To take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent.

The activity or business of providing medical services that support physical and mental wellbeing.

A holistic approach to the prevention and relief of suffering for people with advanced progressive illnesses that emphasizes identification, assessment, and treatment of pain and responsiveness to psychosocial issues.

Events or meetings where a person can participate in communal worship.

Accommodation that provides in‐house support for personal and social care needs for any groups of service users.

A short-term placement of a child or adult away from where they usually live in order to give parents or carers a break, for example, as part of a support programme to families, for children with disabilities, or for older people.

An individual employed by an employment agency under a contract of employment by virtue of which the individual may be assigned to work for, and under the direction and supervision of, a person other than the employment agency.

A senior nurse manager that reports to the director of nursing.

A senior manager responsible for the care and welfare of service users.

A senior nurse manager with overall responsibility for nursing care in a service.

A numeric value which represents the proportion of full-time staff in a service.

A specific role in health and social care services which involves assisting with general duties and basic care.