Lobbying appropriate authorities. Attending team and management committee meetings. This is not possible or unlikely Occasional opportunities to develop training courses on a freelance basis. Staff are expected to keep up to date via on-going training. There is no career ladder but sideways moves are common, eg from voluntary sector to local authority and vice versa.
Salaries tend to be higher in the south east.
It is not age related. Working hours and conditions Typically includes mainly 9-5 possibly with some extra hours Shift work possible, to include certain client groups. Jobs are available in most areas Available in most towns and cities and also in some rural areas, sometimes on a peripatetic basis. The work may be stressful in situations where clients are in acute need. Local authority conditions apply in some organisations.