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Advanced Practitioner | Senior Worker | Support Officer | Social Prescriber | Senior Peer Support Worker

The roles covered by this framework are mainly direct care roles, where the member of staff is giving care, advice and support to a named service user/patient. The member of staff will work in the local community as well as in people’s homes and normally have a work base.

Supervisory | Managerial Roles

Senior support worker, team or section leader, supervisor, they will manage a number of other people and provide support, training, and development for the staff they oversee. Some of the roles will also continue to provide direct care to patients/service users as part of their role.

Regulated Professional Role

A regulated professional role means that you have taken a qualification (normally a degree or above) in a specific field of (medicine, nursing, midwifery, social work, etc) and you have been registered with your professional body.

Experience and skills required

Non Regulated Professional Roles

You may be required to undertake a diploma at level 2 or 3 to become a supervisor or manager or

You may wish to do some additional training as a short course to develop your supervisory skills.

Regulated Professional Roles

To become a regulated profession you will need to attend a university course and gain a professional qualification (which is normally the equivalent of a degree or Masters)

For some careers you can undertake a degree apprenticeship which means you study while you work. They take between 3-6 years to complete. You will spend some time at university (20% for ) but the majority of your time at work.

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