Careers Pathways in Care :: Career Development

Developing Your Career Career Pathways Matrix

There are plenty of opportunities to progress and develop your career in social care.

	You can continue to work and progress your career by taking roles with more resposibility. For example, a senior care worker could become and outreach worker and then a social worker. Click here to go to the Career Pathways Matrix.
	You can move into other job roles with less direct care involvement such as team manager, development and training officer, commissioning officer or inspecting services. Click here to go to the Career Pathways Matrix.
	You may not want to change your job role but can still have opportunities to learn, develop your confidence and widen your range of skills. You could specialise in a particular area of care such as older people with dementia or help other workers to develop their skills by becoming an NVQ/practice assessor or a mentor.
	You may want to move into a similar role in a different service setting - for example moving from a residential home for older people to home care or work with people with learning disabilities. Click here to see what types of jobs there are.
	The skills you may have developed working in other services, such as child care, education, criminal justice, housing, sport and leisure, will mean that you are also able to work in social care and in teams with other professionals. Click here to see how you could start in adult social care.