Although social work jobs can offer a huge amount of satisfaction, locating the right post can be incredibly stressful. Social services jobs are, by and large, offered by Local Authorities. We all know how differently they can be run with no two Authorities advertising for social worker jobs in the same place or in the same way.
Thankfully, two developments over the last few years have improved on this frustrating scenario. Firstly, many Local Authorities now use specialist recruitment agencies rather than just letting their own personnel departments advertise in the local or national press. With the bigger recruitment agencies covering dozens of Local Authorities (Sanctuary Personnel, for instance, the largest player in the field, is on contract with over 150 local authorities as well as recruiting for several other key public service bodies), your chances of locating social work jobs in almost any part of the country are vastly increased. Add to this the convenience of the internet, and you have a far more satisfactory situation. Almost every recruitment agency will now have an on-line search function, making it child’s play to find social services jobs precisely tailored to your own level of experience and areas of interest.
These two developments can obviously be a boon to personnel departments as well, eager to find the right people for the right positions. The high turnover rates in social worker jobs are well-known as pressures can be high so recruitment can be a major and ongoing challenge, particularly in more challenging areas of social work or in particularly deprived areas. However, there will always be people willing (or maybe obliged) to relocate and national agencies make advertising out of area much easier and more economical. Once it comes to higher level positions, looking further afield in order to find the right talent is almost always a necessity and many agencies will include posts right up to the level of Senior Executive level, sometimes even for national organisations.
Another improvement to recruitment in this field has been in the speed of response. social work jobs often need to be filled very quickly and, with on-line queries and form submission now being the norm, the turnaround time is vastly improved with far less work for either the recruitment agency or personnel department. It is also easier to share information on the organisation and the social services jobs available using the internet as each time an envelope has to travel through the postal service, another few days is added to the process. Social worker jobs can still present their own unique challenges, but at least the recruitment process itself is becoming a lot less painful for all concerned.
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