and healthcare.

E-library of Educational Provision for Long Term Conditions
The purpose of the E-library of Educational Provision for Long Term Conditions is to provide practitioners/workers with a tool to aid in their personal development planning, enabling them to find suitable training provision to help them address the growing issue of long term conditions. The database consists of individual modules that professionals can search for and take to compliment and increase their skills and knowledge in the management of long term conditions. The courses included in the database encompass a broad spectrum of topics from different types of organisations, spanning different levels and modes of learning.
The Learning Network South East is a member of the Steering Group for the South East Long Term Conditions (LCT) Project. For further infomation on the work being undertaken by this project please download the LTC Project Leaflet.

 

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