Care Academy

Training and Developing High-Quality Health Care Workers

The Care Academy focuses on training and developing high-quality health care workers at all levels across a spectrum of intermediate, advanced and specialist practitioners. We provide bespoke programmes of suitable qualifications for individual businesses, as well as independent needs.

The College has launched the Care Academy to help fill the lack of trained care workers within the South West. This opportunity will be open to unemployed people, current carers and those hoping to train to advanced or specialist standards.

Our main aim is to work with local employers to help fill the shortage of care workers in the area and assist people in forging new careers in the care industry. We will work hard to ensure that all students receive a broad range of meaningful, relevant and hands-on opportunities to equip them with the skills required to work within this field.

All training consists of classroom-based vocational training and updates, as well as online courses. We also deliver ESOL courses in the workplace for those whose first language is not English.

Benefits for the trainee:

Fast track training
Support and practical experience from specialist health and social care professionals
Attend theory and practical training sessions to understand and meet the minimum standard for care workers
If unemployed it could lead to a permanent role
Work placements will be shadowed by experienced staff members

Benefits for our College partners:

Health care workers with either minimum, advanced or specialist standards
Many of our Level 2 training courses are free for all your staff
The partnership will give clients a fantastic PR opportunity
Help clients to deliver a trained professional workforce that embrace your methods and culture
Promoting and enabling a training hub for network members and sector professionals