We need to engage and motivate social workers – let’s get creative At first glance, social work is in crisis. The average social work career lasts eight years, and 73% suffer emotional exhaustion as a result of work. These statistics do little to attract new workers to the profession, nor Continue reading → Continue reading...
The Guardian view on local government: put up or shut up No one, ever, wants to talk about remote, unglamorous, local government funding. As long as the bins are emptied, most fit adults put up with the closure of the local library or reduced hours at the leisure centre Continue reading → Continue reading...
‘You’re never too old to try something new’: the UK’s oldest care worker A great-grandmother once deemed too old to work is thought to be the oldest care worker in the UK. June Shepherd, 81, is part of a new generation of older workers embarking on a career change when they would usually Continue reading → Continue reading...
