Skills for Care
Getting Started
It doesn't matter about your background or how old you are, if you want to help people there's a social care job for you.
You don’t necessarily need any qualifications or previous work experience to get a job in social care. What’s really important is your values and attitude towards working with people who need care and support.
You can help people to live more independently and have a better quality of life so it's really important you have the right values. Some of the values and behaviours you might need to work in social care are:
- Treat people with dignity and respect.
- Good at working with others.
- Committed to quality care and improving lives.
- Willing to learn and develop at work.
These values might look like this in your everyday life.
- Spending time listening to people to get to know them and their needs.
- Respecting people's right to make their own choices and decisions.
- Commitment to working as part of a team.
- Supporting people when they need it most.
To learn more, please visit: Getting Started