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Want to have a positive impact on the world around you? Working in health and social care, you can make a real difference to those who need it.
If you have the skills to be patient, understanding and caring, this huge industry offers you a rewarding career with the opportunity to work at a general or specialist level. Jobs range from working within large organisations such as hospitals or private care to working within the council as a social worker.
Healthcare
Occupational Therapy
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Level 1 Introduction to HSC & Young Peoples Settings
This course is delivered at Southampton College
Level 2 Health & Social Care (new window)
This course is delivered at Eastleigh College
T level in Health (new window)
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Childcare & Education
Forensic and Criminal Investigation
There are many roles available within the Health and Social Care industry. These could be with large organisations, local councils, the NHS, or within the private sector.
Health Care Assistant: Working within hospital and community settings, they perform a variety of tasks helping with the day-to-day care of individuals. In a hospital ward this could be personal care, serving dinners or supporting individuals to eat, taking and recording observations such as temperature or blood pressure. In the community, such as a GP surgery or an individuals’ own home, tasks may include carrying out health checks or taking blood samples.
Care Worker: Working either within the community, or a care home, they support vulnerable individuals with all of their daily activities so they can live as independently as possible. This could include dressing, bathing, shopping, laundry or managing finances. Care workers need to be friendly and caring, respectful and be flexible to work with and support a range of individuals in different situations.
Support Worker: Work under the direct supervision of the individual who requires care and are generally employed directly by them, working from the individual’s own home.
Social Worker: Provides information, advice and support to help individuals and their families or groups of individuals to improve their lives. They also intervene when vulnerable adults or children need safeguarding. A social worker requires a qualification that is approved by the Health Care Professionals Council.
Occupational Therapist: Work with individuals with a range of difficulties to promote independence. They work with people of all ages and can look at all aspects of daily life in their home, school or workplace. They look at the activities a person may find difficult and see if there's another way they can do them.
Activities Coordinator: Plans and puts into place activities to meet the needs of the individuals they are looking after. This includes groups of individuals such as older people, carers or people with learning disabilities and can be on an individual basis, such as catering for an individual and their hobbies, or a group event.
Nurse: Cares for individuals who are sick, injured or have physical disabilities. They work in a range of settings including the community as well as hospitals. Nurses will work in one of four specialist areas: adult, children’s, mental health, or learning disabilities.
Practice Nurse: Work in GP surgeries to assess, screen, treat and educate patients, and help doctors give medical care.
Midwife: Responsible for supporting pregnant women and their babies before, during and after, childbirth.
