If you're at school or college and want to find about more about what it's like working in social care, to help you decide whether it's the career for you, then look no further.
We can offer you the opportunity to experience work in social care, in roles like care assistant and support worker, supporting older people, people living with dementia and people with a learning disability with everyday tasks and enabling them to achieve their goals and aspirations.
Work experience can last from 1 day up to a week depending on what you need and it will give you the opportunity to:
- be in a work environment
- meet new people
- gain new skills
- understand the type of career you would like as you get older
During your work experience you will be buddied up with a member of our team and you'll shadow them in their role. You will also get involved in some group and individual activities in the service, whilst getting to know the people we support.
What's working in care like?
Your placement in social care could be your first step on your career ladder. Click here to find out what the different career progression opportunities there are when you work in social care and click here to see what it's like working for Persona.
To find out more about the difference you could make by working in social care, take a look at our stories.
What do I do next?
Before you start your work experience you will need to provide some information about yourself to ensure we have all the right processes in place and to ensure that you, our staff and the people we support are safe throughout your work experience.
So, if you would like to do some work experience with us, click here to apply and a member of the team will be in contact with you.
