Graduate Social Work Jobs
Social work is a career in the frontline that is both emotionally rewarding and mentally challenging for graduates. It is best summed up by the phrase: "Social work is about people, it's as simple and complicated as that." This strapline is from the government's social care recruitment campaign, which aims to increase the numbers of people going into the sector.
Social workers are a professional group within the care sector, and the term can only be used by people who are registered and have a formal professional qualification.
Starting salaries for graduates, particularly in shortage areas like London, are often between £19,000 and £25,000.
Some of the graduate careers available in this sector:
Social worker I Care worker I Occupational therapist I Counsellor
Graduate Social Work Case Studies
Nikki Barell - Graduate Management trainee in Adult Social Care - National Skills AcademyI am currently on a year long graduate management scheme in adult social care with the National Skills Academy for Social Care. This involves me splitting my time between the national charity The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and the local charity Blackburn with Darwen Carers Centre... ... more |
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Rowena Jones - Graduate Management trainee in Adult Social Care - National Skills AcademyI am currently on a year-long graduate management trainee scheme in adult social care, run by the National Skills Academy. During the twelve months I am based within a host organisation in order to gain first hand experience of leadership and management... ... more |
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Rebecca Patel - VCS Strategy Co-OrdinatorI work within the voluntary and community sector (VCS), commonly known as the Third Sector and my position is an enabling position to bring together VCS organisations, including vulnerable Black and Ethnic Minority groups, together with Children and Young People’s Services to address identified issues such as safeguarding and child protection, in order to enable a healthy and dynamic sector. ... more |
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Richa Grover - Social Worker - Enfield Social ServicesI work in the Looked After Children’s Team, Enfield Social Services as a Social Worker with children and families. ... more |
Graduate Social Work Advice
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Take a look at the different routes into social work... more |
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Who’d want to be a social worker, eh? You’d have to want to... more |
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Your guide to who has jobs, who wants interns and who needs trainees.... more |
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Social care can be an extremely rewarding area of work to go into. However,... more |
