Outt - Social Care Shifts

working in social care, you dedicate your career to looking after others and to improving their lives. This journey is rarely linear, nor easy. As a result, many of us find ourselves in stressful situations, working long hours and investing emotionally into our roles.   Working in any form of health and social care jobs is demanding, and it is hard work. In order to remain a happy, healthy, well-balanced individual (and therefore a brilliant career), you need to look after yourself too! Self-care often gets ignored in those compassionate enough to take up professions looking after others, but needs to be acknowledged and practiced regularly.   STRESS AS A RESULT OF WORKING IN SOCIAL CARE   Exhaustion and fatigue don’t just stem from physical stress. Social care is often mentally and emotionally taxing – particularly when dealing with difficult or upsetting situations.   In order to avoid burnout and illness, it’s imperative that those working in social care look after

social care needs are ever-evolving, growing and developing as society does – and with it so too are the roles and responsibilities of careers and support workers. There are now many different types of social care work and as you review careers in the field, you’ll also discover many different job titles. One such title is Family Support Worker , a very specific type of social care worker, and here, we look at that role.   WHAT IS A FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER?   A Family support worker is a social care worker who works not just with individuals, but family units as a whole. They may offer practical, personal and emotional support to families in need of help on either a long- or short- term basis.   A Family support worker’s job is to work to encourage cohesion between all members of the family unit with an end goal of nurturing a safe, happy, healthy environment. Care support may be given in a specialist family or custody center but is usually provided in the family home. Fam