Sheffield

• Sheffield City Council
  • Who are we? By choosing to work in adult care and wellbeing Sheffield you will have opportunities every single day to connect with others, give back to your community, be physically active and learn new skills. 

  • You will be helping people from all walks of life to live the life they want to live and enriching your own life in the process.

• Sheffield Children's Hospital
  • Who are we? Sheffield Children’s is a brilliant place to work. We are one of only three dedicated children’s hospital trusts in the UK and provide an integrated service combining a full range of medical, surgical and mental health services in specialist acute care centres and in the community. We care for children and young people from Sheffield and South Yorkshire as well as providing specialised services for patients from further afield.
• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals 
  • Who are we? Our patients and staff are not numbers they are individuals. Proud to make a Difference is not just our slogan but the way we do things. If you are looking for a role or career that excites you, stretches your potential and gives you job satisfaction, we would love to hear from you.
• Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Trust
  • ​​​​​​​Who are we? We provide a range of mental health and learning disability services to the people of Sheffield. Some of the specialist services we provide support people from across the region, and our gender identity clinic receives referrals from across the country. There is more information in this section about who we are as an organisation, why we're here and what drives us. 
• St Luke's Hospice
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Who are we? We care for people aged 18 and above throughout Sheffield who have ​terminal illnesses. We aim to control their symptoms, alleviate pain, and give them the best possible quality of life – all free of charge.
• Primary Care Sheffield
  • Who are we? We are a social purpose company set up by general practice in Sheffield to provide support in delivering world class primary care. We have grown rapidly to deliver a wide range of high-quality at-scale services including a series of eye-catching initiatives which are leading the way for change nationally.

Local colleges

Local colleges offer courses for anyone 16 and over. They include T levels, apprenticeships, higher education access courses, right through to foundation degrees. There are courses specifically in health and care as well as lots more other opportunities for the range of roles in this sector - think finance, admin, marketing, plumbing plus many more. 

• The Sheffield College: Our campuses feature a state-of-the-art emergency care training suite, complete with a mock hospital ward, patient care mannequins and ultrasound machines. What’s more, our tutors are experts in their professional specialisms, with loads of experience under their belts. Who better to give you advice and guidance on getting into the career you want than someone who has worked in that role?
• Northern College: Based near Sheffield in Barnsley, this is the only residential college for adults aged 19+ in the North. They will prepare you to re-enter education, gain employment or make a career change through immersive residential learning and specialist support.

Higher education courses

If you want to train in subjects like medicine, nursing, dentistry, orthoptics, psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, paramedic science, physiotherapy then Sheffield has some of the country's best universities for these topics. Check out Sheffield Hallam University and The University of Sheffield for more details on the courses on offer and why South Yorkshire is a great place to study and stay and work.

Training and support

Lifelong learning in Sheffield (new website coming soon) offers a range of classes such as digital skills, English language courses, life skills.

Volunteering is when someone spends unpaid time doing something to benefit others. Volunteering can be formal and organised by organisations, or informal within communities. 

Volunteering has many benefits, including gaining experience relevant to employment or education, learning new skills, improved physical and mental health, making friends, and giving back to the community. Whatever your reason, we can help you find the right volunteering opportunity for you. 

Visit the Volunteer Centre Sheffield for the latest opportunities. or head to one of these health and care organisations.

• Healthwatch Sheffield
• Sheffield City Council
• Sheffield Children's Hospital
• Sheffield Health and Social Care
• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
• St Luke's Hospice Sheffield

Are you a student in full time education, aged between 14 and 18, and looking for work experience to help develop your future career in health and social care?

Here is where you can find in-person NHS and care work experience in the Sheffield area: 

• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals offer a range of in-person work experiences and virtual events as well as an Experience Medicine programme for aspiring medics A brilliant place to work (sth.nhs.uk) 

Take a look at our top tips for getting work experience to help you find a placement if there's nothing to suit you in this area.

If you're not sure what sort of jobs you might be interested in, check out this careers by subject list. Simply look at the subjects you are interested in at school or college and check which jobs might be more suited to you. It's not a full list but it might give you some options to think about.

• Sheffield Cares: 

Sheffield CARES is a collaboration between health and care organisations. 

1. we offer job advice, work experience and apprenticeships in care
2. we offer learning and development opportunities including management, specialised skills, and leadership training
3. we promote best practices and innovation within care
4. we support staff to stay working within care

Click the link Welcome to Sheffield’s Care Academy | Care Academy to find out more about Sheffield Cares.

Health and care jobs, volunteer opportunities are based all over the city. They might be in your neighbourhood, in the city centre or in an area you've never been to before.

We want you to have the best chance of getting a job or volunteer role that suits you. 

Don't let a location put you off - always check with the people advertising the role if it's not clear. Not all job adverts are as clear as they could be so it always pays to ask.

• Walking or cycling: Some of the larger organisations offer cycle storage units, showering/changing facilities and cycle to work schemes. 
• Car: Some of the health and care organisations have car parks. Some of these you will need to pay for and some will be free. All of them should have accessible parking.
• Bus, tram or train: If you don't drive, or have access to regular lifts, then public transport might be for you. All our hospitals have bus stops outside and GP practices, pharmacies and dentists often have one very near. You can check the latest bus, tram and train timetable routes on the South Yorkshire. Top tip: Add 'hospital' into the search if your job is in a local hospital.