Careers in social care

If you’re passionate about helping people there are lots of different job roles in social care to choose from. There are also plenty of opportunities to progress such as:

  • Specialist areas including dementia, learning difficulties, physical or sensory impairment, end of life care
  • Team leader and management roles
  • Regulated roles like social work, nursing or counselling
  • Other supporting roles (such as Trainers, Office roles including administration, finance, human resources, property maintenance, cooks and housekeepers)

Earn while you learn. Most of the training you do will be ‘on the job’ and at no cost to you.

The skills and experience you gain throughout your career will always be in demand so you’ll always have job security.

You will make a difference to someone else’s life.

Disabled male with care worker holding a ball

Featured careers

Care worker sitting talking to resident
Care worker cutting up food for resident
Care worker and person outside walking down a narrow street
Male resident smiling with care worker
Resident talking to care worker
Care workers and smiling residents walking outside
Chef preparing vegetables
Care workers doing arts and crafts with residents
Care worker showing tablet to elderly resident

Ready for a career in social care?

To find out more about developing your career in adult social care, see this interactive guide from Skills for Care: Social care a rewarding career (skillsforcare.org.uk)

To find local opportunities to start your career visit our Get Started page.

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