Social Care

The term 'social care' covers a wide range of services, which are provided by local authorities and the independent sector. Social care comes in many forms, such as care at home, in day centres or by way of residential or nursing homes. The term also covers services such as providing meals on wheels to the elderly, home help for people with disabilities and fostering services.

In the United Kingdom and elsewhere, a social worker is a trained professional with a recognised social job qualification, employed most commonly in the public sector by local authorities.

Spending on social services departments is a major component of British local government expenditure.

In the UK, the title "social worker" is protected by law (since 1 April 2005) and can be used only by people who have a recognised qualification and are registered with the General Social Care Council (in England), the Scottish Social Services Council, the Care Council for Wales or the Northern Ireland Social Care Council.

The strategic direction of statutory social job in Britain is broadly divided into children's and adults' services. Social work activity within England and Wales for children and young people is under the remit of the Department for Education and Skills while the same for adults remains the responsibility for the Department of Health. Within local authorities, this division is usually reflected in the organisation of social services departments. The structure of service delivery in Scotland is different.

In 2007, the General Social Care Council launched a wide-ranging consultation, in concert with a number of other social care organisations, to agree a clear professional understanding of social work in the UK.

eCarers.com is the UK's dedicated Social Care Jobs board. The aim of eCarers.com is to bring Job seekers and recruiters in the social care sector together. Our goal is to make the search for a specific job in social care sector simple, fast and as successful as possible. The Social Care sector covers a whole range of services delivered to a person of any age that requires support. Current trends have shown that the Social Care Sector is a candidate driven market. Never has the demand been greater to enable recruiters to access and find suitable candidates efficiently and cost effectively from one specialised resource. eCarers.com is specifically tailored to offer a solution to the Social Care jobs market.

Employers can have direct access to high quality jobseekers who are actively seeking for a job in the social care sector throughout the UK.

There are many jobs within the Social Care sector and listed below are some of these job sectors, which can also be searched on eCarers