Social care library and information services
Families, children and young people
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR ADOPTION AND FOSTERING
Contact: Katrina Wilson, Information
Officer
Address: BAAF Library and Information
Service, 3 rd Floor, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street
, London EC1N 8TS
Phone: 020 7421 2600
email: mail@baaf.org.uk
Website: http://www.baaf.org.uk
Subjects covered: looked after children, adoption, intercountry adoption, fostering, private fostering, kinship care, residential care, unaccompanied asylum seeking children, children's social services, child protection, child abuse, leaving care. Related areas: disability, black and minority ethnic issues, health and mental health issues, parenting, social exclusion. Some material dates back to the 1940s, or earlier in the case of legislation.
Access: BAAF staff members: full library service. Non-members: reference only, by appointment. Opening hours: 09.00-17.00 Monday-Friday.
Services: reference library, computers, internet access, photocopying (charges apply), library guides.
Disabled access: wheelchair accessible
CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP
Contact: Eileen Dacey, Information
Officer.
Address: 94 White Lion Street ,
London N1 9PF
Phone: 020 7837 7979
email: info@cpag.org.uk
Website: http://www.cpag.org.uk/
Subjects covered: poverty, welfare benefits and related issues.
Access: reference only, by appointment. Opening hours: Monday-Friday 09.30-17.00.
Services: reference library, photocopying (charges apply), internet access
Disabled access: wheelchair accessible
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU
Contact: Library and Information
Service
Address: 8 Wakley Street , London
EC1V 7QE
Phone: 020 7843 6008
email: library@ncb.org.uk
Website: www.ncb.org.uk
Subjects covered: Children and young people; multidisciplinary, including research, policy, legislation and statistics. Separate collection on children's play. Subject coverage includes children in care, young offenders, preschool children, special education, disability, participation, personal social and health education, poverty, health and mental health, drug misuse, history of childhood.
Access: NCB Members (includes local authorities, universities, primary care trusts, schools, voluntary and statutory organisations), students: reference only, by appointment. Non-members: reference only, by appointment, £10.00 daily visitor fee.
Services: computers, internet access, photocopying (charges apply), access to library catalogue and other databases, literature searches (charges apply) library guides. Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10.00-17.00.
Customised literature searches from ChildData are available on request at cost, by phone on 020 7843 6008: by e-mail at library@ncb.org.uk - please include your postal address and full name.
Disabled access: wheelchair accessible
NSPCC
Contact: NSPCC Library and Information
service
Address: Weston House, 42 Curtain
Road , London EC2A 3NH
Phone: 020 7825 2775
email: info@nspcc.org.uk
Website: www.nspcc.org.uk
Subjects covered: Child protection, child abuse and its treatments, for professionals and researchers (Masters and above).
Access: NSPCC staff: full access. Professionals and Masters students and above: reference only, by appointment
Services: computers, internet access, photocopying (charges apply), library guides.
Disabled access: wheelchair accessible.
NATIONAL YOUTH AGENCY
Contact: Jo Poultney
Address: Eastgate House, 19-23
Humberstone Road , Leicester LE5 3GJ
Phone: 0116 242 7350
email: nya@nya.org.uk
Website: http://www.nya.org.uk/Templates/internal.asp?NodeID=88979
Library catalogue: http://www.nya.org.uk/Templates/system/LibrarySearchTemplate.asp?NodeID=91090 ; electronic information centre: http://www.nya.org.uk/Templates/internal.asp?NodeID=89404
Subjects covered: youth affairs, working with young people and the youth service, and background information on related fields such as social welfare and education.
Access: reference only, by appointment. Charges: £10.00 per day.
Disabled access: phone for details
SCOTTISH INSTITUTE FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILDCARE
(SIRCC)
Contact: Alan Macquarrie, Library
and Information Officer
Address: National Office, 5th Floor,
Sir Henry Wood Building , 76 Southbrae Drive , Glasgow
G13 1PP
Phone: 0141 950 3683
email: a.macquarrie@strath.ac.uk
Website: http://www.sircc.strath.ac.uk/library/
Library catalogue: http://www.sircc.strath.ac.uk/library/catalogue.html
Subjects covered: All aspects of residential child care, including staff training and government guidance.
Access: open to residential workers, managers, students, academics and others with an interest in the field of residential care for children and young people. Workers who do not have easy access to any other academic or institutional library will be given priority. Opening hours: Monday-Friday from 09.15-17.00.
Services: loans (to people working in Scotland ), online databases.
The library and information service responds to requests for information by telephone, fax, email or in person. Can provide literature searches, resource lists and information on resources held by other institutions. Postal loans service available to people working in Scotland .
Disabled access: phone for details