Although social work jobs can deliver a large amount of satisfaction, landing the right post can be horribly 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 state of affairs. Firstly, many Local Authorities now use specialist recruitment agencies in place of just letting their own personnel departments advertise in the local or national press. With the more major recruitment agencies used by dozens of Local Authorities (Sanctuary Personnel, for instance, the key player in the area, is on contract with over 150 local authorities as well as recruiting for several other sizeable public service bodies), your chances of locating social work jobs in almost any part of the country are vastly improved. Add to this the convenience of the internet, and you have a far more satisfactory scenario. Almost every recruitment agency will now have an on-line search function, making it easy to find social services jobs precisely tailored to your own level of experience and areas of interest.

These two developments can evidently be a huge advantage to personnel departments as well, pushed to find the right people for the right positions. The heavy turnover rates in social worker jobs are well-known as pressures can be high so recruitment can be a big and ongoing headache, 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 affordable. Once it comes to higher level positions, looking further afield in order to find the right candidate is almost always a necessity and many agencies will advertise 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 quicker 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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