You can work in many different areas: Social work; housing; alcohol & substance misuse; community work; youth work and more... Some areas will require additional qualifications/training. In some cases this might be on the job. Many of the roles will be through direct entry. Relevant experience will be essential to getting in. Many jobs will be in local government and the NHS, although there are also paid opportunities in the voluntary sector.

Find out about what the work involves, what qualifications and experience you will need, and how to get in.

You can find more job profiles for social care on the National Careers Service website and on Prospects

Some of our recent graduates working in these areas include:

• Children in Care Prevention Officer, Youth Offending Service - BA Social Work
• Youth Worker, Brighton and Hove City Mission - BSc Chemistry
• Social Care Assistant, Hanover Care - MA Anthropology of Development and Social Transformation
• Case Administrator, London Probation Trust - LLB Law
• Support Worker, Affinity Housing Association - BA Sociology w. Social Psychology

Other job roles found by our graduates include youth support worker, outreach worker, substance misuse support worker, social care worker, group and family worker, outreach support worker. We have lots of social workers too!