Careersville
What is Careersville?
It is an innovative, fully bilingual online platform to inform and inspire individuals about the wide range of careers and pathways within the NHS and Social Care in Wales.
Who is it for?
Careersville primarily targets learners and young people aged 14 to 18 but would be useful also for anyone seeking information on health and care careers in Wales.
Platforn features
The free-to-use platform is available for learners, teachers, parents or guardians, and careers advisors. It houses different elements of health and care delivery and the associated careers available.
Visitors to Careersville can navigate through the virtual village and enter various buildings. Within these they can get information on different health and care roles, access resources, watch videos and read blogs to gain insight into what it’s really like to work within the NHS and wider health and care services in Wales.
Content - What can you find there?
Visitors to the site can currently explore 10 professional areas:
- Allied health professionals
- Eyecare
- Dental
- Healthcare science
- Nursing
- Maternity and Neonatal
- Medicine
- Mental Health
- Pharmacy
- Social care and childcare maintained in partnership with WeCare Wales.
What else is there?
Wider career resources are housed in the Skills Library, including the Be the best you can be series, which feature videos on interviews, and university and job application tips.
There is also Cornel Cymraeg (Welsh Corner) which showcases the value of speaking Welsh in the workplace, at all proficiency levels.
The HEIW cinema. We will also be running career development sessions including UCAS application support, interview skills and generic and profession specific webinars
The future
The development of Careersville is an ongoing process, with professional areas and information being continually added over the coming months.
We want Careersville to become a one stop shop for everything NHS Careers.