The Department of Health have launched their social care recruitment campaign for 2009. The campaign aims to raise awareness of caring careers and recruit more people into social care work.
What kind of careers can you do in social care?
There’s a wide range of caring jobs in local government. From helping elderly people with their shopping, personal care needs or delivering them meals on wheels, to looking after children with disabilities or working in a residential care home.
Find out more about some of these jobs in our caring for your community section:
- Day Service Manager
- Disability Co-ordinator
- Domestic Assistant - home care
- Domestic Assistant - residential home
- Family Support Worker
- Home Care Assistant
- Meals on Wheels Supervisor
- Support Worker
To look for current vacancies in social care go to LGjobs.com
To find out more about working in social care and the kind of training and qualifications you might need, go to www.socialcarecareers.co.uk