Careers information, advice and guidance

Welcome to your one stop shop for careers information and advice for the health sector.

    

High-quality IAG can help organisations develop the work skills, qualifications and competences you need. Linking IAG processes into your organisation can make a real contribution to transforming and delivering better services.

Skills for Health has a wealth of specialist resources to help you offer comprehensive careers information, advice and guidance where it is needed.

Our information, advice and guidance (IAG) resources help you:

• implement your workforce plans more effectively
• develop the IAG you provide within your organisation
• improve your recruitment, retention and induction processes
• implement a flexible careers framework
• identify funding sources for training and development.

Explore our resources which will provide links to support those giving advice on entering or developing their career in the health sector:

• Developing careers information and advice in your organisation  

All the help you need for embedding Information, Advice and guidance (IAG) in your organisation 

• Information for Advisers  

Enabling information advisers to support individuals to progress their careers or learning

• Exploring the health sector 

Resources to help you advise people making career choices and exploring jobs in the health sector. 

The Health Learning & Skills Advice line (08000 150 850) offers a free and confidential telephone service for existing staff and those considering a career in healthcare. Staffed by expert advisers, it can be used to both support individual career development plans and as a source of advice for in-house advisers, offering IAG or support.

Skills for Health holds the unionlearn Quality Award a mark of quality assured information.