Careers in Health and Social Care
Jane Saunders, Head of Recruitment
Faculty of Health and Wellbeing
Points to consider
•Technology
or caring focus
•Scrutinise entry criteria
• On line prospectus
• Open Days
• Experience needed prior to application
•Need at least English and Maths at GCSE level.
• Most courses also require GSCE Science
•Placement requirements and location
•Will involve travel, could include shift work, on call and night
work
•Course fees paid and possibility of a bursary for health courses
Points to consider
•Reference
•Personal
statement
•Timing of application
•All require Disclosure and Barring Screening and declaration of
service user & disciplinary procedure checks
•Won't be considered for social work if have a conviction in
previous 2 years
•Occupational health and immunisation requirement
•Most courses are 3 years
Points to consider
•Professional
roles have high levels of responsibility and the
ability to make decisions under pressure
•Assertiveness,
•Varied
confidence and emotional resilience is required.
work day and flexible working patterns
•Work
with people from diverse backgrounds and build
relationships with people you wouldn't normally engage with
•These
careers are stimulating, rewarding and interesting
Relating experience
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What knowledge and skill has
been gained from experiences
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How does the experience relate to
the profession
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Use of examples from different
contexts
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Quote real examples of when
certain skills have been used
What are we looking for?
• Understanding of NHS Values
• Clear & realistic understanding of the profession, health care issues
& what being a professional means
• Understand the format of the course
• awareness of placement commitments
– travel
– shifts and working throughout 24 hours, 7 days
a week
• http://www.shu.ac.uk/prospectus/course/1179
How it works
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% of applicants invited to interview
– More than 50%- Children, Young People & Families
– 40- 50%- Radiotherapy, Youth & Community Work, Operating
Department Practitioner
– 30- 40%- Adult Nursing
– 20- 30%- Mental Health Nursing, Learning Disability & Social Work,
Social Work, Occupational Therapy
– 10- 20%- Physiotherapy, Diagnostic Radiography, Children's Nursing
– Less than 10%- Paramedic & Midwifery
Scoring systems
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Assessed from arrival to departure
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Activities scored
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Added together
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Offers made to highest scorers in order
Courses available at Sheffield Hallam University
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Physiotherapy
Occupational Therapy
Diagnostic Radiography
Radiotherapist
Operating Department
Practitioner
• Paramedic
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Nursing
– Child
– Adult
– Mental Health
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Midwifery
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Social Work
Youth & Community Work
Foundation Degree Working
with children, young people
and families;
Physiotherapist
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Facilitates rehabilitation after
injury or illness
• One to one contact
• Specialities in
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orthopaedics
respiratory
• neurology
Occupational Therapist
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Enable people to manage
disability through adaptation
of their environment
• Mental health and physical
needs
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stress and anxiety
after a stroke
after an injury e.g. spinal cord
damage
Diagnostic Radiography
•Technology
focused but a caring
role too
•Diagnose injury and disease
using medical images
•In patients, outpatients, A&E,
theatre, intensive care units
•Contact with many patients but
short contact time
Radiotherapist
•Treatment
of cancer with
radiation
•Attempt to cure or relief of the
symptoms
•Technological but caring role
Operating Department Practitioner
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Work in theatres
Preparing equipment and
surgical instruments
Assist the surgeon and
anaesthetist
Technical and caring role
Member of resuscitation
teams, work in intensive and
emergency groups
Paramedic
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Senior members of accident
and emergency ambulance
crews
• Trained in all aspects of prehospital care
• Often the first person to arrive
on the scene
• Treat and stabilise at the
scene before transporting to
hospital
Paramedic
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Full time drivers licence
• 2 years full time
Social Work
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Focus on relationships
• Helping people assess and
interpret the problems they
face and support them in
finding solutions
• Could work with offenders;
older people; children,
young people or adults
using mental health
services
• Work with vulnerable
children and adults
Social Work
•Co-ordinate
packages of care that could involve doctors, nurses,
lawyers, police, court officials, probation workers
•Have
legal powers and duties to protect people who cannot
protect themselves e.g. clients with mental health problems or a
child at risk of abuse
•Course
fees not paid
Social Care
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Working with children, young people and families - 2 years
• work in their communities
• emotional or physical problems,
social or family difficulties
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Youth and community work - 3 years
• work with families finding it difficult
to cope
• form relationships with young people in residential care
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Practical support, not assessing needs like social workers
• Course fees not paid
Nursing
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What sort of nurse?
Adult nurse
Children's nurse
Mental health nurse
Learning disability nurse
Midwifery
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Care for women from diverse
backgrounds and social
circumstances
• Involvement in normal child
bearing
• Health promotion
• Complex care needs, medical
disorders, mental ill health,
disabilities, obstetric and
neonatal emergencies
Other careers
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Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmacist
Dietician
Podiatry
Orthoptist
Optometrist
Speech therapy
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk
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Also related courses at the
University in:
• Sport and Active Lifestyles
• Biosciences
www.shu.ac.uk
for more information
Open Days
Sheffield Hallam University Open Days 2015
–Friday 12th June
–Saturday 13th June
–Sunday 4th October
–Saturday 17th October
–Sunday 1st November
www.shu.ac.uk to register
Thank you for listening, any questions?
Health and Social Care Recruitment
Partnership Group
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Meeting held at Sheffield Hallam University
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Partnership meeting with key recruitment staff at SHU,
representatives from schools and colleges
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Chaired by Vicki Severs, School and College Liaison Manager
for HWB
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3 meetings per year: March, June, September
Plan B
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Think about what the Plan B might be if unsuccessful
– UCAS Xtra
– Clearing
– Year out to gain experience and reapply
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Consider alternative career choices
In summary
• Preparation
is key
• Know
what to expect
• Could
influence the rest of their life!
Any questions
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Thank you for listening