Working in health and social care

You work in a hospital or community setting.
The work varies depending on where you're based. In a hospital, for example, you may be washing and dressing patients, serving meals and helping to feed patients, helping people to move around, toileting, making beds, talking to patients and making them comfortable, monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight.

• Care manager

• Health care assistant

• Nurse practitioner

• Support worker

Who helps regain strength, mobility, control- rehabilitate

• Healthcare Assistant

• GP

• Occupational Therapist

• Physiotherapist

Who arranges specialized assistance- for patients who may not be able to perform daily tasks

• Physiotherapist

• Occupational Therapist

• Educational Psychologist

• SENCO

They communicate between patients and doctors, care for patients, administer medicine

• Nurse

• Family Support Worker

• Dietician

• Healthcare Assistant

You’ll support people with all aspects of their day to day living, including social and physical activities, personal care, mobility and meal times.
You might work in a care home, in people’s own homes or in the community. If you work in the community you are sometimes called domiciliary carers which often involves travelling to different people’s houses.

• Health care assistant
• Care worker
• District nurse
• GP

Who assesses patients nutritional and health needs, counsel patients and develop meal plans

• Dietician

• Family Support Worker

• Paediatrician

• SENCO

You are passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and preventing illness. You work with families to give pre-school-age children the best possible start in life. 
You are a qualified and registered nurse or midwife who has chosen to gain additional training and qualifications. Your additional training in public health enables you to assess the health needs of individuals, families and the wider community to promote good health and prevent illness.
You’ll be working mainly with children from birth to five years and their families. You may also work with at-risk or deprived groups such as the homeless, addicts or travellers.

• Midwife
• Nurse
• Health visitor
• District nurse

What does NHS stand for?

• National Health Service
• Natural Health Society
• Nice Hot Sunshine
• Nearly Hometime... ...super!

A GP will refer a patient to a secondary health care service...

• True

• False

Which of the below are Primary Health Care services?

• GP surgery

• Outpatients clinic

• Dentist

• All of them