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Community development workers help people to improve the quality of life in their local area.
This role is open to all graduates though you may find it useful to have a foundation degree or degree in:
Most community development courses include work placements to help you build up your experience. You'll usually need at least 1 A-Level, or equivalent, for a foundation degree and 2 to 3 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a degree.
You could take a college course, which may be useful when applying for a trainee development worker job. Courses include:
Entry requirements for these courses vary.
If you want to specialise in helping the community with health and wellbeing issues, you may be able to do a public health practitioner degree apprenticeship. With this route, you could work for organisations like charities, the NHS or local authorities, helping people in communities to live long, healthy and happy lives.
You'll usually need 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) and A-Levels, or equivalent, for a higher or degree apprenticeship.
Volunteering
A way in to this job is to volunteer for local projects. You'll usually receive some training on the job. You may also get the chance to take an introductory part-time college course in community work. You'll need practical experience of working in the community. You can get this by:
You'll need:
In this role you could:
You could specialise in a particular issue or broaden your experience and work with different issues or groups. You could move into management, policy making, or work as a freelance trainer or consultant.
Social workers help to protect vulnerable children and adults from harm or abuse, and support people to live independently.
Youth offending team officers work to prevent children and young people under 18 from offending and reoffending.
Substance misuse outreach workers encourage people to get help from local support services, and advise them on minimising risks to health.
Foster carers look after children and young people who are not able to live in their own homes.
Education welfare officers make sure that children attend school and get the support they need.
Family support workers help and advise families with long or short-term difficulties.
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Not only will your organisation (or the Government) pay for all of your training, but you’ll be paid to do it. That means you could actually get paid to get your degree and have no debt!
There are over 625 different apprenticeships to choose from, in a range of industries. Whether you’re interested in law, marketing, construction, or engineering, you’ll find something up your street!
As an apprentice, the minimum you’ll earn is £6.20 an hour, but we’ve seen apprentices earn a starting salary of up to £30,000 a year! You could also get other employee benefits like gym memberships, paid holiday, and sick pay.
Employers think apprentices are 15% more employable than those with other qualifications. In fact, many large employers train their graduates and apprentices together!
There’s only so much you can learn when you just do a qualification. As an apprentice, you’ll also get to learn on the job – whether that’s designing amazing graphics, chopping vegetables, or building engines!
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