Social Policy

• Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) - Loughborough University, UK
  The Centre conducts research into social policy with the aim of improving the quality and flow of information on which policy decisions are made and promoting contacts between policy makers, practitioners and the research community. Their mission is "excellence in independent social policy research and evaluation". Their research projects include: income support dynamics, income deprivation in the city, customer contact with the benefit agency, complementary social insurance schemes, co-op movement and community well being.

• Centre for Social Policy Research and Development (CSPRD) - University of Wales, Bangor
  The centre conducts research into community care issues, natably provision for elderly people (dementia studies), people with learning disabilities, community care and lone parenting.

• Community Social Planning Council of Metropolitan Toronto (CSPC) - Canada
  SPC is an independent, non-profit, organization of individuals and groups funded by 'The United Way of Greater Toronto' and 'The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto'. They are dedicated to research, planning, policy analysis and advocacy.

• European Centre for Social Welfare and Policy Research
  An international social science research, policy, and information centre; and an intergovernmental organization on social welfare, affiliated to the United Nations. Research and programme activities focus on welfare and social development in a broad sense: social integration, security, care, health and well-being by the provision of public goods and personal services, The focus is not on welfare as such but on the interplay of socio-economic development between institutions, public policies, and personal social services. Typical areas covered include: social security, ageing, care of children, migration and human rights.

• european-social-policy mailing list archive
  Deals with social policy and social welfare issues in Europe, including the EU. Of interest to academics in social policy, sociology, economics, political science, law, public administration, and to others involved in policy debate. You can get information on the mailing list, browse the messages in the archive, or join the list.

• Globalism and Social Policy Programme (GASPP)
  A research, advisory, education and public information programme based jointly at STAKES (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health), Helsinki, Finland and the Centre for Research on Globalisation and Social Policy, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, England. Directed by Professor Bob Deacon.

• Nederlands Instituut voor Zorg en Welzijn (NIZW)
  Dutch institute for welfare and care. Includes a collection of links to welfare and social care sites in the Netherlands.

• New Technology in the Human Services
  A quarterly journal devoted to the dissemination of information about the application of information and information technology in the human services. The give provides subscription information, a preview of the last issue, references & abstracts of past issuesm and a sample article. There are two free electronic services: the software directory and the SWBIB (a free indexing and abstracting service to publications on new technology in the huan services).

• Social Policy Association (SPA)
  The SPA is a professional association open for membership to academics and practitioners working in social policy with an interest in British and international social policy. It also manages an email discussion list, which is open to members and non-members alike.

• Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)
  The subject centre for Social Policy and Social Work in the UK.

• Social Policy Net
  A guide to social policy resources, presented by the Social Policy Association of the United Kingdom and the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York (UK).

• Social Policy Virtual Library (SPVL)
  Department of Social and A virtual librabry project, co-ordinated by Theo Papadopoulos (Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK). It provides links to sites of major organizations, libraries, research institutes, publications and journals as well as access to online databases and data sources, other information gateways, social policy mailing lists and discussion groups. It also provides information on research opportunities and funding and access to resources for teaching social policyt and related subjects.

• SOSIG
  Subject Guide: Social Welfare

• Sozial Politik
  A German mailing list on social policy.

• Spicker, Paul (University of Dundee, Scotland)
  Social Policy: welfare, society and the state

• UK Social & Policy Sciences Information Gateway
  It provides links to sites of major governmental organizations, think tanks & research institutes, official publications, libraries and journals as well as access to online databases and data sources, other information gateways, policy-related mailing lists and discussion groups. In the section Social & Policy Issues a number of links are classified thematically. Editor: Theo Papadopoulos (Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK).

• Welfare Information Network
  A clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance on welfare reform in the USA. The site provides access to a variety of welfare policy documents: federal sources, think-tank studies on state welfare programs and initiatives. It includes a very good page with links to welfare relates web sites, divided in categories like: statistical data, policy analysis and evaluation, legislative information, state and local initiatives.

• Zentrum für Socialpolitik (ZES)
  The Centre for Social Policy Research at Bremen University (Germany). Research is concentrated on theory and constitution of the welfare state, health policy, social medicine and gender policy.

• Zorgstad Amsterdam
  Social policy in Amsterdam. An initiative of the Wellfare Service of Amsterdam's Municipality, department of Social and Health Care, and several care providers in Amsterdam. The site provides information about the Amsterdam care policies, care providers and their activities.

Social Security

World Wide

• Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD)
  A national, research-based non-profit organization which focusus on issues of social and economic security. The mission of the CCSD is to develop and promote progressive social policies inspired by social justice, equality and the empowerment of individuals and communities through research, consultation, public education and advocacy. The site includes a Publication Catalogue, Online Documents and a very useful Social Indicators Site.

• Social Security - International Labour Organization (ILO)
  The ILO actively promotes policies and provides assistance to countries to set up mechanisms to provide access to an adequate level of social protection to all members of society. The Social Security Department has related action programmes, designed to develop a planning framework for: reforming and developing social security systems; improving the governance, management and administration and operation of social security schemes; and addressing the issues of safety nets, social assistance, poverty prevention and the extension of social protection through improved use of tax-based transfers and the potential role of tax-financed universal health care services.

• Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe
  The 2002 edition provides, in summary form, the basic provisions of social security legislation and administration in 165 countries. The report contains information on old-age, survivors, and disability insurance, sickness and maternity coverage, work injury provisions, unemployment compensation, and family allowances. Each section is further subdivided into: dates of basic laws, coverage, source of funds, contribution rates and ceilings, qualifying conditions, benefit amounts, and administrative organizations. The 'Guide' contains a detailed introduction discussing concepts, practices, and terminology.

• Social Security Web Sites Around the World
  A collection of links to social security agencies and organizations around the world, gathered by the American Social Security Administration (SSA).

• Social Security online
  Site of the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the U.S.A. The social security statement is a record of the earning on which you have paid Social Security taxes during your working years. It also gives you a summary of the estimated benefits you (or your family) may receive as a result of those earnings.

• Workfare-Fight
  A list for organizing welfare recipients and fighting workfare internationally.

Europe

• BIEN - Basic Income European Network
  A basic income is an income unconditionally granted to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement. Basic income has been given different names: state bonus and social credit, social wage and social dividend, guaranteed income and citizen's wage, citizenship income and demogrant, existence income and universal grant. This site gives a more detailed presentation of basis income. It includes a listing of national networks on basic income and a newsletter.

• MISSOC - Mutual Information System on Social Protection in the Member States of the European Union
  An information system created at the initiative of the European Commission (Directorate-General V) to probive brief, up-to-date and comparative information on social protection systems in the Member States of the EU. The presentation is organized in four sections. "Trends in Social Protection" contains a comprehensive analysis of the development of social protection, an account of measures introduced in the Member States, and national reports on the evolution of social protection in each Member State. The "Comparative Tables" contain flow charts on the organization and financing of social protection, the basic benefits, regulations on the guaranteerd minimum level of resources, and social protection for the self-employed. The "News and Trends" section contains information bulletins which deel with actual development in the Member States as well as special subjects concerning social protection. The last section, "Current Information" contains informations on recent publications and interesting events in the field of social protection.

• Unemployed Workers Resources Page
  Unemployed Workers Centres around Britain exist to help you overcome the effects of what can be either a nightmare or a chance to rethink your life. They are often campaigning against unemployment and policies which strip us of our rights and benefits, and for a return to full employment and a fair society.

Netherlands

• ABP
  The biggest pension fund for government and education authorities in the Netherlands. It schemes are flexibel so that partiipants can profit from the collectivism and attain their own individual wishes. The site offers general information on the institution, annual reports and reports on invesments.

• Breed Platform Verzekerden & Werk (BPV&W)
  Dutch platform for people with social security problems.

• Informatiepunt sociale zekerheid
  A project of the Vereniging Bijstandsbond Amsterdam (VBA) and the Werklozen Belangen Vereniging Amsterdam (WBVA). Useful information on unemployment and social security, presented by the organizations that try to organize the unemployed.

• Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid
  Dutch Ministry of Labor and Social Security

• Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB)
  Dutch Social Insurance Bank. With information on:
  • Algemene Ouderdomswet (AOW) - Old Age Pensions Act
  • Kinderbijslagwet (AKW) - Child Benefits Act
  • Algemene nabestaandenwet (ANw) - Survivors' Benefit Act
  
  

• Sociale Zekerheid in Nederland - Social Security in the Netherlands
  Information on National insurance for residents of the Netherlands, Industrial insurance for employed persons, and Social Provisions. Provided by: Ridderveld A&A.

• WerkSite: wet- en regelgeving - Labor and Social Security in the Netherlands.
  Information on:
  • Sociale verzekeringen (Social Insurance)
    • Volksverzekeringen (National insurance for residents of the Netherlands)
    • Werknemersverzekeringen (Industrial insurance for employed persons):
      Wet op de Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering (WAO), Wachtgeld, Werkloosheidswet (WW), Ziektewet (ZW), Wet Uitbreiding Loondoorbetaling bij Ziekte (WULBZ), Ziekenfondswet (ZWF).
  • Sociale voorzieningen (Social Provisions):
    Algemene BijstandsWet (ABW)

• ZW Sociale Zekerheid - Information Centre for Social Security. The site offers some global information of the Dutch sociale security system. English and Dutch version. Information on:
  Abw | AOW | Anw | WAO | WAZ | ZFW

• Zorgverzekeraars Nederland - Health care in the Netherlands.

Social Work

General

• ASIT - Servizio Sociale su Internet
  Italian website for social workers and related professionals. Editor: Mario Abrate.

• Global Social Work Network (GSWN)
  An association of social work professionals world wide. The network promotes information exchange of global and local social work resources, educational opportunities, foreign and domestic social work licensure regulations, and to support those seeking career opportunities worldwide.

• Irish Social Care Gateway
  The leading Irish directory of information for social care practitioners, students, academics and those interested in care issues.

• March, Scott
  Community Organizing on the Internet: Implications for Social Work Practictioners

• Fischer, Robert [1996]
  Social Work in a Private World
  Chapter One in Robert Fischer and Howard Karker [1996] Social Work in a Private World, Longmans.

• Internet Social Worker
  An internet guide for social workers, written by Angela Upton (National Institute for Social Work, London, UK).

• Mailing Lists for Social Workers

• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
  Code of Ethics
  Approved by the 1996 NASW Delegate Assembly and revised by the 1999 NASW Delegate Assembly. The code of ethics is intended to serve as a gujide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers. It describes the social work profession's mission and core values, provides an overview of the main function of the code, a brief guide for dealing with ethical issues or dilemmas in social work practice, and a specifies ethical stahndardsto guide social workers' conduct to provide a basis for adjudication.

• New Social Worker Online, The
  The electronic version of the american magazine devoted especially to social work students and recent graduates. Some of the contributions are full-text articles. It includes a list of links on social work.

• Sociaal-Cultureel Werk
  Information about Community Work, Youthwork and Welfare work. Presented by: ROC Midden-Brabant College DGO. The Netherlands.

• Social Work Access Network (SWAN)
  A loosely-organized interest group composed of caseworkers, counselors, therapists, students, administrators, and professors in the social work fields. SWAN is dedicated to furthering professional connectivity and the overall effectiveness of social work through the advantages provided by computer networking. Editor: Peter Thomas (Univ. of South Carolina).

• Social Work History Station
  Some chapters of a cyberhistory of social work's early years. Editor: Dan Huff, School of Social Work, Boise State University, USA.

• Social Work: Institutes and Organizations from Yahoo!

• Social Work World
  SWW brings social workers, social work students and those interested in social issues together in an informative, supportive environment, which includes a discussion forum, articles, job listings and general link listing.

• Treffpunkt Sozialarbeit
  Facilitates electronic exchange of information and experiences between professionals and students in the german speaking world. It's a meeting point organized around the Mailingliste Sozialarbeit.

• Virtual Social Work (VSW)
  An information gateway for social workers in the UK. It facilitates professional networking via e-mail, bulletin boards, newsgroups and mailing lists. It includes all sorts of handy resources such as complete TV listings of programmes about social issues or current affairs, jobsearches etc. It's a non-commercial private venture of Conny Carnuth.

• Youth Work Links (SocioSite)

Academic Departments

• Department of Social Work - Saratov State Technic University (Russia)
  Information on educational programs and research activities,on-line publications in sociolology, gender studies, social work and social anthropology.

• Michigan State University School of Social Work

• School of Social Work - University of Southern California, USA

Associations and Societies

• Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups (AASWG)
  Dedicated to the advocacy and action in support of group work practice, education, research, and publication. The site contains a listing of social work and group work links.

• Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
  The association of boards that regulate social work in America. The ASWB develops and maintains the social work licensing examination for the USA, and is a resource for information on the legal regulations of social work.

• Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers (AIWCW)
  The professional organization for welfare and community workers in Australia.

• British Association of Social Workers (BASW)

• Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work
  A national charitable association of university faculties, schools and departments offering professional education in social work at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. English and French version.

• Danish Association of Social Workers
  A professional association and trade union for professional social workers or students. Organizes 95% of all professional social workers in Denmark.

• International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)

• Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW)

• National Association of Social Workers (NASW) - USA

• Social Work Access Network (SWAN)
  A site for professionals, educators, and students searching the web for resources related to social work. SWAN is dedicated to promoting technology as an instructional enhancement tool across the social work cirruculum

• Social Work Alliance - UK
  Provides an internet information and current awareness service for social work professionals in the UK.

Journals and Magazines

• Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work [table of content]
  A scholarly social work journal that addresses the concerns of social workers and their clients from a feminist point of view. It offers a mix of research reports, new theory and creative approaches to the challenges confronting women.

• British Journal of Social Work [table of content + abstracts]
  The journal of the British Association of Social Workers is a leading academic social work journal in the UK. The journal tries to cover every aspect of social work and wants to keep up to date with theoretical and empirical developments in the field, and it seems they are closing in to this goal.

• Critical Social Work [full-text]
  An interdisciplinary journal dedicated to social justice. Editors: Richard Pozzuto, Sylvia Hawranick and Roger Lohman.

• Electronic Journal of Social Work [full text]
  A peer-reviewed electronic journal that publishes papers from all areas relates to social work education and practice.

• New Social Worker Online [table of content]
  Editor: Linda May Grobman.

• Social Service Review [table of content + abstracts]
  Committed to an examination of social welfare and to an evaluation of its effects. The Review publishes articles on a wide range of topics, including poverty, ethnicity, income distribution, family conflict, social welfare policy, mental health services, community development, and deviancy. Editor: Michael R. Sosin.

Reference: Guides and Links Collections

• Grassroots: Social Work Resources

• Mickey's Place in the Sun - Social Work and Social Services Resources

• Gateways to Internet Resources related to social work - Bobst Library at New York University, USA.

• Social Work
  A Dutch site with a list of structured links on social policy. Editor: André Walraven (Breda, Netherlands).

• Social Work Cafe (SWC)
  Links to topics of interest to social workers.

• Social Work Gateway
  Resources for teachers, students and practitioners. Presented by the Centre for Human Service Technology of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. Editor: Ann Wilkinson.

• Social Work Online
  A one stop site featuring the most valuable social work, social services, and mental health resources on the Internet. It includes a social work online bookstore and newsletter. Editor: Marvin P. Vernon (California, USA).

• Social Work Research Tools
  A guide to social work presented by the Social Work Information Center of the University of Southern California, USA.

• Social Workers
  Resources from Nerd World Media.

• SOSIG
  Social Work - World Resources. Europe | U.K.

• Sozialwesen und Internet
  An German internet guide for social workers. Editor: Günther Stahlmann (Fulda, Germany).

• Subject Resources for Social Work - Univ. of British Columbia Library, Canada.
  Information to the major research resources in Social Work, and links to selected, important web sites pertinent to that field.

• Web Resources for Social Workers - Colorado State University (USA).
  Annotated links on professional organizations, not-for-profit and non-profit organizations, journals, magazines, newsgroups, substance abuse information, domestic violence, mental health information, and many social services links. The majority of the more than 59,000 links are to the "grey literature".

Editor	dr. Albert Benschop Social & Behavioral Studies University of Amsterdam
Created	October, 1998
Last modified	20th July, 2009