Offering meaningful work experience: a guide for adult social care employers

Recruitment and workforce management

Offering meaningful work experience: a guide for adult social care employers

Provider: Skills for Care

Advice on providing high-quality work experience placements that benefit both employers and potential recruits. It includes a list of forms and templates to use in your own work experience programme.

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