So you want to work in social care? - The Guardian 22nd November 2007

Career opportunities are expanding as social services heads into the new century. Social workers employed in local authority adult services nowadays have real opportunities to use their skills to help people live more independently in the community than they would have done 30 years ago. The move away from caring for people in large, remote, institutions towards supporting them in their local community or in their own home has brought more professional satisfaction to the job.

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