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Care in the Capital Week is w/c 20th September 2004 (Including Working in London Focus on Thursday 23rd September).

For the 3rd year, Community Care is running its successful ‘Care in the Capital Week’. As in previous years, the main aim of this week will be focusing on Recruitment and Retention issues facing social care within the capital. This year Community Care will also be promoting a campaign looking at positive images of social care, with a special emphasis on branding and communication.

As part of this years ‘Care in the Capital’ Community Care will be publishing a feature entitled ‘Working in London’. This feature will consist of a minimum 12 pages of editorial.

Among the subjects covered will be:

• The specific challenges of inner city social work
• Organisational change in London, including the impact of Children’s trusts.
• Supporting Key Workers in London, looking at affordable housing and benefits.
• Child protection and family support with black and ethnic minority people post Victoria Climbie.

The ‘Working in London’ feature will also give important information and statistics about every London Borough. It will cover pressing recruitment issues, specific within the social care market, and some of the issues of most concern to existing staff and those coming to work in London for the first time.

Recruitment Advertising Offer

As well as the in depth editorial, Community Care is offering the following recruitment advertising opportunities to all London boroughs.

By placing a half or full page advertisement in the ‘Working in London’ feature on 23rd September at the normal advertising rate (contract discounts will apply) plus £650 + VAT you will receive the following:

• A repeat of the previous weeks advertisement in Community Care issue 30th September
• All vacancies in your advertisement uploaded onto www.communitycare.co.uk until the closing date
• All vacancies listed on Regional JobsXtra. This listing consists of the job title, recruiting organization, Salary, closing date and an ID number for applicants to view the full advertisement online.

NB: Both the repeat advert and Regional JobsXtra need to be taken together when booking your advertisement in the feature.

The booking deadline will be Monday 20th September at 12.pm and copy by Monday 20th September at 4pm. To take advantage of this offer please call the sales team on 020 8652 4829.