43 Career Pathways Blog posts

Sian explains how she worked her way up through jobs like Support Work and Care Assistance to become a Health and Social Care Consultant helping turn Care Homes around and improve their CQC rating.

Health Care Assistant, Grant Fullerton Sinclair, discusses his career journey into care, what a typical day looks like, and highlights what it takes to become a HCA.

Mark Redmond explains the skills, experience, and qualifications necessary to help you with your career as a Care Home Manager.

Read on as Patricia Sadio recalls the life changing event that changed her career, and enabled her to help others struggling with care.

Diane Wills explains why her job as a Probation Officer is more complicated than people first think.

Read on as Charlotte Lowe explains her role, and how she is fighting to improve the support offered to school aged children.

Ernesto Martínez works in Cornwall as a MFL Assistant Teacher and a Health Care Assistant at a Nursing Home. Originally from Spain, he arrived in England in June 2013 after a six-month project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This article is about his experience there, working in social development projects, and what he gained during his time there.

We’re really grateful to Karen Chazen for this wonderful article about her journey to becoming a qualified social worker. As she says, it’s a career where ‘you get your rewards in the most unexpected places’

Nick Hodgson is a Team Leader working with young people with learning disabilities. Here he explains his route into care, and what he loves about the job.