Links to websites giving Social Care information

Age Concern (Leicestershire and Rutland) Advocacy - This advocacy service is available to people in residential and nursing care.
beecareful.info - Website and information centre providing help, support and advice about health and social care.
Better Caring - Better caring for Professionals provides information about care homes and offers a search for bed and/or care home vacancies.
British Association of Occupational Therapists - The British Association of Occupational Therapists offers information, advice and directories of suppliers and services.
Children's Rights Officers and Advocates - Children's Rights Officers & Advocates.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) - Inspects and reports on care services and councils to improve social care and stamp out bad practice.
National Minimum Standards (CQC) - Important guidelines to help providers, inspectors and people who use services to judge the standard of service of Care Homes, Home Care, Adult Placement Schemes, Domiciliary Care and Nursing Agencies.
Counselling - Includes Counselling information, a list of professional counsellors and psychotherapists.
Direct Gov - Directgov is the place to turn for the widest range of government information and services.
Rights Net A welfare rights website for advice workers.
Social Care Online - An enormous range of free information and research on all aspects of social care.
Social Work Careers - The Department of Health's information on opportunities in social care.

Age Concern (Leicestershire and Rutland) Care Services - Age Concern provides advice and information for carers of older people and respite breaks for carers.
Association of Social Alarm Providers - The Association of Social Alarm Providers works to promote understanding and awareness of telecare and help people find a service locally.
Care Aware - CareAware provides information, advisory and advocacy services, specialising in elderly care funding advice.
Friends of the Elderly - Friends of the Elderly is a charity that support older people by offering help and friendship.
Leicestershire CareOnLine - Provides easily accessible information and services to carers, disabled and older people.
Nursing Home Fees Agency - NHFA provide advice and information to help you understand what financial help the State provides and your entitlements to ensure the best quality care.

Better Caring - Better caring for the Public provides information about care homes and offers a search for bed and/or care home vacancies.
Care Homes - Provides a national search facility for finding care homes and related products and services.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) - Free, independent reports on the quality of your local homes and care services to help you make an informed choice.
Direct Gov - Care Homes - Information from the Government about Care Homes.
Guide2Care - Local information and advice for the care of older people, including a Care Provider Finder.
Help the Aged - Information and support for changing and choosing housing and care arrangements.

Break Charity - The charity Break offers respite care, specialist child care and UK holidays to provide carers with a rest.
Direct Gov - Supported Housing Schemes - Information from the Government about shared care.
Shared Care Network - The Shared Care Network is a national organisation which promotes family-based short breaks (respite care) for disabled children.