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 →

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 →

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 →