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Jobs in social care General
Find a job in social care
There are hundreds of jobs in social care available across England right now. You might find a job by:
- Visiting a local council's website. Search for Local Authority job website by region. (Each local council has a different job category for these vacancies, including 'health & care' and 'care work'. Social care vacancies are not always available but please keep trying – new jobs are added all the time)
- Looking in your local newspaper – many residential care homes and local councils place adverts in this way
- Looking in your local library, town hall, or sports centres for vacancies with your local council
- Looking in newsagents’ windows – many employers place adverts here for local vacancies
- Listening to local radio to hear which employers are recruiting.
Read about the Training to see how you can expand your skills once you’ve landed your first job. Explore everyday employment issues.
Please note:
The Department of Health is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the websites you can link to from this site and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will be active as we have no control over availability of linked pages.
CareJobFinder.org
www.carejobfinder.org/jobs
CareJobFinder.org matches you up with employers in your area. All you need to do is complete an online form about the sort of work you would like to do and CareJobFinder.org will locate employers who can contact you to discuss available jobs. CareJobFinder.org is developed and run by the United Kingdom Homecare Association Ltd (UKHCA).
Care Quality Commission
www.cqc.org.uk
In April 2009 the Care Quality Commission will take over the work of the Commission for Social Care Inspection, The Healthcare Commission and the Mental Health Act Commission bringing together regulation of the quality of health and adult social care for the first time.
Children Webmag
www.childrenwebmag.com
This online childcare magazine provides a variety of background information which will be of use to managers, practitioners and students, for example: articles, statistics. legal information, recommended reading, information sources, details of key reports and training courses.
Community Care
www.community-care.co.uk
Community Care is a major magazine covering the social care sector.
Its website contains a wide range of information about current issues
in social care, as well as a jobs page.
Commission for Social Care Inspection
www.csci.org.uk
Launched in April 2004, The Commission for Social Care Inspection
is the single, independent inspectorate for all social care services
in England. In April 2009 the Care Qualty Commission will take over the work of the Commission for Social Care Inspection.
Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection
www.chai.org.uk
The Healthcare Commission is the independent inspection body for both
the NHS and private and voluntary healthcare. In April 2009 the Care Qualty Commission will take over the work of the Healthcare Commision.
Department of Health
www.dh.gov.uk
The Department of Health is the Government department with responsibility
for matters relating to social work and social care. Its website contains
information about recent developments in social work and social care,
press releases and an extensive page of links to other useful sites.
Social Care Association
www.socialcareassociation.co.uk
The Social Care Association aims to promote good professional practice
in all aspects of social care. The information on the website is mainly
of interest to people already working in the field, but there is a
page of job vacancies and provision to contact the SCA with queries.
Thera Group
www.thera.co.uk
Thera is an organisation directly controlled by adults with a learning disability . Thera supports people with a learning disability in their own homes, at work, in their local community and for short breaks.
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