One Bromley

Health and Care Careers Insight Week

Experience overview

Keen to learn all about health and care careers in your local area? Springpod has teamed up with One Bromley Local Care Partnership to demonstrate the power of collaboration in an insightful programme to kick-start your health and care career. One Bromley Local Care Partnership brings together local NHS health providers, the council, and voluntary sector to more formally work together to deliver better care for all.

What’s included?

Don’t know the difference between all the types of health and care roles, then don’t stress! This programme will give you a rundown of the different types of nurses, medical careers, social care, and the allied health professions, such as occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and dieticians. Not only will you be given the opportunity to partake in quizzes and activities to put your new-found knowledge to the test, you’ll even have the chance to hear from a range of health and care professionals along the way in live webinars!

Students in year 10-13 living in South London, Croydon and Kent, as well as those that have parents working for One Bromley organisations are welcome to apply.

Certificate of completion

Approximately 10 hours of work

Attend live seminars

Complete at a pace that suits you

Introduction to One Bromley

This module provides a fantastic introduction to One Bromley, its aims and objectives. It will help you gain an important insight into the roles and opportunities available and intel on potential career pathways in health and care. You’ll finish off this module with a fun activity full of tips and tricks, and a recap quiz.

AHPs & Social Care

You’ll begin this module with a rundown of the fifteen different Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) and their respective entry points, before learning more about the day-to-day role of an AHP. You will also find out about social care and the role and responsibilities of a social worker. The programme's first live webinar will give you the opportunity to ask questions of AHP and social care professionals.

Nursing & Midwifery

In this module we’ll hear from nurses who specialise in a range of areas; they’ll tell us what it means to be a nurse and how it works whether you’re out in the community or in the hospital. Not only that, but you’ll also learn more about midwifery. You’ll then be faced with a workplace scenario activity, which will see you sifting through the multiple-choice answers to prove yourself as the next best nurse or midwife. You will also get the opportunity to join a live webinar with local nurses discussing their career pathways and their typical days at work in One Bromley organisations.