UK Department of Health & Social Care

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Care workforce pathway for adult social care (easy read)

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Care workforce pathway for adult social care (easy read)

Information about the 8 groups of jobs in adult social care in England.

From: Department of Health and Social Care Published 14 May 2025
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Applies to England

Documents

Care workforce pathway: overview (easy read)

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Jobs for people new to care (easy read)

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Care and support workers (easy read)

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Enhanced care workers (easy read)

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Personal assistants (easy read)

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Supervisors and leaders (easy read)

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Practice leaders (easy read)

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Deputy managers (easy read)

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Registered managers (easy read)

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Details

There are 8 groups of jobs in adult social care in England.

'Adult social care' means helping people who have disabilities or who are ill for a long time.

The first booklet on this page tells you what people working in care need so they can do this important work.

The next 8 booklets tell you about each of the job groups in adult social care.

There is more detailed information on the non-easy read version of the page.

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Published 14 May 2025

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