Stepping into your next job in social care

Congratulations on completing the Step into Social Care course!

If you haven’t already claimed your digital badge, make sure you do so. Find out how to access your badge with this quick reminder.

So what’s next?

At City & Guilds, we are passionate about supporting people to develop skills that help them into a job.

Which is why we are teaming up with organisations across the UK to help you get one step closer to a career in social care.

If you’d like to continue your learning in social care. Click here to search for relevant training courses near you.

Employers who want to hear from you

Agincare - coming soon

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Brendon Care - coming soon

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Brunelcare - coming soon

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Caremark Liverpool

Caremark Liverpool has a number vacancies and would welcome applications from those who have completed the Step into Social Care course.

If you live in or around Liverpool and are interested in working in social care, complete the Caremark Liverpool Recruitment Form and email the completed form to liverpool@caremark.co.uk.

Once the form is received, our Care Manager will review it and you will then be given feedback on what the next steps would be for you.

‘At Caremark Liverpool, we are passionate about care and we have made it our mission to provide the highest quality care and support. Our team are extremely caring and dedicated, they represent Caremark Liverpool by being the mark for excellent care.

We provide flexible home care to accommodate everyone's unique requirements, enabling our clients to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own home and receive services to suit their personal needs.’

Dimensions

Dimensions is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit organisations which has been at the forefront of national best practice in supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, challenging behaviour and complex needs for more than 40 years.

Everything we do is personalised to the individual and our staff are ambitious for each and every person we support. We believe passionately that most people do best in supported living environments.

We provide a full induction and training programme when you join us. Within the first 12 weeks of working with us, we’ll support you to complete the Care Certificate or All Wales Induction Standards, a requirement for everyone working in the social care sector. We have a range of training and qualification opportunities including our multiple award-winning programme, Aspire.

If this sounds like an environment that inspires you and you would like to be part of, we would love to hear from you.

View our vacancies

If you are undecided and would like to discuss what we do and the vacancies we have, feel free to give us a call on 0300 303 9150.

Discovery

Discovery provides person-centred support for people with learning disabilities and autism in Somerset. The social enterprise exists to help each person it supports to live a fulfilling life, to be equal in society and to be active in his or her community.

Discovery is part of Dimensions, one of the country’s largest not-for-profit organisations, which has been at the forefront of national best practice in supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, challenging behaviour and complex needs for more than 40 years.

‘Here at Discovery, finding the right person is all about you, not your experience. It is the best and most rewarding role and we are looking for the right people to be a part of our team. We hope that could be you.’

Working for Discovery is both rewarding and worthwhile, and we offer great career progression. There are a range of training opportunities and qualifications we can help you with, including our multiple award-winning development programme, Aspire.

Within the first 12 weeks of working with us, we’ll pay for and support you to complete the Care Certificate – a requirement for everyone working in the health and social care sector. We will also continue to support your development as you progress in your role.

If you are interested, we would love to hear from you.

Find out more

View our vacancies and to apply

If you are undecided and would like to discuss what we do and the vacancies we have, feel free to give us a call on 0300 303 9202.

ECL

Established in 2009, ECL are the leading provider of care and support services in Essex. Since our inception, we have grown to offer a wide range of specialist services, providing high quality care to:
  • older people;
  • adults receiving reablement services;
  • adults with learning disabilities; and,
  • people with sight and hearing impairment.
We also provide reablement services in West Sussex and Havering.

ECL are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and are proud to boast six CQC registered locations with ‘Outstanding’ and ‘Good’ ratings.

Whether you have a little previous experience or none at all, as long as you are over 18 years old, have access to a car, we want to hear from you. We provide full training and induction programme to ensure you have all the skills you need.

If you are interested in joining our rapidly growing company or finding out more about ECL, please visit our website:

Find out more

View our vacancies and apply

Greensleeves

Amazing care starts with amazing people, we want to hear from you

We are the leading charity care provider in England, providing exceptional, and award-winning care for older people in our residential, dementia and nursing homes across the country.

We have vacancies across our homes and would love to hear from those who have achieved the Step into Social Care badge and are interested in working in social care.

Whether you have a little previous experience or none at all, as long as you have the right attitude and commitment to caring for our residents, we want to hear from you.

To confirm your interest, all you need to do is to complete and submit a short Interest Form. You will then be invited for a conversation with us to discuss your interest in working in the sector. After the conversation, you will receive feedback and advice on how you can prepare for a career in social care, we will also recommend any opportunities which may be suitable for you.


Interested? Here is what you need to:

  1. Claim you your Step into Social Care badge, if you haven’t already done so. Find out how you can claim your badge below.
  2. Go to Greensleeves Care's website and download the Interest Form
  3. Complete and submit the Interest Form to recruitment@greensleeves.org.uk.

Everybody that works with us once had their first day in care, maybe tomorrow will be yours.

Radfield Home Care (Wakefield and Dewsbury branch) - coming soon

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Organisations who can help you in your search for your next job

Liverpool at Work

Looking to work in social care in Liverpool?

Every year, Liverpool in Work help hundreds of people in Liverpool find work and training.

If you’re over 16 and live in Liverpool, get in touch with us for free one-to-one support to help you find work in social care.

You will then get access to a range of services including coaching and CV writing to get you ‘job ready’.


Interested?

Fill in our online contact form

Prince's Trust

Aged between 16-30? Interested in working in social care?

We, at The Prince’s Trust, offer free job coaching support for young people in England who are interested in working in social care.

We have exclusive access to job vacancies with the country’s leading employers including NHS Trusts, Cambian, Active Care, Achieve Together and Maria Mallaband.

We will team you up with an experienced health and social care job coach who will give you insider tips on the questions you’re likely to be asked in an interview and will make sure your CV ticks all the boxes to fast track you into a social care career.


Interested?

Find out if you’re eligible, then fill in our online form to get matched to your new job coach.

Fill in our online contact form

SORTYOURFUTURE

Sortyourfuture is a career discovery platform for people who need to discover career pathways and choose the right one based on their interests and strengths.

‘We’re on a mission to make sure everyone has access to the best opportunities - opportunities that are suited to them - based on their potential, not their past. We expose our users to over 1000 job types in a fun and simple way, making the experience looking for their next job an enjoyable one.’

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WeCare Wales

The WeCare Wales jobs portal is a dedicated jobs portal for roles in social care, early years and childcare in Wales. 

Once you’ve signed up to our jobs portal, you will be kept updated with care roles in your area – whatever your level of experience.

The portal offers a national resource that helps you improve your employability. It features an assessment section where you can watch videos of different roles in care and answer questions about how you would deal with the situations that arise. This gives you a first-hand opportunity to see if the job is right for you.

Once complete, you will be given a document that can be shown to employers to help you stand out against other applicants.

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Mae porthol swyddi Gofalwn Cymru yn hysbysebu swyddi mewn gofal cymdeithasol, blynyddoedd cynnar a gofal plant yng Nghymru.

Ar ôl i chi ymuno â'n porthol swyddi, byddwch yn cael eich diweddaru ar rolau gofal yn eich ardal chi - beth bynnag yw lefel eich profiad.

Mae’r porthole yn cynnig adnodd cenedlaethol sy'n helpu chi i wella eich cyflogadwyedd. Mae'n cynnwys adran asesu lle gallwch wylio fideos o wahanol rolau mewn gofal ac ateb cwestiynau ynghylch sut y byddech yn delio â'r sefyllfaoedd sy'n codi. Mae hyn yn rhoi cyfle uniongyrchol i chi weld a yw'r swydd yn iawn i chi.

Ar ôl ei gwblhau, rhoddir dogfen i chi y gallwch ei ddangos i gyflogwyr i'ch helpu i sefyll allan yn erbyn ymgeiswyr eraill.

Chwiliwch am swyddi yn eich ardal

Here is how to claim your Step into Social Care badge

Follow the ‘Sign up for your City & Guilds digital badge ’ link within the Step into Social Care course (you can go back to the course, even if you have finished it, on the dedicated webpage).

Or get in touch with us so that we can help.

Once you have claimed your badge, you can showcase your achievement on social media and include it in your CV when looking for a job.