Subject & Study Guides: Social Studies/Practice: Recommended Websites

Key Websites

Irish Resources
International Resources

American Sociology Association
Barnardos Ireland
British Sociology Association
Brothers of Charity
CAMHS
Central Statistics Office The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is Ireland's national statistical office and our purpose is to impartially collect, analyse and make available statistics about Ireland’s people, society and economy.
Child Care Law Reporting Project
Citizens Information Site provides comprehensive information on public services and on the entitlements of citizens in Ireland. They gather information from various government departments and agencies, and present it in an easy-to-understand way. It is provided by the Citizens Information Board.
Coru Coru is an umbrella body responsible for protecting the public by regulating health and social care professionals. It includes the Health and Social Care Professionals Council established in 2007 and the 12 registration boards to be established under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act. The name CORU originates from an Irish word, ‘cóir’ meaning fair, just and proper.
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Early Childhood Ireland
Economic and Social research Council UK
Economic and Social Research Institute The ESRI produces independent, high-quality research with the objective of informing policies that support a healthy economy and promote social progress.
Inclusion Ireland National Association for People with an intellectual disability
Irish Association of Social Workers
Irish Social Science Data Archive The Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) is Ireland’s leading centre for quantitative data acquisition, preservation, and dissemination. Based at UCD Library, its mission is to ensure access to quantitative datasets in the social sciences, and to advance the promotion of international comparative studies of the Irish economy and Irish society.
Jigsaw
NASC Irish Immigrant Support Centre
National Council for Special Education The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs arising from disabilities with particular emphasis on children. The Council was first established as an independent statutory body by order of the Minister for Education and Science in December 2003. Our local service is delivered through our national network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) who interact with parents and schools and liaise with the HSE in providing resources to support children with special educational needs.
NCCA Ireland
OECD Stat OECD.Stat includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.
Ombudsman for Children in Ireland
Pobal
Quality early years care and education Barnardos (2016)
Reach out
Self Care in Social work
Social Care Ireland
Social welfare statistics
The Sociology Association of Ireland
Sociosite
St Hilda's Athlone
Student Survey Welcome to the StudentSurvey.ie website! You can find information about StudentSurvey.ie for first and final year undergrad and taught postgrad students, and PGR StudentSurvey.ie for research postgrad students
Student lifestyle survey
TULSA Child and Family Agency Ireland
Western Care
The Wheel

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British Association of Social Workers
British Library: online portal for social welfare professionals
CYC-NET, International Child and Youth Care Network A network for Child and Youth Care professionals worldwide.
Early Education (UK) We are a national charity supporting early years practitioners with training, resources and professional networks, and campaigning for quality education for the youngest children.
EuroFound Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, is a European Union body, one of the first to be established to work in specialised areas of EU policy. Specifically, it was set up by the Council: Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1365/75 of 26 May 1975, to contribute to the planning and design of better living and working conditions in Europe.
Europa The web site of the EU, with access to the home pages of the European Institutions, and to the Eur-Lex, database of European Union law which includes electronic access to the Official Journal.
Inclusion Europe website
Social Care Online (UK) Social Care Online is a free database of social care information. With everything from research briefings, to reports, government documents, journal articles, events and websites. It is updated daily.
UNICEF

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