Careers in Health and Social Care

Below are a range of links to useful websites to support you with your job search.

NHS Careers

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/ 

Comprehensive website with information on NHS careers, courses, financial support in education.


https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/ 

NHS jobs + careers advice, NHS values, making successful job applications. 


https://www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/ 

An NHS careers website aimed at young people; includes a questionnaire to help you decide which NHS careers would suit you.

Nursing and Midwifery 

https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/become-a-nurse

Royal College of Nursing


https://www.nmc.org.uk/education/becoming-a-nurse-midwife-nursing-associate/becoming-a-nurse/

Nursing and Midwifery Council 


https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/course-finder

Course finder for clinical courses - use to find out about nursing courses


https://www.prospects.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses

To search for postgraduate courses in nursing/midwifery

Generic Job Sites

Reed: www.reed.co.uk/

JobSite: www.jobsite.co.uk

Monster: www.monster.co.uk/

Total Jobs: www.totaljobs.com

Jobted: https://uk.jobted.com

Fish4: http://www.fish4.co.uk/

Indeed: https://www.indeed.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/job/home

Adzuna: https://Adzuna.co.uk

Social Work

http://www.thefrontline.org.uk/

Social Work (Children and Families) Graduate Scheme 


https://thinkahead.org/ 

Social Work (Mental Health) Graduate Scheme 


https://www.gov.uk/guidance/step-up-to-social-work-information-for-applicants 

Social Work training scheme for graduates (also see NHS Careers website)


https://www.prospects.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses

To search for postgraduate courses.

For help with CVs, cover letters, application forms and much much more..

Use student log-in to access careers support...

General Health and Social Care Job Search 

https://www.healthsocialcarejobs.co.uk/


https://targetjobs.co.uk/graduate-jobs-in-public-service


https://jobs.theguardian.com/jobs/health-1/


https://www.jobmedic.co.uk/


https://jobs.communitycare.co.uk/jobs/mental-health/london-greater-/


https://www.cypnowjobs.co.uk/jobs/youth-work/


https://www.carehome.co.uk/jobs/


https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/search?cat=12

Graduate Schemes


https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Careers-in-care/Starting-your-career/Graduates/Graduate-roles-in-social-care.aspx 

Skills for Care National Graduate Training Scheme


http://www.nhsgraduates.co.uk/the-scheme/ 

NHS Graduates


https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/psychological-therapies/psychological-wellbeing-practitioner 

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Useful Websites

http://www.cqc.org.uk/ 

The independent regulator of health and social care in England


https://www.prospects.ac.uk/ 

Information on a wide range of job roles, post graduate courses and careers support (CV writing, interviews etc.)


https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/job-profiles

A more general site with A-Z of job roles.


https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/planning-your-career%20 

Career planning exercises


http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/

Careers-in-care/Think-Care-Careers.aspx - a wide range of information on various social care careers 


https://www.england.nhs.uk/ahp/role/

Information about roles in the Allied Health Professions, e.g. Physiotherapy, Dietitian, Chiropody











Jobs with Charities

When looking for your next role, keep an open mind as what and where it may be. There are many charities that offer interesting (paid) opportunities within the health and social care sector. Below are listed a few that may be of interest, for a more comprehensive directory of charities, see https://www.charitychoice.co.uk/

General Charity Job Sites 


https://www.charityjob.co.uk/ 


http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/ 


https://jobs.communitycare.co.uk/jobs/

Mental Health Charities


https://www.mind.org.uk/vacancies-and-volunteering/


https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/jobs/

Samaritans


https://www.rethink.org/aboutus/what-we-do/work-for-us/


https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/about-us/jobs



Disability Charities


https://www.scope.org.uk/jobs/

Scope - disability charity.


https://www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/the-work-we-do/about-us/current-vacancies

Charity which supports people with cystic fibrosis.


http://www.whizz-kidz.org.uk/jobs

Charity which supports children with disabilities.


https://jobs.sense.org.uk/vacancies/

Charity supporting deafblind people. 


https://jobs.mencap.org.uk/

Charity supporting children with learning disabilities. 

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/

Charity supporting older people


https://careers.childrenssociety.org.uk/recruitment

Charity supporting children


https://hopeforjustice.org/jobs/

Charity working against human slavery and trafficking 

Homeless Charities


https://centrepoint.org.uk/jobs/our-vacancies/ 

Charity supporting homeless young people


https://jobs.shp.org.uk/home.html

Supports homeless people, particularly those with mental health issues, drug or alcohol dependency.


https://www.mungos.org/work-with-us/careers/

Supports homeless people.


https://thamesreach.org.uk/about-us/careers/current-vacancies/

London based charity supporting homeless people.


https://england.shelter.org.uk/what_we_do/shelter_jobs

National charity supporting homeless people.


https://www.stchris.org.uk/jobs-and-careers/

St Christopher’s, a charity which works with vulnerable children and young people.