Using a planner can help your social care workload. Here’s how.
67% of social workers who responded to Community Care’s survey said they often miss their lunch breaks. While this happens to everyone now and again, it should not be a regular occurrence, even in a high-pressure, high-workload role such as social care.
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How to ask for feedback at work?
Feedback is crucial to social work practice; it promotes personal and professional growth by helping you identify what aspects of your practice you need to work on. Keep reading to see more reasons why feedback is important, how to ask for it, who to ask for it and what to do after receiving it.
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Why choose social work as a profession?
The social work profession is all about dedicating yourself to the community to enhance human well-being and help individuals meet their basic and complex needs. If you’re looking for a career that is rewarding, has a meaning, action and diversity then social work could be your calling. Keep reading to find out more about the […]
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Resources to improve social worker wellbeing
Social workers completely dedicate themselves to public service and play a vital role in helping to protect vulnerable adults, children, and families. With long working hours, stressful situations, complex cases and what can sometimes be distressing home visits and assessments. The impacts of these situations mean that we often neglect our mental wellbeing in order […]
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Haven’t found your perfect social work role yet? Here’s how you can.
Whether you’re looking for a locum or permanent social work position, we can help you find a role that meets all your needs, both professionally and personally. We are proud to have experienced consultants that can recruit every grade of social worker, always sticking to our two core principles: Placing the right person in […]
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Need an umbrella provider? Here’s what to look out for
We’ve placed you into your perfect locum social work role and now you need to choose an umbrella provider. The amount of Umbrella companies available can make looking for one that is right for you very confusing. Umbrella providers also can have a number of negative press around them, which does not make the process […]
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Our compliance process: a chat with Fiona
Compliance and safeguarding remain our top priority as a leading provider of health and social care staff in the UK. Our dedicated compliance team ensure that you can get started in your new role quickly, taking as much admin away from yourself and your employer as possible. This week, we sat down with our Compliance […]
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CV Writing Guide for Social Workers
Using the same CV you’ve had for years? Or are you a recent social work graduate and not sure where to start? Don’t worry! Our specialist consultants know the hiring process inside out and understand what stands out to busy hiring managers that are sifting through dozens of CVs. They have put together a CV structure and […]
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The Social Work CPD ideas you need to read
Finding the time to record different types of CPD alongside a full-time job, social life, family commitments and more can be incredibly daunting. Still haven’t completed your requirements for this year? Don’t wait till the last minute to cram it all in, you don’t want to rush it and run the risk of it being […]
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Care workers and the cost of living crisis
As the cost of living continues to increase, more and more people on lower incomes are struggling to make ends meet. Care workers in particular, who are burnt out after 2 years of working on the frontline in the pandemic, are feeling the effects of this.
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