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Registered care manager

Ian Donaghy

Covid Vs Care: The Covid Pandemic Through The Eyes Of A Care Home Manager

6 min read

Liam Palmer

How To Succeed In An Interview For A Care Home Manager Position

15 min read

Virginia Irvine

How I Started My Career As A Carer And Became A Registered Home Manager

14 min read

How Technology Can Benefit Social Care Providers

Liam Palmer 36 min read

A Little Story About Human Selflessness From My Career As A Home Manager

Virginia Irvine 5 min read

How Can Care Providers Implement Technology Successfully?

Liam Palmer 56 min read

Can we combat loneliness in care homes?

Mark Redmond 6 min read

Become a registered care manager

Matt Farrah 6 min read

Being sensitive to people with dementia

Miryam Clough 3 min read

The importance in caring for dementia carers

Miryam Clough 4 min read

Christmas rota advice for Home Managers

Mark Redmond 3 min read

How to become a Care Home Manager

Mark Redmond 16 min read

Is there a place for dolls in dementia care?

Miryam Clough 5 min read

Dementia care: an uncertain future

Miryam Clough 3 min read

How to succeed in a Home Manager's job

Matt Farrah 26 min read

Strong concerns about the treatment of dementia patients

Sarah Kean-Price 2 min read

Post-Winterbourne: 2 in 5 providers weren't compliant for safeguarding or welfare and care

Matt Farrah 5 min read

The fullest of care plans and a broad grin: Chaseley care home and their residents

Sarah Kean-Price 4 min read

Technologise yourself and your service users! 5 apps for the care industry.

Matt Farrah 4 min read

Home care jobs and care home jobs - an introductory guide

Matt Farrah 9 min read

Mindfulness in the care home - why choice can be a good thing

Matt Farrah 2 min read

Infections in your care home - remember the basics, spread the word not the virus...

Matt Farrah 3 min read

Get your residents online and connect with them

Matt Farrah 2 min read

Care Managers - are you being given the wrong advice about the Level 5 Diploma?

Matt Farrah 5 min read

Aluya Ikhena - Mental Health Care Manager

Matt Farrah 7 min read

Jeanette Vaill - RMA Qualified Care Home Manager

Matt Farrah 5 min read

Care manager jobs are the most advertised right now

Guest Writer 5 min read

Different types of Care Manager Jobs in the UK

Matt Farrah 7 min read

Karen Foley - Assistant Manager in a Residential Unit

Matt Farrah 4 min read

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Care worker

Paula Watts

How We Can Make A Carer's Job Better

5 min read

Zuva Chinhori

How To Change Your Career And Become A Live-In Carer

15 min read

Claire Carmichael

How To Quit Your Job And Get Into Care Work

8 min read

How To Prepare For And Ace An Interview In Care

Claire Carmichael 14 min read

3 interview tips for carers who want to progress their career to become a senior carer

Liam Palmer 7 min read

How I became a healthcare worker in mental health

Anita Dibble 3 min read

How Coronavirus is impacting my job as a healthcare worker in mental health

Anita Dibble 4 min read

Role of a Domiciliary Care Worker

Matt Farrah 5 min read

Recognising the signs of carer burnout

Miryam Clough 3 min read

Should we wear uniforms in care work?

Georgie Huntley 3 min read

Emma Allum on why she loves being an Activities Co-ordinator

Emma Allum 3 min read

Wales' new Social Services bill: 'Reablement' for service users and carers

Matt Farrah 2 min read

Q+A with a carer in a children's home

Matt Farrah 5 min read

The life of a care worker

Matt Farrah 3 min read

How to get a domiciliary care job if you've never worked in social care before

Sarah Gill 5 min read

How to get ahead applying for care homes jobs

Matt Farrah 4 min read

A Domiciliary Care Worker Job could be just for you

Guest Writer 4 min read

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Care assistant

Claire Carmichael

How To Become A Senior Care Assistant

5 min read

Mat Martin

The Care Assistant Salary & Pay Guide

7 min read

Claire Carmichael

Things I Learnt As A Care Assistant That Helped Me In Nursing

23 min read

How We Can Improve Recruitment and Retention of Care Assistants in Social Care

Zuva Chinhori 18 min read

How to become a Health Care Assistant

Grant Sinclair 9 min read

The difference between healthcare assistants (HCAs) and care assistants

Matt Farrah 2 min read

Ever wondered what a care assistant job is really like?

Karen Ashberry 7 min read

How to get your first job as a care assistant or domiciliary carer

Matt Farrah 4 min read

Penny Washington - Care Assistant in a Care Home for the Elderly

Matt Farrah 4 min read

Working as a care assistant in a mental health job

Matt Farrah 4 min read

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Social care

Claire Carmichael

The Different Roles In Care Explained

12 min read

Liam Palmer

The Surprising Truth About Care Homes

7 min read

Sian Heeley-Hill

How I Became A Health And Social Care Consultant

9 min read

How to write a personal statement to get a social care job when you've got no experience

Matt Farrah 4 min read

My job as a PA Manager in Social Care

Patricia Sadio 6 min read

Can schools combat mental health in children?

Charlotte Rhian Lowe 13 min read

Resilience: is it a useful concept in social care?

Mark Redmond 5 min read

My job as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Charlotte Rhian Lowe 6 min read

Mark Redmond: the future of social care commissioning

Mark Redmond 3 min read

Can yoga help us cope with our jobs in care?

Luisa Demant 4 min read

How Do We Create Awareness And A Better Environment For Deaf Children?

Eva Nganga 5 min read

Raising standards to address mental health in children

Matt Farrah 5 min read

Moving the cost of care to the community

Matt Farrah 3 min read

UK Care System: Is it time for change?

Matt Farrah 3 min read

A Referrals Officer's response to hot desking

Claire Bourne 3 min read

How overseas voluntary work can develop your understanding of social care

Ernesto Martínez 5 min read

Mental illness in the workplace

Ruth (Guest writer) 4 min read

Who watches the watchers?

Matt Farrah 3 min read

Miliband comes out in favour of integrating physical, mental and emotional health provision

Matt Farrah 2 min read

Rethink Mental Illness - the mental health charity

Matt Farrah 8 min read

Keene's vision for a 2013 ADASS

Matt Farrah 2 min read

Is your search for jobs ripping you off?

Sarah Kean-Price 2 min read

Council reps asked to gather evidence to protect the 2015 Social Care budget

Matt Farrah 2 min read

Looking after you so you can look ahead

Sarah Kean-Price 3 min read

Better access to social care

Sarah Kean-Price 4 min read

NI's Public Health Authority

Matt Farrah 7 min read

Q+A with a special needs teacher

Sarah Kean-Price 11 min read

Best practice in community care

Matt Farrah 5 min read

Dan Yates - mental health nursing student

Matt Farrah 11 min read

How to make and then follow up an online application for a social care job

Matt Farrah 3 min read

5 quick tips to update your social care CV

Matt Farrah 5 min read

Tips for successful social care job hunting

Jo Gaisford 2 min read

Get qualified for any job in Health and Social Care

Sarah Gill 5 min read

How to write a personal statement for a University course application

Guest Writer 5 min read

The various different mental health jobs in social care

Matt Farrah 7 min read

How to write a CV to get your first job in social and community care

Matt Farrah 7 min read

How to update your social care or social work CV for the new year

Matt Farrah 6 min read

Domiciliary Care is a key part of the Social Care Sector

Matt Farrah 6 min read

Headway Devon - working with people who have an acquired brain injury

Matt Farrah 8 min read

How to get more information about social care jobs posted on this site

Matt Farrah 7 min read

Create a social care CV

Matt Farrah 8 min read

How to write a CV to get your first job in social care

Matt Farrah 5 min read

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Social worker

Mat Martin

The Social Worker Salary & Pay Guide

8 min read

Eduardo Diaz

How To Change Your Career And Become A Social Worker

16 min read

Matt Farrah

What does the Government's 2020 recruitment campaign to create 110,000 social care jobs mean?

6 min read

How to qualify for and find a job as a social worker

Matt Farrah 14 min read

Interview tips for social workers

Hattie Kemp 17 min read

How to write a CV as a Social Worker

Hattie Kemp 13 min read

Why I won't return to the Probation Service

Diane Willis 3 min read

Social Worker or parent at Christmas?

Diane Willis 3 min read

How I made working with sex offenders my career

Diane Willis 17 min read

Could you work with sex offenders?

Diane Willis 3 min read

My job as a Probation Officer

Diane Willis 6 min read

What doesn't kill you makes you a social worker

Karen Chazen 3 min read

The work life of a fostering advisor

Sarah Kean-Price 5 min read

In detail: working as a children and families social worker

Matt Farrah 4 min read

Barbie Sayers - Learning Disability Nursing and Social Work Undergraduate

Matt Farrah 7 min read

Working as a qualified social worker in either the public or private sector

Matt Farrah 5 min read

How to progress in your career as a qualified social worker

Matt Farrah 7 min read

How to become a qualified social worker

Matt Farrah 5 min read

A career as a social worker

Matt Farrah 5 min read

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Support worker

Matt Farrah

The different roles of a Support Worker

7 min read

Matt Farrah

The positives of a job working with autistic children

4 min read

Matt Farrah

What do you do in education support worker jobs?

6 min read

How to be successful in an interview for a support worker job

Matt Farrah 8 min read

Does abuse towards Support Workers really exist?

Miryam Clough 3 min read

Dave Maffia on his job as a support worker

Dave Maffia 4 min read

My journey in care - working with people with learning disabilities

Nick Hodgson 4 min read

How to qualify for and find a job as a support worker

Miryam Clough 30 min read

Positive Choices - The Learning Disability Nursing Event

Matt Farrah 7 min read

Q+A with a child support worker

Matt Farrah 6 min read

Q+A with a support worker with the deaf

Matt Farrah 5 min read

John Field - Agency Care Manager and Experienced Support Worker

Matt Farrah 5 min read

Graham Burrell - inspired by learning disability nursing

Matt Farrah 7 min read

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Opinion pieces

Ian Donaghy

People Who Work In Social Care Are Not Unskilled

7 min read

Ian Donaghy

A Thought Provoking Human Tale Of Nurses & Care Staff During The Covid Pandemic

10 min read

Matt Farrah

Social Care reform - is a one-year deadline realistic?

3 min read

State Of Care Reports – What Do They Tell Us?

Matt Farrah 3 min read

Covid-19: How Well Did Care Homes Cope?

Matt Farrah 4 min read

How Do We Improve The Perception Of Social Care?

Matt Farrah 10 min read

Care work: Education or Experience - what's more important?

Matt Farrah 3 min read

Social Workers: Are We Paid Enough?

Matt Farrah 3 min read

Should Care Workers Wear A Uniform?

Matt Farrah 3 min read

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Housing

Matt Farrah

Find out about social housing careers

4 min read

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Social Care Pay

Mat Martin

The Support Worker Salary & Pay Guide

7 min read

Mat Martin

The Social Worker Salary & Pay Guide

8 min read

Mat Martin

The Care Assistant Salary & Pay Guide

7 min read