We interview Jo Welch, Senior Lecturer in Learning Disability Nursing, and chair of Positive Choices event 2011. Jo tells us why Positive Choices is so important for learning disability jobs, RNLD nurses and the learning difficulties industry in the UK.
Fostering advisory work is a key area in the developing relationship between foster agencies and potential foster families. Sarah Kean-Price talks to Will Simpson about his day-to-day work life:
Sarah Kean-Price talks to a carer in a children’s home about their first 3 weeks in a their new job. She finds that two days are never the same and the desire to work with the homeless has been a driving force from an early age.
Sarah Kean-Price talks to Alex Hamlin about working with deaf and deaf-blind clients as an educational communication support worker. Alex explains how he got in to the job, and why it's great to learn British Sign Language.
What are social housing jobs about and what kind of careers are available in social housing? We try to quickly answer these questions about this large sector of social care.
In this article Sarah Kean-Price, who is, amongst other things, also a care worker, explains what it is she loves about care worker jobs, and how she got in to the profession.