Is Adult Social Care for you? Opportunities available across Devon through Proud to Care
Category: Recruitment
Publish date: 01/02/2023
Proud to Care Devon is part of Devon County Council and works in partnership with adult social care organisations across Devon, to support with recruiting and retaining staff.
We provide:
- A jobs board where you can search and apply for jobs in social care and health across Devon
- Free 1-2-1 support for people who are considering working in adult social care and want more information, or people who would like support in finding the right role for them
- Information and job vacancies via social media
- Signposting to a range of free training courses in the sector
If you’re new to social care, relevant industry experience is not essential, as full training will be provided to bring you up to speed. Instead, we’re looking for people who have the right values and the motivation to work in the care sector. If you’re caring and compassionate with good communication skills, and you care for people with dignity and respect, social care could be for you.
While many people will bring personal experience of caring to the role, we do offer a range of free training courses to support you in developing your transferable skills and progressing your career in social care.
Here are some of the entry-level roles you might be interested in:
- Care worker
- Support worker/enabler
- Activities worker
- Day services
- Administrator
- Cook
- Domestic/housekeeper/cleaner
- Maintenance
- Gardener
Working in adult social care, you’ll make a huge difference to the people you support every day. As well as it being a rewarding role that brings fulfilment to your life, the benefits of working in adult social care include:
- A respectable salary
- Mileage and expenses if working in the community
- Flexible working
- A range of opportunities and experience across social care
- Free training and learning and development opportunities
- Career development and progression routes
- Wellbeing support, including confidential information, support, and counselling
- Extensive discounts including the Blue Light Card and Discounts for Carers
- Being part of a supportive team
So, if you’d like more information about roles in adult social care, the job opportunities in your local area, or just want to find the right role for you, we can provide free 1-2-1 support to help you get the answers you need. Simply sign up on our Proud to Care website and one of our friendly recruitment and retention advisers will contact you to talk through your options, and provide helpful information and guidance.
Alternatively, you can apply for any of our roles via RightJob: N512136 or N512138.
For any other questions, please email us or visit our Proud to Care website.