Useful links

Please select a links section from the list below:

National Organisations for local government
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
Improvement & Development Agency
LACORS
Local Authorities’ Gateway
Local Government Association
Local Government Commission for England
Local Government Employers
Local Government Information Unit
Local Government Pension Scheme
Local Partnerships
Northern Ireland Local Government Association
Welsh Local Government Association

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Regional Employers’ Organisations for local government
London Councils
East of England Regional Assembly
East Midlands Regional LGEM
LGMB Yorkshire and Humberside Region
North Eastern Regional Employers’ Organisation
North Western Local Authorities’ Employers’ Organisation
South East Employers
South West Regional Assembly
West Midlands Local Government Association

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Central Government Departments & Organisations

Cabinet Office
Communities and Local Government
Countryside Agency
Department for Education & Skills
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Department for Work & Pensions
Department of Trade and Industry
Department for Transport
Department of Health
Directgov
Food Standards Agency
Forestry Commission
info4local
National Assembly for Northern Ireland
Scottish Executive
Scottish Parliament
Health and Safety Executive

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Local Councils

Follow this link for Local Councils

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Sector Skills Councils
Asset Skills – property, housing, cleaning and facilities management
Automotive Skills – retail motor industry
Cogent – chemicals, nuclear, oil, gas petroleum and polymer industries
Construction Skills – construction
Creative and Cultural Industries – arts, museums, galleries, heritage, crafts and design
Energy and Utility Skills – electricity, gas, waste management and water industries
e-skills UK – information technology, telecommunications and contact centres
Financial Services Skills Council – financial services industry
GoSkills – passenger transport
Government Skills – central government
Improve – food and drink manufacturing and processing
Lantra – environmental and land-based industries
Lifelong Learning UK – community based learning and development, further education, higher education, library and information services, work-based learning
People 1st – hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism
Proskills – process and manufacturing of extractives, coatings, refractories, building products, paper and print
SEMTA – science, engineering and manufacturing technologies
Skillfast-UK – apparel, footwear, textiles and related businesses
Skills for Care and Development – social care including children, families and young people
Skills for Health – All staff groups working in NHS, independent and voluntary health organisations
Skills for Justice – custodial care, community justice and police
Skills for Logistics – freight logisitcs industry
SkillsActive – active leisure and learning
Skillset – broadcast, film, video, interactive media and photo imaging
Skillsmart Retail – retail
SummitSkills – building services engineering (electro-technical, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration and plumbing)
UK Commission for Employment and Skills

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Awarding Bodies
More information about the national qualifications framework and awarding bodies is available from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority www.qca.org.uk

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Social Services
Follow this link for Social Services

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Professional Bodies

Building your community

Architecture & Surveying
Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation
Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Building, Construction & Maintenance
Association of Building Engineers
Chartered Institute of Building
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Council for Registered Gas Installers
Heating & Ventilating Contractors’ Association
Institute of Clerks of Works of Great Britain
Institute of Plumbing
Institution of Electrical Engineers
Institution of Lighting Engineers
Institution of Structural Engineers
RICS Building Control Forum
Society of Operations Engineers
Housing
Chartered Institute of Housing
Finance
Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation

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Caring for your community
British Association of Occupational Therapists & The College of Occupational Therapists
British Association of Social Workers
British Psychological Society
Care Council for Wales
General Social Care Council
National Portage Association
Northern Ireland Social Care Council
Professional Association of Nursery Nursing (part of Professional Association of Teachers)
Scottish Social Services Council
Social Care Association

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Educating your community

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
General Teaching Council of England
General Teaching Council of Scotland
General Teaching Council of Wales
Institute of Careers Guidance
Institute of Linguists
Professional Association of Teachers

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Entertaining your community
Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management
Institute of Sport and Recreation Management
Institute of Travel and Tourism
Local Authority Caterers Association
Museums Association
Swimming Teachers’ Association

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Protecting your community
Emergency services
Institution of Fire Engineers
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Environmental Care & Conservation
Arboricultural Association
British Ecological Society
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
Countryside Management Association
Institute of Agricultural Engineers
Institute of Institute of Groundsmanship
Institute of Horticulture
Environmental Health
British Pest Control Association
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Institute of Science & Technology
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Association of Port Health Authorities
Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland
Royal Institute of Public Health
Highways & Maintenance
Engineering Council
Institution of Civil Engineers
Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers
Institution of Highways and Transportation
Institution of Incorporated Engineers
Institution of Lighting Engineers
Institute of Logistics and Transport
Institute of Measurement and Control
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Institute of Transport Administration
Planning
Transport Planning Society
Royal Town Planning Institute
Trading Standards
Trading Standards Institute
Waste Management
Chartered Institute of Wastes Management

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Supporting your community
Administration
Association of Electoral Administrators
Council for Administration
Institute of Administrative Management
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
Finance
Association of Accounting Technicians
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Association of Consulting Actuaries
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
Institute of Actuaries
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Institute of Cost and Executive Accountants
Institute of Economic Development
Institute of Financial Accountants
Institute of Internal Auditors
International Association of Bookkeepers
Human Resources
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
IT
Association of Computer Professionals
British Computer Society
Chartered Society of Designers
Institute for the Management of Information Systems
Legal
Faculty of Advocates
Institute of Legal Executives
Law Society
Law Society of Scotland
Solicitors in Local Government
Marketing
Chartered Institute of Marketing
Institute of Customer Service
Institute of Public Relations
Market Research Society
Management
Association of Electoral Administrators
Chartered Management Institute
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
Institute of Leadership and Management

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Other Useful Sites
Careers & Jobs
Careers Wales
Connexions Service
Department of Health Social Careers Information:

www.socialworkcareers.co.uk
www.socialcarecareers.co.uk

Early Years careers
Education Jobs
Environmental Health Careers Information
Jobcentre Plus
Local Government Jobs
NHS careers
Police Recruitment Information
Transportation jobs
Trading standards
Qualifications & Training
Apprenticeships website
Community Work Training
Graduate Teacher Training Registry
Qualifications & Curriculum Authority
Training and Development Agency for Schools
Universities & Colleges Admissions Service
Equality & Diversity
Policy Think-Tanks
Centre for Local Economic Strategies
Institute of Economic Affairs
Institute of Public Policy Research

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Information
Corporate
Communications Advertising & Marketing Education Foundation
Design Council
Emergency
Civil Contingencies Secretariat
Firenet
London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Environment
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
Environment Council
Royal Forestry Society
Royal Horticultural Society
Leisure
Arts Council
Royal Lifesaving Society UK
Scottish Sports Council
Sport England
Springboard UK (information on careers in catering, leisure and tourism)
Social
Community Development Foundation
Council for Awards in Children’s Care and Education
National Youth Agency
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