Our job should be something we can be proud of, but for too many of us jobs aren't working.

Work is all take and no give for care workers like Susie.

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prospectmagazine.co.uk/society-and-cu…
⏲️Susie worked 50 hours a week as a carer supporting adults with severe learning disabilities and challenging behavioural issues

📷: Matthew Horwood
🎒Her pay just about covered her bills and the mortgage but she had to work extra shifts to cover the cost of school uniforms for her two growing boys
🎂Towards the end of the month, she usually ran short of money. The boys’ birthdays – just nine days apart – required especially careful planning over the summer
🛠️Susie also found it difficult to manage unexpected costs. When her boiler broke down last winter, she had no savings for the repair and had to rely on help from her ex-partner's family

📷: Matthew Horwood An image of Susie, a care worker, wearing a denim jacket and
⏰It's time to #MakeJobsWork for everyone.

📜Read our briefing on how we can make work the reliable route out of poverty that it should be 👇

jrf.org.uk/report/making-…

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