Introductory courses in social care and childcare
13 January 2022
Are you considering working in social care or childcare?
Do you feel you need to gain skills and understanding of the roles available?
Find out more about the WeCare Wales training available to you.

About the training
We are running a funded training programme for people interested in working in social care (and living in Wales) called an Introduction to social care.
The three-day training is available for anyone living in Wales and it will take place on-line with a workbook to complete.
The times are from 9:45am-2:30pm.
The training will cover the essentials you need to start working in social care such as communication, safeguarding and working practices. When you start working in the sector, you will also receive extra support and training from your employer.
If you are unable to access the on-line training or require support, please contact us at contact@wecare.wales.
If you are unsure about a career in social care, there is a tool you can use to help you explore this and see what the work is like www.WeCare.wales/a-question-of-care-intro/.
To work within the social care sector, you will need to have some checks to make sure you are suitable to work in the care sector. This will include something called a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to make sure you can work in social care. Certain roles also require Social Care Wales registration.
This programme is not an accredited qualification in health and social care. For more information on sponsorships and working rights please visit www.gov.uk
Jobs
At the end of the programme our work coach can help signpost you for further support and opportunities. If you have completed all three days, you can access the guaranteed interview scheme giving you the opportunity to arrange interviews directly with employers signed up to the scheme. Please refer to the employers list to find opportunities in your area.
The training is free and fully funded, but you will not get paid for attending. You will receive vital skills and knowledge as you start your journey into social care.
Course dates available
Click here for our next available dates
Click here for Welsh only dates
The times are from 9:45am-2:30pm.
Guaranteed interview scheme for employers
More than 50 employers have signed up to a new scheme to help more people get work in social care.
The scheme, which is run by WeCare Wales, will help anyone who’s completed the Introduction to Social Care programme get an interview, making it easier for them to get a job in social care.
The scheme is a partnership with social care employers across Wales and helps both people looking for jobs and employers.
It speeds up the hiring process, so people can get into work more quickly and gives them the advantage over other people applying for the same jobs.
It also helps employers find the right people for the right jobs, and means they can choose people who are really interested in social care work.
How it works
When people complete the Introduction to social care programme, they’re paired with a WeCare Wales work coach.
The coach will run regular work ready workshops to help candidates sharpen their CV, application forms and interview skills, so they’re ready to take their first steps in a social care career.
Participants can also work with their coach to identify further training, identify suitable roles, or pathways into social care, as well as use the guaranteed interview list to help match employers and participants into suitable interview opportunities in their area.
“An excellent scheme”
The scheme launched in July after a successful pilot with Newport-based Pobl Group, a non-profit housing, care and support provider. Pobl has already placed three people through the guaranteed interview scheme.
Richard Barnes, Head of Talent Attraction at Pobl, said:
“It’s an excellent scheme that gives a strong induction to the sector. The people we’ve hired so far have excellent attitudes, good understanding of their new roles and have bright futures ahead of them.”
Get involved
Are you struggling to employ new team members? We want to help you create a talent pool of workers.
If you’re a social care employer who wants to join the scheme or find out more, please email: contact@wecare.wales or sign up to our next webinar:
16+ Further education programme
Are you a further education Health and Social Care teacher? Are your students 16 plus and interested in learning more about social care or considering a future career in social care or social work? We have developed a two day programme specifically for students studying health and social care as part of further education. Sessions are subject to availability and are delivered online.
The training will cover:
• what is social care?
• roles within social care
• qualities and expectations of a social
care worker
• finding a job in social care
• duty of care, risk and safeguarding
• Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales)
Act 2014
• multi Agency working
• communication and barriers
• confidentiality and consent
• promoting independence
• personal resilience and wellbeing.
To discuss availability of our college programme or if you have questions please contact Sam Thomas on 02920780543 or Liz Tibbatts on 02920 675691 or email introductiontosocialcare@socialcare.wales
Employers list
Anglesey
- Leonard Cheshire
Various areas of support and job roles available
Email: liza.wiggins@leonardcheshire.org
Telephone: 07500027146
Blaenau Gwent
- Care in Wales
Home care
Email: info@careinblaenaugwent.com - CPI Care (Field Bay)
Residential respite, supported living and day centres
Email: keith@fieldbay.co.uk - Expanding Horizons
Care home and supported living
Email: Ellis.jenkins@expanding-horizons.co.uk - Evergreen Care Wales
Supported living
Email: chrisdavies@evergreencareltd.org - Abacare
Home care support
Email: Shannon.Meredith@abacare.org.uk - Pobl
Supported living
Email: bianca.symons@poblgroup.co.uk
Telephone: 07796249423 - The Care Collective
Home care and support for unpaid carers
Email: rebeccaharding@thecarecollective.wales
Telephone: 07719528779 - Phoenix Learning and Care
Children’s residential homes in Merthyr, RCT, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent
Email: bjones@plcl.org.uk
Telephone: 07826642210 - Cera Care
Domiciliary care
Email: daniel.edwards@ceracare.co.uk
Website: www.ceracare.co.uk
Bridgend
- Hallows Care
Social care worker, apprentice social care worker, care assistant and community carer
Email: vale@hallows-care.com
Telephone: 01446731285
Website: www.hallows-care.com - Mirus
Social care work, residential care and respite support
Email: recruitment@mirus-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 02920236216 - Total Care Services
Adult care
Email: devena@totalcareservicesltd.co.uk
Telephone: 01685352788 - Drive Ltd
Supported living, domiciliary care, short term care and community hubs
Email: rebekahplayer@drive-wales.org.uk or hr@drive-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 01443 845289 (HR) or 01443 565661 (direct) - Swanton Care
Community, values in care, supported living and residential
Email: lauren.batty@swantoncare.com
Telephone: 07767162770 - C&C healthcare
Domiciliary care and residential care home
Telephone: 07568132047 - The Care Collective
Home care and support for unpaid carers
Email: rebeccaharding@thecarecollective.wales
Telephone: 07719528779 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040 - Hafod
Relief and part time static and community care
Email: Saskia.Aubrey@hafod.org.uk or Laura.Blue@hafod.org.uk
Email: www.hafod.org.uk
Website: www.hafod.org.uk - Everycare Bridgend
Care in the community
Email: hr@everycarebridgend.co.uk
Telephone: 01656 722200
Caerphilly
- Care in Wales
Home care
Email: info@careinblaenaugwent.com - My Care My Home
Care home, supported living and home care
Email: rob.pitts@mycaremyhome.co.uk - CPI Care (Field Bay)
Residential respite, supported living and day centres
Email: keith@fieldbay.co.uk - Expanding Horizons
Care home and supported living
Email: ellis.jenkins@expanding-horizons.co.uk - Arian Care
Care home, supported living and home care
Email: joeyne_maskell@hotmail.co.uk - Evergreen Care Wales
Supported living
Email: chrisdavies@evergreencareltd.org - Radis Community Care
Domiciliary care and extra care
Email: abigail.davies@radis.co.uk - Cynefin Care
Home care
Email: caroline Jones caroline@cynefincare.co.uk
Telephone: 07837503481 - Abacare
Home care support
Email: Shannon.Meredith@abacare.org.uk - Total Care Services
Adult care
Email: devena@totalcareservicesltd.co.uk
Telephone: 01685352788 - Drive Ltd
Supported living, domiciliary care, short term care and community hubs
Email: rebekahplayer@drive-wales.org.uk or hr@drive-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 01443 845289 (HR) or 01443 565661 (direct) - Swanton Care
Community, values in care, supported living and residential
Email: lauren.batty@swantoncare.com
Telephone: 07767162770 - Pobl
Older people, supported living, independent living, residential care home, learning difficulties, mental health and autism
Email: rebecca.borde@poblgroup.co.uk or bianca.symons@poblgroup.co.uk
Telephone: 01633233841 or 07796829893 - The Care Collective
Home care and support for unpaid carers
Email: rebeccaharding@thecarecollective.wales
Telephone: 07719528779 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040 - Team Rainbow
Children’s home
Email:jamesc@team-rainbow.co.uk
Telephone: 01443227336
Website: www.rainbowtherapeutic.co.uk - Hafod
Relief and part time static community care
Email: Saskia.Aubrey@hafod.org.uk
Website: www.hafod.org.uk - Phoenix Learning and Care children’s residential homes in Merthyr, RCT, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent. Contact Rebecca Jones, Email: bjones@plcl.org.uk, Tel:07826642210.
- Wales England Care
Domiciliary care
Email: hayley.buxton@walesenglandcare.co.uk
Tel: 01633746035
Website: www.walesenglandcare.co.uk
Cardiff
- Rumney Care and Ambulance Service Ltd
Home care
Telephone: 02921990019 or 07511391155 - Mirus
Social care work, residential care and respite support
Email: recruitment@mirus-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 02920236216 - Innovate Trust
Supported living and learning disability
Email:recruitment@innovate-trust.org.uk
Telephone: 02920382151 - Bluebird Care
Domiciliary care
Email: rhianadams@bluebirdcare.co.uk
Tel: 02920623320
Website: www.bluebirdcare.co.uk - Total Care Services
Adult care
Email: devena@totalcareservicesltd.co.uk
Telephone: 01685352788 - Pobl
Older people, supported living, independent living, residential care home, learning difficulties, mental health and autism
Email: rebecca.borde@poblgroup.co.uk or bianca.symons@poblgroup.co.uk
Telephone: 01633233841 or 07796829893 - Leonard Cheshire
Various areas of support provided
Email: liza.wiggins@leonardcheshire.org
Telephone: 07500027146 - The Care Collective
Home care and support for unpaid carers
Email: rebeccaharding@thecarecollective.wales
Telephone: 07719528779 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040 - Relax Care
Home care
Email: a.walsh@relaxcare.co.uk
Telephone: 0330115221 - Hafod
Relief and part time static community care
Email: Madeleine.Viader-Lloyd@hafod.org.uk
Website: www.hafod.org.uk - Integra as part of National Care Group
Residential and supported living
Email: nicola.fisher@nationalcaregroup.com - Wales England Care
Domiciliary care
Email: hayley.buxton@walesenglandcare.co.uk
Tel: 01633746035
Website: www.walesenglandcare.co.uk
Carmarthenshire
- Carmarthenshire Council
Domiciliary care
Email: megealy@carmarthenshire.gov.uk - Glasallt Fawr
Residential care for adults with learning disabilities
Email: Andrea.Bennett@glasallt-fawr.com
Telephone: 01550776200 - Swanton Care
Community, values in care, supported living and residential
Email: lauren.batty@swantoncare.com
Telephone: 07767162770 - Pobl
Older people, supported living, independent living, residential care home, learning difficulties, mental health and autism
Email: rebecca.borde@poblgroup.co.uk or bianca.symons@poblgroup.co.uk
Telephone: 01633233841 or 07796829893 - C&C healthcare
Domiciliary care and residential care home
Telephone: 07568132047 - Foel Farm Care Home
Care home
Email: lukie@foelfarm.uk
Telephone: 01239710970 - Leonard Cheshire
Various areas of support provided
Email: liza.wiggins@leonardcheshire.org
Telephone: 07500027146 - Plantos
Children nursery
Email: info@plantos.co.uk
Telephone: 02920798333 - Integra as part of National Care Group
Residential and supported living
Email: nicola.fisher@nationalcaregroup.com - Mihomecare
Domicillary care
Email: simone.blair@mihomecare.com
Telephone: 07597897921 or 03331215601
Ceredigion
- Mirus
Social care work, residential care and respite support
Email: recruitment@mirus-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 02920236216
Conwy
- Cera Care
Domiciliary care
Email: daniel.edwards@ceracare.co.uk
Website: www.ceracare.co.uk - Leonard Cheshire
Various areas of support provided
Email: liza.wiggins@leonardcheshire.org
Telephone: 07500027146 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040 - SI Medicare
Adult Residential Care
Email: shamsilyas@doctors.org.uk
Tel: 07432661911
Denbighshire
- Cera Care
Domiciliary care
Email: daniel.edwards@ceracare.co.uk
Website: www.ceracare.co.uk - St Davids Care Limited
Residential care
Email: admin@saintdavidscare.com
Telephone: 01745353621 - Accredilink Community Response
Task force, home care, patient transport services and emergency medical care at events and in the community
Email: stephenede@accredilink.org
Telephone: 07596338245
Website: www.accredilink.org - Denbighshire County Council
Various areas of support
Email: helen.murphy@denbighshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 0182470604 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040
Flintshire
- Haulfryn Care Limited
Dementia care home
Email: info@haulfryn-care.co.uk
Telephone: 01978762203 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040 - Bluebird Care
Home care
Email: rebeccazartarian@bluebirdcare.co.uk
Tel: 01244318348
Website: www.bluebirdcare.co.uk
Gwent
- Mirus
Social care work, residential care and respite support
Email: recruitment@mirus-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 02920236216 - Phoenix Learning and Care
Children’s residential homes
Email: bjones@plcl.org.uk,
Telephone: 07826642210 - CPI Care (Field Bay)
Residential respite, supported living and day centres
Email: keith@fieldbay.co.uk
Telephone: 01495240010 - Enable Care Services
Residential care homes for adults with learning disabilities and mental health
Email: thefirsenable@btinternet.com
Telephone: 01633877556 - Expanding Horizons
Care home and supported living
Email: ellis.jenkins@expanding-horizons.co.uk - Consensus
Residential services and supported living
Email: ljackson@consensussupport.com
Telephone: 07824594384 - Lougher Home Care Home
Home care and supported
Email: admin@lougherhomecare.co.uk
Telephone: 01633881177 - Arian Care
Care home, supported living and home care
Email: joeyne_maskell@hotmail.co.uk - Evergreen Care Wales
Supported living
Email: chrisdavies@evergreencareltd.org
Telephone: 01495240343 - Seren Healthcare
Home care
Email: stellah.chinamo@serenhealthcaresolutions.co.uk - Abi Care
Home care and live in care
Email: kelly.crimmins@abicare.co.uk
Tel: 07834353393 - Home Instead
Home care and live in care
Email: nicola.gibbins@homeinstead.co.uk or info.newport@homeinstead.co.uk - Care in Wales
Home care
Email: info@careinblaenaugwent.com - My Care My Home
Care home, home care and supported living
Email: rob.pitts@mycaremyhome.co.uk - Rumney Care and Ambulance Service Ltd
Home care
Telephone: 02921990019 or 07511391155 - Pobl
Supported living
Email: bianca.symons@poblgroup.co.uk
Telephone: 07796249423 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040 - Hafod
Static community care
Email: Laura.Blue@hafod.org.uk (Caerphilly) or Saskia.Aubrey@hafod.org.uk (Blaenavon) or Madeleine.Viader-Lloyd@hafod.org.uk (Cwmbran) - United Care Solutions Ltd
Residential Children’s Service
Email: leanne@unitedcaresolutions.co.uk - Wales England Care
Domiciliary care
Email: hayley.buxton@walesenglandcare.co.uk
Tel: 01633746035
Website: www.walesenglandcare.co.uk
Gwynedd
- Cera Care
Domiciliary care
Email: daniel.edwards@ceracare.co.uk
Website: www.ceracare.co.uk - Treherne Care Group
Domiciliary & residential care for adults with learning disabilities or mental health
Email: tinao@trehernecaregroup.com
Telephone: 01341424650 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040
Merthyr Tydfil
- Abacare
Home care support
Email: Shannon.Meredith@abacare.org.uk - Drive Ltd
Supported living, domiciliary care, short term care and community hubs
Email: rebekahplayer@drive-wales.org.uk or hr@drive-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 01443 845289 (HR) or 01443 565661 (direct) - Swanton Care
Community, values in care, supported living and residential
Email: lauren.batty@swantoncare.com
Telephone: 07767162770 - Team Rainbow
Children’s home
Email: jamesc@team-rainbow.co.uk
Telephone: 01443227336
Website: www.rainbowtherapeutic.co.uk - Phoenix Learning and Care
Children’s residential homes in Merthyr, RCT, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent
Email: bjones@plcl.org.uk
Tel: 07826642210
Monmouthshire
- Consensus
Residential and supported living service
Email: ljackson@consensussupport.com - Lougher Home Care Home
Home care and supported
Email: admin@lougherhomecare.co.uk
Telephone: 01633881177 - Abi Care Home care and live in care
Email: kelly.crimmins@abicare.co.uk
Tel: 07834353393 - Home Instead
Home care and live in care
Email: nicola.gibbins@homeinstead.co.uk or info.newport@homeinstead.co.uk - My Care My Home
Care home, supported living and home care
Email: rob.pitts@mycaremyhome.co.uk - Radis Community Care
Home care and extra care
Email: abigail.davies@radis.co.uk
Telephone: 07858367355 - Drive Ltd
Supported living, domiciliary care, short term care and community hubs
Email: rebekahplayer@drive-wales.org.uk or hr@drive-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 01443 845289 (HR) or 01443 565661 (direct) - Pobl
Older people care
Email: rebecca.borde@poblgroup.co.uk - The Care Collective
Home care and support for unpaid carers
Email: rebeccaharding@thecarecollective.wales
Telephone: 07719528779 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040 - 3 Circles Care
Home care community based
Telephone: 01873 269 273 or 07850912108
Neath Port Talbort
- Community Lives
Supported living
Email: humanresourcesdepartment@communitylives.co.uk
Website: www.communitylives.co.uk - Mirus
Social care work, residential care and respite support
Email: recruitment@mirus-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 02920236216 - Drive Ltd
Supported living, domiciliary care, short term care and community hubs
Email: rebekahplayer@drive-wales.org.uk or hr@drive-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 01443 845289 (HR) or 01443 565661 (direct) - Pobl
Residential care home
Email: rebecca.borde@poblgroup.co.uk - Haven Home Care Ltd
Home care and community setting
Email: jamie@havenhome.care
Telephone: 01639893837
Website: www.havenhome.care - Integra as part of National Care Group
Residential and supported living
Email: nicola.fisher@nationalcaregroup.com
Newport
- CPI Care (Field Bay)
Residential respite, supported living and day centres
Email:Keith@fieldbay.co.uk
Telephone: 01495240010 - Expanding Horizons
Care home and supported living
Email: ellis.jenkins@expanding-horizons.co.uk - Arian Care
Care home, supported living and home care
Email: joeyne_maskell@hotmail.co.uk - Evergreen Care Wales
Supported living
Email: chrisdavies@evergreencareltd.org - Seren Healthcare
Home care
Email: stellah.chinamo@serenhealthcaresolutions.co.uk - Abi Care Home care and live in care
Email: kelly.crimmins@abicare.co.uk
Tel: 07834353393 - Home Instead
Home care and live in care
Email: nicola.gibbins@homeinstead.co.uk or info.newport@homeinstead.co.uk - Rumney Care and Ambulance Service Ltd
Home care
Telephone: 02921990019 or 07511391155 - Radis Community Care
Domiciliary care and extra care
Email: abigail.davies@radis.co.uk - Spectrum Healthcare
Care homes, home care and 1:1
Email: spectrumhealthcare@rocketmail.com
Telephone: 07483300730 - Abacare
Home care support
Email: Shannon.Meredith@abacare.org.uk - Total Care Services
Adult care
Email: devena@totalcareservicesltd.co.uk
Telephone: 01685352788 - Pobl
Independant living service and supported living
Email: Bianca.symons@poblgroup.co.uk
Telephone: 07796249423 - Leonard Cheshire
Various areas of support provided
Email: liza.wiggins@leonardcheshire.org
Telephone: 07500027146 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040 - United Care Solutions Ltd
Residential childrens service
Email: leanne@unitedcaresolutions.co.uk - Wales England Care
Domiciliary care
Email: hayley.buxton@walesenglandcare.co.uk
Tel: 01633746035
Website: www.walesenglandcare.co.uk
Pembrokeshire
- C&C healthcare
Domiciliary care and residential care home
Telephone: 07568132047
Powys
- Powys Council
Home support, disabilities, mental health, older people, day services, community support.
Email: recruitment@powys.gov.uk
Tel: 01597826409
Website: https://en.powys.gov.uk/job-vacancies - Mirus
Social care work, residential care and respite support
Email: recruitment@mirus-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 02920236216 - Spectrum Healthcare
Care homes, home care and 1:1
Email: spectrumhealthcare@rocketmail.com
Telephone: 07483300730 - Swanton Care
Community, values in care, supported living and residential
Email: lauren.batty@swantoncare.com
Telephone: 07767162770 - C&C healthcare
Domiciliary care and residential care home
Tel: 07568132047 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040
Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Bluebird Care
Domiciliary care
Email: rhianadams@bluebirdcare.co.uk
Tel: 01443309123 - Cera Care
Domiciliary care
Email: daniel.edwards@ceracare.co.uk
Website: www.ceracare.co.uk - Rhondda Cynon Taf Council
Adults residential care
Email: Rebecca-Jane.Lewis@rctcbc.gov.uk
Tel: 07385375589
Website: www.rctcbc.gov.uk/JobsandTraining/ - Innovate Trust
Supported living and learning disability
Email:recruitment@innovate-trust.org.uk
Telephone: 02920382151 - Radis Community Care
Domiciliary care and extra care
Email: abigail.davies@radis.co.uk - Total Care Services
Adult care
Email: devena@totalcareservicesltd.co.uk
Telephone: 01685352788 - Serenity Services
Home care and supported living
Email: marcus@serenitysupportservices.co.uk - Drive Ltd
Supported living, domiciliary care, short term care and community hubs
Email: rebekahplayer@drive-wales.org.uk or hr@drive-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 01443 845289 (HR) or 01443 565661 (direct) - Swanton Care
Community, values in care, supported living and residential
Email: lauren.batty@swantoncare.com
Telephone: 07767162770 - The Care Collective
Home care and support for unpaid carers
Email: rebeccaharding@thecarecollective.wales
Telephone: 07719528779 - Team Rainbow
Children’s home in Rhonddfa Cynon Taf
Email:jamesc@team-rainbow.co.uk
Telephone: 01443 227336
Website: www.rainbowtherapeutic.co.uk - Integra National Care Group
Residential and supported living in Tonyrefail and Porth
Email: nicola.fisher@nationalcaregroup.com - Phoenix Learning and Care
Children’s residential homes in Merthyr, RCT, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent
Email: bjones@plcl.org.uk,
Telephone: 07826642210
Swansea
- RSD Social Care
Domiciliary care
Email: christianheinrich@rsd.uk.com
Telephone: 01792342199
Website: www.rsdsocialcare.co.uk - Mirus
Social care work, residential care and respite support
Email: recruitment@mirus-wales.org.uk
Telephone: 02920236216 - Aylecare Ltd
Home care
Email: jess@aylecare.co.uk
Telephone: 01792895150 - Pobl
Mental health, learning disability and physical disability
Email: rebecca.borde@poblgroup.co.uk
Telephone: 01633233841 or 07796829893 - C&C Healthcare
Domiciliary care and residential care home
Telephone: 07568132047 - Habitat Homecare
Home care and companionship care
Email:recruitment@habitathomecare.co.uk
Telephone: 01792721720 - Linc Cymru
Independent Living
Email: samantha.nicholls@linc-cymru.co.uk
Telephone: 07812485040 - Integra National Care Group
Residential and supported living
Email: nicola.fisher@nationalcaregroup.com - Living at Home
Email: Recruitment@livingathome.uk
Telephone: 07939883647 (James) or 01792588111 (office)
Website: www.livingathome.uk
Torfaen
- Home Instead
Home care and live in care
Email: nicola.gibbins@homeinstead.co.uk or info.newport@homeinstead.co.uk - CPI Care (Field Bay)
Residential respite, supported living and day centres
Email: keith@fieldbay.co.uk
Telephone: 01495240010 - Enable Care Services
Residential care homes for adults with learning disabilities and mental health
Email: thefirsenable@btinternet.com
Telephone: 01633877556 - Expanding Horizons
Care home and supported living
Email: ellis.jenkins@expanding-horizons.co.uk - Arian Care
Care home, supported living and home care
Email: joeyne_maskell@hotmail.co.uk - Evergreen Care Wales
Supported living
Email: chrisdavies@evergreencareltd.org - Radis Community Care
Domiciliary care and extra care
Email: abigail.davies@radis.co.uk - Spectrum Healthcare
Care homes, home care and 1:1
Email: spectrumhealthcare@rocketmail.com
Telephone: 07483300730 - Abacare
Home care support
Email: Shannon.Meredith@abacare.org.uk - Total Care Services
Adult care
Email: devena@totalcareservicesltd.co.uk
Telephone: 01685352788 - Team Rainbow
Children’s home
Email: jamesc@team-rainbow.co.uk
Telephone: 01443227336
Website: www.rainbowtherapeutic.co.uk - Living at Home
Email: Recruitment@livingathome.uk
Telephone: 07939883647 (James) or 01792588111 (office)
Website: www.livingathome.uk - Hafod
Relief community and static care
Email: Madeleine.Viader-Lloyd@hafod.org.uk
Website: www.hafod.org.uk - Wales England Care
Domiciliary care
Email: hayley.buxton@walesenglandcare.co.uk
Tel: 01633746035
Website: www.walesenglandcare.co.uk - Living at Home
Email: Recruitment@livingathome.uk
Telephone: 07939883647 (James) or 01792588111 (office)
Website: www.livingathome.uk
Vale of Glamorgan
- Hallows Care
Social care worker, apprentice social care worker, care assistant and community carer
Email: vale@hallows-care.com
Telephone: 01446731285
Website: www.hallows-care.com - Cera Care
Domiciliary care
Email: daniel.edwards@ceracare.co.uk
Website: www.ceracare.co.uk - Innovate Trust
Supported living and learning disability
Email:recruitment@innovate-trust.org.uk
Telephone: 02920382151 - College Fields Nursing Home
Care home and residential nursing home
Email: helen.randall@collegefieldsnursinghome.co.uk
Telephone: 01446747778 - Hafod
Relief community and static care
Email: Saskia.Aubrey@hafod.org.uk
Website: www.hafod.org.uk
Wales wide
- Action for Children
Childrens charity
Telephone: 07921872357 (Emma Boulton) - Orbis
Children and adults with autism
Email: Henry.Field@orbis-group.co.uk - Gofal
Residential support, rehabilitation, learning disabilities and mental health
Email:hr@gofalcymrucare.com - Living at Home
Email: Recruitment@livingathome.uk
Telephone: 07939883647 (James) or 01792588111 (office)
Website: www.livingathome.uk - Ludlow, Beechwood College and Ocean Community Services
Email:ceri.ashdown@lshealthcare.co.uk
Wrexham
- Leonard Cheshire
Various areas of support provided
Email: liza.wiggins@leonardcheshire.org
Telephone: 07500027146
Workshops
Are you interested in working in social care?
Do you need to write or update a CV, advice on filling in application forms for social care roles or want to build your confidence with interviews?
We are offering free online workshops to support you in the social care recruitment process.

About the training
The Introduction to Childcare course gives an overview of working in childcare and early years. It introduces core areas you need to start working in childcare, offers an insight into career options and explains what qualities workers need.
Each course has guest speakers and ambassadors who bring to life the reality of working in childcare and early years.
Following completion of the course, we will work alongside Careers Wales to support you in your search for employment and training. When you start working in the sector, you will also receive extra support and training from your employer.
To work within childcare, you will need to have some checks to make sure you are suitable to work in the sector. We will help you with these. This will include something called a Disclosure and Barring System (DBS) check to make sure you can work in childcare.
The course content includes:
- roles and responsibilities of childcare and early years workers
- overview of job roles and settings
- children’s rights
- well-being
- working in child-centred ways
- play
- Welsh language and communication
- health and safety
- infection prevention and control
- safeguarding
- Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) providing specific information on becoming a Childminder
- ambassadors
- employability advice and support from Careers Wales.
Course details:
Cost – Free –
Durations – Two consecutive days between 10am-2pm
Restrictions – You must be over 18 and live in Wales
Qualification – No minimum qualification requirements
Location – Online (Zoom)
Things to know:
This is not an accredited qualification.
For sponsorships and working rights – please visit Welsh Government.
Getting into work:
At the end of the programme we will stay in touch with you to provide you with useful resources and assist and support you in looking for available vacancies. We can’t guarantee you will get a job in childcare, but you will be in a good position to find employment.
For enquiries or further information, please contact: introductiontochildcare@socialcare.wales
Course dates available
Follow up
If you are on an employability scheme (for example through Workways or Job Centre Plus), they may be able to help with any travel expenses for attending interviews.
We want to know how well our training works. We will contact you a month after you have completed the course to get some feedback and see if you have been successful in getting a job.
Jobs available
Employers have been asked to register any job vacancies they have on www.WeCare.wales/jobs. You can apply for these before, during or after attending the training course, but completing the course will help you to be ‘job ready’.