214 Blog posts

Nick Hodgson is a Team Leader working with young people with learning disabilities. Here he explains his route into care, and what he loves about the job.

Support Worker Miryam Clough discusses exactly what to consider, and how to succeed when looking at a career as a Support Worker

Social work isn't the type of job you can jump straight into. This post explains the qualifications and experience you need, plus information on CPD.

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.

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

Check out our suggestions for apps to get you and your service users doing your best.

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 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!

We talk to a special needs teacher in a challenging school working with children with behavioural problems. Sarah Kean-Price poses the questions and learns that education “needs to shift away from academia and towards building questioning, empowered, creative individuals”