Resourses
The following links are external to that of this site:
- Adoption Board / Authority
- An Garda Siochana (Guardians of the Peace - Ireland’s National Police Service)
- Centre for Early Child Development and Education (CECDE)
- Children’s Rights Alliance
- Combat Poverty Agency
- Courts Service Ireland
- Crisis Pregnancy Agency
- Department of Education and Science
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Department of Health and Children
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI)
- Dublin City Council
- Economic and Social Research Institute
- Equality Authority
- Health Information and Quality Authority
- Health Research Board
- Health Service Executive
- Higher Education Authority
- Homeless Agency
- Immigrant Council of Ireland
- Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs
- Irish Association of Social Workers
- Irish Association of Young People in Care
- Irish Council for Social Housing
- Irish Government
- Irish Hospice Foundation
- Irish Human Rights Commission
- Irish Refugee Council
- Irish Youth Justice Service
- Mental Health Commission
- National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism
- National Council on Ageing and Older People
- National Council for Special Education
- National Crime Council
- National Disability Authority
- National Economic and Social Council
- National Economic and Social Forum
- National Educational Welfare Board
- National Social Work Qualifications Board
- National Women’s Council of Ireland
- Office of the Minister for Children
- Office of the Ombudsman for Children
- The Probation Service
- Social Services Inspectorate
- Special Residential Services Board
- Youth in Ireland - a portal site focusing on 'all things youth' in Ireland today.
International links
- Australia - Australian Institute of Criminology
- Australia - Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Australian Institute on Health and Welfare
- Bernard van Leer Foundation (international philanthropic foundation with focus on innovation and quality in early childhood provision)
- Better Care Network for Children without Parental Care
- British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering
- Canada – Canadian Social Research Links (superb social policy resource)
- Centre for Policy on Ageing (UK)
- Chapin Hall Center, University of Chicago (leading international research centre on children)
- Children’s Aid Society, New York City
- Children’s Rights Information Network
- Childwatch International Research Network
- Denmark – official site on social and health policy
- Denmark - Danish National Institute for Social Research
- European Anti-Poverty Network, Ireland
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research - European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless
- European Social Policy Analysis Network
- European Union
- Finland - National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
- Finland - Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
- Germany – German Youth Institute
- Germany - social work in germany
- Information for Practice (excellent US resource on latest developments in social work and social policy internationally )
- International Organisation for Migration
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- National Children’s Bureau
- Netherlands - NIZW Netherlands Institute for Care and Welfare
- New Zealand – government gateway
- Norway – public sector gateway
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Scotland – Scottish Executive (government)
- South Africa - Human Sciences Research Council
- Sweden – official link on society and social policy
- The Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies
The Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford - Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London
- UK - Economic and Social Research Council
- UK - Social Policy Association
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency
- UNESCO
- UNICEF
- World Health Organisation - Regional Office for Europe
Specialist Search Engines and Research Resources
- Campbell Collaboration
- Cochrane Collaboration
- Education Resources Information Center - ERIC (massive US resource on educational research)
- Intute: Social Sciences service
- Intute: Social Welfare
- National Documentation Centre on Drug Use, Ireland
- PubMed (hugely important US government search engine on health research)
- Social Care Online (Most extensive database on social care services in UK – managed by Social Care Institute of Excellence)
- US - Society for Social Work Research
- UK - Social Work Education Committee Code of Ethics for Research in Social Work and Social Care