T Levels: Calling on all social care providers to create an occupationally competent and fully prepared workforce

Want to improve your 16–19-year-old workforce pipeline? Want to upskill your current staff?

The Department for Education is working hard to create an occupationally competent and fully prepared workforce. Big changes within education will affect the pipeline of potential staff coming into social care…after September 2024, BTEC Level 3 courses will no longer be on offer.

In recent years, many students on vocational qualifications have experienced the social care sector through placement provision. Those who didn’t know about it have had their eyes opened & come to work in the sector on completion. By hosting student placements, you have a direct impact on capturing prepared & skilled entry level learners into the social sector in Devon. 

Together, we need to….

• Influence education to be meaningful and relevant to social care and capture the imagination of tomorrows potential workforce.
• Attract more learners to undertake the qualification - increase the visibility of T-Levels
• Reap the rewards – extra resources for your projects & day-to-day operations; increase recruitment; cost effectiveness; give your current employees the opportunity to develop management/mentoring skills; and increase retention rates (to name but a few!!).
• Create parity with the NHS – it’s not just for Health!
• Showcase what social care has to offer by getting more care providersto deliver Industry Placements.

We encourage you, as employers, to work in partnership with providers, from designing the structure of the placement to selecting the most suitable candidate for your business, to gain the most from the opportunity.

Take a look at the Career Tree for Adult Social Care.