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Social care has many opportunities for nursing leaders to flourish, hear from people working in different job roles in the sector.

Many have worked across different sectors including Health and Education but all these roles have a shared ethos on the value of person-centred nursing practice in social care. There is also a need for further research into social care nursing with a view to future proofing the workforce.

Take a look at the different job roles and paths people are taking to start and develop their nursing careers in adult social care.

 

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Itai - Registered Manager
Domiciliary care organisation providing care in people’s homes
My registered manager job role involves ensuring the care our organisation provides is of the highest possible quality and meets the regulatory requirements of our service.
Itai profile

Caron - Operations Manager

Residential care homes with and without nursing.
I support and guide registered managers to maintain compliance over five different residential care settings, four of which are registered for nursing. I review and develop company policy and procedures taking into consideration national ...
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Caron profile

 

Micheal - Director of Wellbeing Strategy and Collaboration

Social care provider organisation, 400+ care homes and supported living places in England and Wales.
I have oversight of our health and wellbeing team and our organisational strategies, so we are in place to positively impact on lives of people supported and the skill/knowledge of their supporters. I support in setting the tone ...
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Michael profile

 

Lisa - Regional Senior Nurse

Large provider of; residential care, with and without nursing, specialist mental health provision for working age adults, domiciliary care. 
I hold professional and clinical oversight of around 55 homes as part of the quality team. This involves data analysis, looking at themes and trends, reviewing root cause analysis and incident reporting, including our digital medication ...
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Lisa profile

 

Allyson - Regional Senior Nurse

Large provider of; residential care, with and without nursing, specialist mental health provision for working age adults, domiciliary care.
My role in the organisation sits in the operations team focusing on quality and risk for the Northeast. This means quite a varied role, every week is different, with a focus on skills, quality, and leadership. Due to my academic background, ...
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Ally profile

 

Share your nursing career journey with us!

We would love to know what inspired you to start a career in adult social care nursing, if you would like to share your journey with us complete this template and email it to SocialCareNursing@skillsforcare.org.uk