Health and Social Care

Want to earn while you learn? How about an Apprenticeship in Health and Social Care?

Whether you want to work with adults with disabilities or health problems, or those needing other types of support, our health and social care apprenticeships will give you the knowledge and experience to carve out a career in the growing and rewarding care sector.

The majority of our apprenticeships are 100% workplace based so you can be sure to get fantastic experience while being supported by Nottingham College's industry experts.

Levels

We offer a variety of apprenticeships at Nottingham College, ranging from Level 2 to Level 5.

Careers in Health and Social Care

The number of jobs available in the caring profession is rising across Nottinghamshire, so our courses are a great choice if you are looking for a direct route into employment.

There are lots of different roles in health and social care depending on what you want to do, who you want to work with and where you’d like to work. For example, you could be supporting someone with a physical disability, autism, dementia or a mental health condition. Or you could be working in a care home, out in your local community, in a hospital or from someone’s home.

Plus, there are a vast number of career options in the industry – whether you would like to be an Ambulance Technician, Care Assistant, Environmental Health Worker, Midwife, Nurse, Nursery Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Paramedic, Radiographer, Residential Warden, Social Services Officer, Speech/Language Therapist, Support Worker – there are many choices available to you.

Did you know?

On any one day, there are 90,000 vacancies for social care jobs in England.
The Health Sector employs 1.7 million people in England.
The number of adult social care jobs is expected to grow to around 2.6 million by 2025.
In 2021 there were 1.21 million full time equivalent (FTE) staff working for the NHS.