10 Carer Blog posts

Keynote speaker, and British Care Award Winner, Ian Donaghy, questions why Social Care staff are so often referred to as ‘unskilled’ and highlights how the perception of Social Care needs to shift.

After commenting on a previous blog, we asked Carer Trainer, Paula, to expand her points. With 33 years' experience Paula, believes recognising the commitment of Carers could be the first step.

Registered Care Home Manager, Liam Palmer walks us through the care job interview process, and highlights some of the "Dos" and "Don’ts".

Caring and support work is emotionally challenging. Identifying the signs of stress is key if we're to manage and avoid burnout.

We answer some commonly asked questions about domiciliary care jobs and explain how you can begin your career.

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.

All across Socialcare.co.uk you’ll see jobs in care homes, and jobs in home care. There’s an important difference, of course. Here we briefly outline four of the most common such jobs that you’ll find on this site.

Domiciliary care jobs are on the increase. As the population of the UK ages and more elderly people require domiciliary care, there are opportunities for people who have never worked in social care before to get a domiciliary care job. Words by Sarah Gill.

We look at the national standards for domiciliary care, the tasks undertaken by domiciliary carers and why they are such an important part in the delivery of care in the community. It's also a career path open to anyone with a passion for caring, so read on to see if it's the social care career for you. Words by Sarah...