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Interview tips for social workers

Interview tips for social workers

Interviews can be daunting - it literally feels like make or break. However, we're here to offer you advice if you've got those pre-interview nerves so you can go and smash it!
Interviews & Applications
How to write a CV as a Social Worker

How to write a CV as a Social Worker

So you've got your Social Work qualification - congratulations! Now all you need is to find a job. Here's how to perfect your CV to ensure you bag yourself that role!
Interviews & Applications
The difference between healthcare assistants (HCAs) and care assistants

The difference between healthcare assistants (HCAs) and care assistants

Is there a clear differentiation between healthcare assistants and care assistants? Since the nature of both roles overlap, it's hard to create separation between the two - which is where we come in.
Opinion
How Home Managers can balance bureaucracy with personal care

How Home Managers can balance bureaucracy with personal care

If we approach administration creatively we will be able to spend less time in the office, and deliver more personalised care in our nursing homes
Career Development
The tensions between care home managers and local authorities

The tensions between care home managers and local authorities

Mark Redmond considers whether enough is being done to correct the misrepresentation of care home managers and their interests in client care and professionalism.
Career Development
Are care homes really places of last resort?

Are care homes really places of last resort?

Due to some high-profile cases of poor management, care homes have developed a poor reputation among the public. Mark Redmond examines what can be done.
Career Development
Why care work is a great job for older people

Why care work is a great job for older people

As people reach later life, they can feel an increased desire to give something back. Older people can offer a lot and a care role will keep them active, meeting new people and feeling valued.
Career Development
Recognising the signs of carer burnout

Recognising the signs of carer burnout

Caring and support work is emotionally challenging. Identifying the signs of stress is key if we're to manage and avoid burnout.
Wellbeing
Why I won't return to the Probation Service

Why I won't return to the Probation Service

Explaining the difficulties and changes of the Probation Service since the late 1990's, former Probation Officer Diane Willis tells us why she will never return to the National Probation Service.
Opinion
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