Social work jobs are now simpler to find

Mary Community, Jobs

Although social work jobs can provide a huge amount of satisfaction, finding the right post can be incredibly stressful. Social services jobs are, by and large, offered by Local Authorities. We all know how differently they can be run with no two Authorities advertising for social worker jobs in the same place or in the same way.

Thankfully, two developments over the last few years have improved on this frustrating situation. Firstly, many Local Authorities now use specialist recruitment agencies rather than just letting their own personnel departments advertise in the local or national press. With the larger recruitment agencies covering dozens of Local Authorities (Sanctuary Personnel, for instance, a major player in the field, is on contract with over 150 local authorities as well as recruiting for several other major public service bodies), your chances of locating social work jobs in almost any part of the country are vastly increased. Add to this the convenience of the internet, and you have a far more satisfactory state of affairs. Almost every recruitment agency will now have an on-line search function, making it child’s play to find social services jobs precisely tailored to your own level of experience and areas of interest.

These two developments can of course be a boon to personnel departments as well, desperate to find the right people for the right positions. The high turnover rates in social worker jobs are well-known as pressures can be high so recruitment can be a sizeable and ongoing challenge, particularly in more challenging areas of social work or in particularly deprived areas. However, there will always be people willing (or maybe obliged) to relocate and national agencies make advertising out of area much easier and more cost-effective. Once it comes to higher level positions, looking further afield in order to find the right talent is almost always a necessity and many agencies will cover posts right up to the level of Senior Executive level, sometimes even for national organisations.

Another improvement to recruitment in this field has been in the speed of response. social work jobs often need to be filled very quickly and, with on-line queries and form submission now being the norm, the turnaround time is vastly improved with far less work for either the recruitment agency or personnel department.  It is also easier to share information on the organisation and the social services jobs available using the internet as each time an envelope has to travel through the postal service, another few days is added to the process. Social worker jobs can still present their own unique challenges, but at least the recruitment process itself is becoming a lot less painful for all concerned.

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Graduate jobs – now available on-line

Paul Employment, Jobs, University

It’s a cliché to say that the internet has changed the whole of our lives but when it comes to tracking downyour dream job as a graduate, it certainlyholds true. Whereas the end of University days used to mean scouring dusty folders at the Careers Centre for information on graduate scheme and internship jobs, all that has changed. Not only do companies have their own web-sites, making it easier to get information on graduate jobs but much of the business of the careers service is also now done on-line. Whether it’s sending out weekly job listings or making most of their services available from the comfort of a student laptop, universities know that getting their graduates into great jobs involves less paper and more PCs.

However, one thing has not changed in this cyber-dominated world. Landing yourself the right job – and that’s one that you find satisfying and interesting as well as one that pays of that mountain of student debt at a pleasing rate – still involves insider knowledge not usually available on company web-sites.  It also takes the honing of specific people skills such as negotiation. This is where a whole new breed of independent careers sites comes in, maximising everything the internet can offer to help students land the graduate jobs or the places on graduate scheme which they so want.

Take CareerPlayer.com, for instance. Some of what they do mimics a good student careers office – they link up job seekers with information about internship jobs or provide information on the big milk round employers, for instance. However, they can also offer things that until now were only available to the very well connected, proving that the web is indeed a socially equalising medium. Interested in a career in journalism? There’s a video interview with a key player in the business. Fancy yourself as a civil servant? The video clips from people who have trodden that path before you may inspire or put you off. There is an enormous library of these clips, all available at the click of a mouse, covering every big industry.

Better still, there are clips on every aspect of the application process, from how to cope with assessment centres or psychometric testing to clinching the deal at the last interview. Each stage of the process is covered with written information available where it’s more appropriate.

With the current market for graduate jobs a tough one, (although, according to the latest figures, not as gloomy as some had predicted), one can only expect that those determined to land the coveted places on graduate scheme or those precious first-step-on-the-ladder internship jobs will increasingly be turning to these alternative providers of careers advice. Frankly, they’d be foolish not to.

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What are the requirements for social services jobs?

Paul Community, Employment, Jobs

Social work jobs are attractive to many young people who feel that they would like to help people as part of their job, but many aspiring social workers do not entirely understand what social services jobs entail.  For any school or university leaver thinking about different career paths, knowledge is key, and this article aims to help you to get to grips with the world of social worker jobs.

Social workers might work in hospitals, prisons, residential centres, or offices.  Their principle role is to help clients of any age to identify their problems and to come to terms with them.  This can involve a number of different activities.  Primarily, they would hold interviews with clients and their families, and give them advice and supervision.  Group sessions can be very effective in proving mutual support for people who are dealing with problems, so conducting group sessions is an important activity for many social workers.  In more practical terms, they might arrange support in the form of meals on wheels or financial assistance.  With many clients, the social worker will be one of a few professionals that is working to help a client, so you will need to liaise with police officers, doctors and community workers in order to achieve the best result.

In terms of key skills, the clue is in the name.  ‘Social’ workers must be sociable people, who can communicate with ease with people from a wide range of backgrounds.  You may be engaging with people who are very distressed or experiencing severe problems, so tact and understanding are necessary attributes.  However, it is important that social workers do not try to become the client’s best friend.  These professionals must be able to empathise, while remaining impartial.  For the practical side of the job, problem-solving skills and administrative skills are very useful.  In addition, when working on emotional cases, it is important to be able to switch off at the end of the day.

It is clear, then, social work jobs are demanding, but the emotional element can be one that gives the most satisfaction, as social services jobs enable you to make a difference to peoples’ lives on every working day.  If you have the skills and attributes listed above, then it is certainly worth applying for social worker jobs, or looking at the qualifications you might need to get started.  Many social workers have a three-year degree in the field, so if you are keen, looking at university courses is probably the best place to start.

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Social worker jobs aplenty from this dedicated recruiter

Mary Employment, Jobs

Sanctuary Personnel is an experienced social care recruitment business offering social work jobs and social services jobs.

Sanctuary Personnel has buildings in Ipswich and Glasgow but they work across the Home Counties, Birmingham, Manchester, and the full UK providing qualified, proficient social workers to local authorities and public sector organisations.

Sanctuary Social Care was founded in 2002 as a dedicated Social Work consultancy company. The company is devoted to promoting best practice and its unparalleled understanding of the needs of Local Government and Public Sector organisations has made it a favourite supplier to more than 140 local authorities and leading organisations such as CAFCASS and the NSPCC.

The organisation has several social worker jobs and social services jobs on its books for both permanent and temporary staff. Because of the firm’s relationships and links to these institutions, they guarantee to offer social work jobs and social services jobs that are not accessible in other agencies.

The agency has highly proficient and knowledgeable employees to help make your hunt for opportunities as easy as possible. All the consultants will describe the current options available and direct you through compliance processes.

Are you interested in social worker jobs? Are you a proficient Social Worker, Social Work Assistant or Occupational Therapist, hunting for the best available job? If so, you’re precisely the kind of candidate that Sanctuary Personnel is looking for.

Sanctuary Personnel also has a subdivision called Sanctuary Executive. It specialises in placing the best executives, senior managers and directors in top-level social work jobs to ensure your entity runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible. The company believes in shouldering the entire recruitment burden for you.

If you are hunting for deserving and competent high-calibre applicants to fill your social worker jobs, why not let Sanctuary Executive do the work for you? They will filter all the applicants so that the candidates you are presented with are the best fit for your organisation. Sanctuary Executive does this quickly and easily.

Choose Sanctuary Executive or Sanctuary Personnel and you will get the ideal employees to help you direct change and staff your organisation into a successful future.

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Get first-hand advice on graduate jobs

Paul Employment, Jobs, University

How do you decide which career path to take? Some people follow in the footsteps of their relatives simply because it’s expected of them. Others pick a career centred on their pet subject at school or a recreational pastime.

Selecting the right career is a quandary that we all face and it’s important to get it right. Remember you may be working in this job for between 40 and 45 years, so your decision should not be taken lightly.

Boys may dream about a career as a pilot whilst girls envisage themselves becoming a nurse. For most university students these dreams are long gone by the time they start looking for graduate jobs.

Now that we live in a world ruled by the Internet it’s not surprising that numerous job boards have sprung up, all displaying loads of graduate jobs and internships. But there are very few that give information about specific career paths. And yet that’s exactly the information that graduates need to know.

Some large companies will be looking for applicants to join their annual graduate scheme. Getting a place on a graduate scheme is tough. There are many candidates and the selection process is rigorous. But is that going to be the right choice for you?
That’s where CareerPlayer.com comes in. The staff at CareerPlayer have been extremely busy filming inside offices and getting the inside scoop on graduate jobs and how to get into them. The result is a website full of videos that give a wonderful insight into a wide range of graduate roles.
The videos are interviews of real people working in real jobs. They might have begun their career on a graduate scheme, proved their value through a summer internship or been offered a job during the university milk rounds. But all the employees have one thing in common. They explain the job exactly as it is; including the good parts, and the bad.
You owe it to yourself to read the wide  range of information available on selectingobtaining an internship, finding graduate jobs or applying for a graduate scheme.

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