The Northern Ireland Social Care Council have launched a new digital resource to aid the learning and development of care practitioners.
It was Shakespeare who said, ‘Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt’. Though Hamlet was written around 400 years ago, some of its messages, somewhat surprisingly, can be linked to today’s social care sector. Especially it’s recruitment aspect.
The latest government figures, which were published at the beginning of this year, show 37% of carers cited a lack of career opportunities as reasons why they decided to leave the sector altogether.
Against this backdrop, the Northern Ireland Social Care Council have launched a new digital resource, which is otherwise known as the Care in Practice Framework and is funded by the Department of Health.
The tool has been created to help care practitioners that are looking to advance their careers through educational opportunities. It includes:
- Information about the Care in Practice (CiP) Framework
- Links to career progression pathways with case studies to refer to
- Easy access to information about qualifications to support career progression
‘There are many exciting job prospects for those interested in social care in Northern Ireland,’ Declan McAllister, interim chief executive at the Social Care Council, said. ‘Providing quality continuous learning guidance and direction through the CiP Framework, using this interactive web resource, is central to preparing them to start and then progress in a career in social care.
‘The CiP framework will lead to new and exciting, and most of all, meaningly pathways for learning and development across the social care profession.’
Jane McMillian, professional social work officer at the Department of health, added: ‘Improving and supporting the career pathway for social care practitioners is something that is often raised with me – and this new online resource will go a long way to giving those thinking of a career and those already working in social care, the support they need for a lifelong career delivering social care.’
More information about the digital resource can be accessed here.
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