Jacaranda Recruitment placed a lot of candidates in different types of work over the years ranging from qualified social work to residential child care work and work with adults with disabilities. Have a look at some experience stories and find out about what people say about the process of finding an employment through Jacaranda and about the work itself.

Candidates and  Managers – Qualified Social Work in Children Services

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Hear and see placed candidates from Germany and Portugal as well as managers involved in recruitment with a local authority in the south-east of England.

Andreea from Romania – Qualified Social Worker in Children Services

I came from Romania to the UK nearly three months ago to work in Children and Family Services for a Welsh local authority. I am a social worker who qualified three years ago in Romania. I had previously been working as a social worker for two year ...

Andreas from Germany – Qualified Social Worker in Children Services

I have been working as a social worker for a Local Authority in the East of England for two years now. I work with children in need, children subject to a child protection plan …

David from Sweden – Qualified Social Work in Children Services

When my education was nearing its completion and I was looking at the job market in Sweden, I quickly found that starting up a career in social work was going to be a difficult task …

Karina from Germany – Qualified Social Work in Adults’ Services

When the GSCC application pack arrived in my post box, I just thought: “I will never get it”. Core Competences, all translated documents, references they required …

Lidia from Romania – Qualified Social Work in Adults’ Services - in Romanian language

Poate sit u te afli in situatia in care earm eu acum ceva timp: ai auzit despre alti colegi care lucreaza in UK, ti-ai dori si pentru tine acest lucru, dat ti se pare …

Kristina from Germany – Residential Child Care Worker – Children with Learning Disabilities

I work at a residential school for up to 44 young people aged 11 – 19 years who have severe learning difficulties combined with difficult and challenging patterns of behaviour …

David from Germany – Support Worker – Adults with Disabilities

I started working in London supporting adults with autism in October 2007. My team is nice and it doesn’t seem to be unusual for the colleague that I come from …