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Hi Sophie, thanks for your enquiry. If you're in Y12 at school, someone at your school should be able to provide you with information and guidance about careers in healthcare, so please ask at school. In the meantime, here are some links to information that may help with your job-search.
Nursing is a brilliant work area with very high demand, and lots of different and varied jobs. The best place to start looking and find out about requirements is on the NHS Careers Website. While one route into nursing is via studying nursing at university, there are also other routes like apprenticeships and traineeships. These may require fewer qualifications, and depend more on the passion and capabilities of the individual.
There are also other careers within the health area, such as being a Healthcare Assistant and Maternity Support Worker and which are available to people with fewer qualifications. You can find information about these jobs, including what qualifications they need, on the National Careers Service website.
Finally, you may wish get a look at the sort of jobs being advertised now - http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/ is the NHS job finder and gives you a good overview of jobs available within the NHS. There are also jobs in private care homes, and home care - you can find some of them advertised here.
The important things is not to become discouraged. Many people choose to do extra work to improve grades, but having other plans ready (different job roles, or applying for an apprenticeship, for example) as back up plans can also be very useful.
I wish you all the best - and don't forget that doing volunteering or work experience in your chosen job area can also be very useful, as it demonstrates both your determination and that you can manage the work.
Hi Anna, thanks for asking, anyone who wants to promote a scheme, opportunity or anything else to schools can post onto Oxfordshire's School Noticeboard and there are also details for contacting the School News Team on the same page.
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