Skills Launchpad Plymouth
Caring Plymouth
Introducing Caring Plymouth
Making Plymouth a great place to grow up and grow old in is one of the city’s key priorities and ensuring that the right care is available for people is critical.
Through Caring Plymouth, we are working together city-wide and system-wide, to strategically coordinate efforts to focus on attraction, recruitment, retention and skills development for our vital health and social care workforce.
We are aligning action with the Government’s three key shifts to govern our direction of travel: Hospital to community, Analogue to digital, and Sickness to prevention. With continued need for more nurses, care workers and home carers, this sector has the highest overall demand for job vacancies in Plymouth.
Our Health and Social Care Coordinators, Jack and Dan are here to help match you with the opportunity (job, training or apprenticeship) that best fits you, your lifestyle, skills and experience. The Caring Plymouth team can also support those already in the sector to ensure they are connected and aware of the support, training and rewards available to you.
Joining Health and Social Care
Health and social care refers to the integrated provision of services that address individuals physical, mental, and social needs. These services are designed to ensure that people feel heard, understood, and supported, with the ultimate goal of improving health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals, carers, families, and communities.
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Health and social care encompasses a broad range of support activities that enable individuals to live independently, safely and with dignity. These services are delivered across diverse settings, including care homes, day centres, community facilities and within individuals’ own homes. The approach is person-centred, aiming to empower individuals while promoting inclusion, resilience and quality of life.
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Joining the sector does not require formal qualifications, if you have a passion for helping others, there is a role for you. There are a lot of different roles available, depending on where you’d like to work or what you want to do, and we can help you find the right fit. Not only that, but a career in care can mean a good work-life balance too.
Health and Social Care in Plymouth
Care homes provide a home and personal care for people who need extra support in their daily lives. Care homes can be categorised into two main types – Residential, which ensure needs of residents are met and Nursing, which ensures needs are met as well supporting with nursing needs, commonly supported by a qualified Nurse.
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Domiciliary Care enables people with care needs to remain in their own home rather than moving into a care setting or staying in hospital. It is often provided to the elderly but can also be offered to children, young people or adults with temporary care needs.
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Supported living typically offers support and/or care services to help people to live as independently as possible. Enabling individuals to decide where they want to live and who with, how they want to be supported and what happens in their own home.
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University Hospitals Plymouth (NHS Trust) play an important role in the health and care system across the South West Peninsula, serving as a regional specialist centre and working in close partnership to deliver integrated health and social care.
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Livewell Southwest is a recognised provider of integrated health and social care services operating across South Hams, West Devon and Plymouth, with additional responsibilities for delivering specialist services to people living in certain parts of Cornwall and Devon
