Employability & Careers

You have probably chosen this course as you are interested in finding out more about a future in health and social care; maybe you are interested in a career in nursing or a therapy of some description? Maybe you are interested in a career in education, maybe you want to enter the police force? If you are passionate about helping people and it is important to you that you make an impact every single day, then you are on the right course for success. Taking this course in health and social care allows you to nurture your desire to help others, and at the same time, take the vital steps to earning a living.

Potential Careers

Employment opportunities can be grouped into:

• allied health (e.g. physiotherapy, radiography, occupational therapy)

• ambulance services

• complementary therapies

• dentistry

• health informatics

• health promotion

• healthcare administration and management

• healthcare science (e.g. clinical engineering, biomedical science, pathology)

• medical equipment sales

• medicine (e.g. doctors, surgeons, GPs)

• medical research

• midwifery

• nursing

• nutrition and diet

• optometry and opticians

• pharmacy

• psychological therapies

Potential employers and university courses

• BUPA BA health and social care

• BMI Healthcare BSc health sciences

• British Red Cross BSc nursing practice

• Skills for Care BSc adult nursing

• Association of British Healthcare Institutes (ABHI) BSc psychology with counselling

• National Health Service (NHS) BA childhood and youth studies

• Care Quality Commission BSc mental health nursing

• Care UK BA social work

• Alzheimer’s Society BA youth justice studies

• County Councils