The Care Workforce Pathway: our offer
The Care Workforce Pathway is a career framework for eight key adult care roles, developed by the Department for Health and Social Care and Skills for Care.
It supports workforce planning, recruitment and professional development across the sector.
The Care Workforce Pathway helps anyone working in or considering a career in adult social care to understand the skills they need, find relevant training, and plan their next steps.
It shows newcomers the core knowledge to get started, supports experienced staff to build expertise or move into leadership or specialist roles, and highlights learning opportunities at every stage.
It can used for personal development and to guide conversations about career progression.
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Explore the Care Workforce Pathway
We’ve mapped our qualifications to the eight role categories in the Care Workforce Pathway. This makes it simple to see what skills and training connect to each role, while giving a clear sense of what progression can look like within adult social care:
The eight role categories
The Adult Care Pathway
Looking ahead
This pathway is part of wider strategies, including the NHS Long Term Plan and leadership and management frameworks.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), together with SfC, is committed to building on this work to deliver a comprehensive, universal career structure for adult social care.