Find your career in adult social care

No qualifications – careers in adult social care

Why you don't need qualifications for a career in adult social care

Don’t worry if you haven’t got qualifications or experience; there are lots of roles within adult social care that allow you to start working at an entry level, once you have started your employment you can continue to learn with a range of job role-specific qualifications to help build and support your knowledge to help you progress in your career.

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Progressing your career in adult social care?

"Social care: a rewarding career for you", is a guide which has been created by Skills for Care. It can help you find out more about working in social care and how to advance your career once you have started working.

This is for you if you're:

  • a job seeker
  • a student
  • considering a change of career
  • a care worker wanting to progress in your career

If covers topics like:

  • why choose a career in social care?
  • how can I get into social care and where to start?
  • what you need to progress in your career
  • job roles with job descriptions
  • cases studies of people currently working within a range of different roles talking about how they have progressed in their career

Visit Skills for Care to download the "Social care: a rewarding career for you" guide.

Examples of entry-level jobs

Entry-level jobs include:

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