247 Professional Health welcomes the adult social care graduate management trainee scheme anounced this month. This is a challenging and exciting time for adult social care in England. The ambition for social care is that people are able to live their own lives as they wish, confident that services are of high quality, are safe and promote their own individual needs for independence, well-being and dignity.

Adult social care is expanding. The 1.5 million strong workforce is expected to grow to an estimated 2.5 million by 2025 to help meet the needs and choices of people alongside the inevitable demands of an ageing population.

This growing workforce deserves support from skilled leaders and managers, providing the vision and purpose necessary to develop and inspire their staff.

To help meet these challenges and more, the National Skills Academy for Social Care, supported by the Department of Health, is introducing a National Graduate Management Trainee Scheme to attract some of the executives of the future into the adult social care workforce.

This Scheme is designed for current graduates from a range of disciplines who share our commitment to the best possible outcomes in social care and really want to start a career in social care.

It is the first national trainee scheme devoted to social care. The one-year programme aims to give every trainee and their host organisation a positive boost, raise the profile of social care and increase awareness of how rewarding a career in care can be.

For more information please follow this link