Whatever your current status, the Health and Social Care sector has something to offer you, whether you're searching for a promotion, a career change, preparing to start a new job, or taking your first steps into teaching or management.
If you've been looking for full-time or part-time work to help support your family or develop a career around your children, health and social care is a great place to start. Job loss in this area is relatively low.
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do.
The first step is to identify your area of interest and to be eager to grow as a person. Because the health and social care industry encompasses so many different facts, you'll need to determine which client group you'd like to work with: children, young adults, the elderly, people with disabilities (physical, cognitive, and learning disabilities), and specialized care ( stroke, mental disorders, dementia, etc)
You'll also need to decide on the type of environment you want to work in - hospitals, nursing homes, private homes, or education and training.
Consider where you are now and what you need to do to go to where you want to be once you've made your decision. In most cases, your experience and training will count, and you will need to obtain both, but for some, it will be a matter of figuring out how to package their existing experience and training in order to get the job they want - you will need to improve on skills such as CV writing and interviewing.
The following is a list of courses that you can take to advance to the next level.
NVQ Health and Social Care Level 1- This is a two-week course that covers the fundamentals of health and social care. This course does not require you to be employed because it is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of the function of a care worker or support worker. If you're new to health and social care, this is the first step. The first week of this course is spent in a workshop setting, and the second week is spent gaining practical experience in a health and social care setting.
NVQ Level 2 - If you work in health and social care, offering support to professionals, delivering clinical care, health or personal care to persons in a hospital or community-based health care environment, this is the level for you. This course is open to anyone, regardless of whether or not they are new to the workplace. If you have been working without an NVQ or other certification, your employer may encourage you to enroll in an NVQ 2 course since you may not be able to keep your employment beyond 2010. Many other firms would only hire care workers with an NVQ 2 or higher.
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