Virtual Social Work - Social Work and IT

Social Work and IT

CASS - Centre for Applied Social Surveys - ESRC resource centre active in the providing information and teaching support in quantitative survey methods. Involved in many large-scale British surveys, such as British Social Attitude Survey and the General Household Survey.

CIIMH - Computers in Mental Health - Extensive listing of very useful software relevant to mental health including some assessment tools. For a link to their collection of software, click here.

CTI Human Services - Computers in Teaching Initiative provide information, advice and training in the use of communication and information technology for teaching and learning. For their excellent resource guide listing many useful items of software, click here, and for their CTI-SOCWORK-UK mailing list, click here.

CUSSN - Computer Use in Social Services Network - US site. Group of professionals interested in computers in human services. You can subscribe to the CUSSNET mailing list here, and access their software connection here.

FOLDOC - The Free Online Dictionary of Computing - First class dictionary. Just enter any computing term into the query field and you will get a straighforward definition back. It will decipher most acronyms and understands most internet terms.

HUSITA - Human Service Information Techonolgy Applications - Information on the HUSITA 5 conference.

IRISS - Internet Research and Information for Social Scientists - The IRISS in 1998 brought together social scientists interested in the Internet as a way of supporting or enhancing their work. Many interesting papers were presented which can be accessed from this site.

Journal of Technology in Human Services - The journal explores the uses and potentials of computer and related technologies in mental health, developmental disabilities, welfare, and other human services. It covers the full range of applications, including direct service technologies. Abstracts only.

New Technology in the Human Services Journal - Journal dedicated to disseminating information about applications of communication and information technology in human services.

Online Learning Resources - University of Strathclydes' Department of Social Work. Contains an interesting article by Neil Ballantyne 'The Wired Social Worker', some information about their IT & Social Work module and many interesting and relevant links.

SocNet Social Services Consultancy Network - Consultancy active in information management for health and social services. Click here for their list of social services departments in the UK, and click here for their list of social work courses in the UK

SWBIB Indexing and Abstracting Service - Collection of over 1,400 abstracts and references on literature related to information management in social services with specific focus on IT. Searchable by keyword, author, title etc.

TONIC - The Online Netskills Interactive Course - Easy to understand step-by-step practical guidance on major Internet topics from basic to advanced. Free to use but need to register.

Virtual Society Program - Project looking at computer-mediated interaction and communication. Many interesting and useful links.