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Practitioners websites

Addiction Counsellors of Ireland 
This is a long established professional association that accredits counsellors working in the specific field of addiction.

BMJ Best Practice 
The HSE library service have arranged that the clinical tool BMJ Best Practice is available free to everyone in Ireland. It provides healthcare professionals with quick, easy access to the latest information and evidence for diagnosis and treatment decisions.

CORU – Regulating health and social care professionals
CORU’s role is to protect the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training and competence through statutory registration of health and social care professionals.

Irish Association of Social Workers 
The IASW provide support to social workers in the practice of their profession.

HIQA (Health Information Quality Authority) 
Guidelines and standards for health and social care professionals in Ireland, including podcasts and videos.

HSE Library and information service 
Range of resources to support clinical and management decision-making, evidence-based patient care and CPD.

Practice Links 
Practice Links is a free e-publication for practitioners working in Irish social services, voluntary and non-governmental sectors.

Probation Service 
Guidelines & standards, legislation, publications, research, Also publishes Probation Journal

Social Care Ireland 
SCI provides a consistent and cohesive voice to key issues relevant to social care work and education, and brings elements of social care education, training and practice closer together

UK and international

British Association of Social Workers 
BASW is the largest professional association for social work in the UK, with offices in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They promote the best possible social work services for all people who may need them, while also securing the wellbeing of social workers.

International Nurses Society on Addictions 
The IntNSA is a professional specialty organization for nurses committed to the prevention, intervention, treatment, and management of addictive disorders including alcohol and other drug dependencies, nicotine dependencies, eating disorders, dual and multiple diagnosis, and process addictions such as gambling.

NHS A to Z 
NHS A to Z is a website with advice for patients and healthcare providers in the United Kingdom. There are some useful resources available including videos.

Social Care Institute for Excellence 
Gathers and analyses knowledge about what works. translates this into practical resources, learning materials and services.

The Social Care Elf 
This blog site is jointly funded by Minervation Ltd, the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the LSE and the NIHR School for Social Care Research as part of the Social Care Evidence in Practice (SCEiP project). Supporting organisations include Making Research Count, the Social Services Research Group and the Social Care Institute for Excellence.

If you have any suggestions for other relevant websites please send the links to drugslibrary@hrb.ie