10 Support worker Blog posts

A guide to Support Worker salaries & pay - average salary, how much you can expect to earn and differences between public and private sector pay rates.

Diane Wills explains how she went from being a Social Worker in the Probation Service, to working full time with sex offenders.

Diane Wills explains what her career in Social Work is like working with sex offenders.

Supporting the Supporters - how providing support to carers would benefit them when residents are aggressive.

Nobody wants to end up in a nursing home. But that’s where jobs like mine are important. We make the time go a little more pleasantly...

Sarah Kean-Price talks to a teaching assistant to find out what educational support work is like on a day-to-day basis. For those interested in how to manage and work with challenging behaviour you should read on!

Education Support Work is a bit of a shift from the norm that you might expect from support worker jobs. We look at the job and what you should expect if you follow a career down this path.

Jo Gaisford of Kent Social Care Professionals outlines her top tips for making successful applications for jobs in social care and nursing homes.

Any kind of health and social care job can be yours with the relevant training. In this article we look at the qualifications you can achieve from the beginning of your social care career, and how to progress with continued professional development. Words by Sarah Gill.