After completing the Care in Partnership course in February 2024, 11 student interns have successfully secured a permanent job with our Glasgow City Health and Social Partnership (HSCP).

The Care in Partnership course is a partnership with Glasgow Clyde College and was devised as part of our HSCP’s Workforce Plan to provide a new and innovative opportunity for college students to gain an entry level qualification in Social Care while carrying out a paid placement within our HSCP care homes for older people.

This course allows close collaboration with the college and colleagues in our HSCP’s HR and Learning and Development to identify a career pathway that provides each intern with 18 weeks paid employment as well as a learning package that ensured that they met the core induction learning necessary to become a Social Care Assistant. Glasgow Clyde College enhances this with classes focusing on social care theory, practical and key life skills.

If completed, the course guarantees all interns an interview for a permanent Social Care Assistant post based in one of our HSCP’s five residential care homes.

The course was very successful in its first year running, with 11 students completing the course and all securing a permanent post. Students have fed back that this opportunity has been life changing for them. You can now view their story in our new video.

Robin Wallace, our HSCP’s Head of Residential and Day Care Services for Older People, said: “It’s been a privilege to be able to work alongside our colleagues at Glasgow Clyde College to provide this unique opportunity to the student interns. Their hard work and commitment has been inspiring, and I’m delighted that they’ve all been able to secure a permanent position in our workforce.”