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Community Services, Social Work and Youth Work

Find information on community services, social work and youth work.

Social work

Organisations


Find a list of links to organisation websites relevant to Australian Social Work practices, click on the other tabs for Blogs and podcasts and Professional associations website links

Professional associations


Find a list of links Professional associations websites

Youth work

International organisations


Find a list of links to International organisation websites relevant to Youth work practices, click on the other tabs for Blogs and podcasts and Professional associations website links

Blogs and podcasts


Find a list of links to Blogs and podcasts discussing Youth work topics, click on the other tabs for Professional associations website links

Professional associations


Find a list of links Professional associations websites

Community services

Australian organisations


Find a list of links to organisation websites relevant to Australian Community services practices, click on the other tabs for Blogs 

Evaluating information sources

The CRAAP test

Evaluate the quality of a range of sources using the CRAAP test.

Currency: when was it created?
Relevance: is it on my topic?
Authority: is it by an expert?
Accuracy: is it correct?
Purpose: why was it created?

The SIFT method

Evaluate the quality of web and social media sources using the SIFT method.

Stop - think before using a source.
Investigate where it is from.
Find alternative sources.
Trace claims, quotes and media.

Fact checking

Find out how to verify the factual accuracy of sources using the Fact Checking guide.

• Assess content created by humans and artificial intelligence (AI).
• Learn how to spot fake news.
• Access different fact checking tools.