A Belfast-based social care worker is at the forefront of a new campaign stressing the value of social care and encouraging people to choose it as a career.
Rachael Mackarel is one of more than 38,000 social care workers in Northern Ireland.
The mum-of-two is a Senior Support Worker at L’Arche Belfast where for eight years she has been supporting adults, like Thomas, with learning disabilities to live a life without barriers.