Skills Bootcamp – Health and Social Care

Course Overview

Your Pathway to a Rewarding Career Starts Here This FREE 5-week intensive Skills Bootcamp is designed to give job seekers aged 19+ living in the Wakefield District the skills, experience, and confidence to begin a fulfilling career in the health and social care sector. Why Join the Bootcamp? · Guaranteed Job Interview with one or more partner employers · Real Experience through high-quality, supervised, work shadowing opportunities · Hands-On VR Learning to enhance skills in a safe setting · Free Enhanced DBS Check arranged for you · Support to Help you into Paid Employment · No Cost to You – fully funded for eligible job seekers

What You Will Study

Programme Overview 3 Weeks of Classroom Learning At Wakefield College, covering essential knowledge, workplace behaviours, real life case studies and employer presentations of working in health and care, and employability skills 2 Weeks of Workplace Shadowing Supervised, shadowing placements rotating around our highly respected partner organisations (1-2 days at each setting), so you can see what it is like working in real health and care environments. VR Simulation Used throughout the programme to support learning in care settings and build interview confidence in a safe, immersive environment. Course Modules Module 1: Introduction to Health & Care · Understanding the sector · Employer presentations on, ‘a day in the life’ working in their organisation · Professional standards · Skills and mindset for care · Placement expectations Module 2: Working in Care · Communication & teamwork · Data protection & reporting · Understanding service users Module 3: Inclusive and Person-Centred Practice · EDI & neurodiversity · Person-centred care · Duty of care & dignity · Remote care Module 4: Specialist Topics · Safeguarding adults & children · Dementia awareness · End-of-life care · Mental health Module 5: Employability Skills · CV writing · Job applications · Interview techniques (supported by VR practice) Partner Workplace Shadowing Opportunities (1-2 days rotating across the organisations): · Wakefield Council · South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Dewsbury and District Hospital · Yorkshire Ambulance Service · Wakefield Hospice · Yorkshire Ambulance Service · Wakefield Hospice

• Attendance Expectations

  Monday-Friday 9am-5pm for 3 weeks in the classroom. Then 1 day Monday-Friday 9am-5pm for 2 weeks workplace shadowing.

• How You Will Be Assessed

  Through course work

• Entry Requirements

  19+

  · Live in the Wakefield district (check with us if unsure)

  · Must have right to work in the UK

  · Must be willing to complete a DBS check

• Fee Information

  Free for learners who self-refer.

• Further Study

  Job seekers completing the course are guaranteed a job interview with one of our partners (Wakefield Council, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Wakefield Hospice) who are looking to hire new staff.

  Participants could move into an apprenticeship