Health and social care
The Link Training delivers adult care programmes from Level 2 through to Level 5 leadership — for people starting out in care, for experienced carers stepping up, and for the employers who support them.
Our programmes
Level 2
For people new to adult care or building confidence in the day-to-day role. Two routes: the apprenticeship or the standalone qualification.
Level 3
For senior care workers who supervise colleagues and lead on day-to-day practice in the service.
Level 5
For managers and deputy managers with operational responsibility for a care service and its team.
For learners
Whether you're just starting in care or ready to lead a team, our programmes give you a recognised qualification and the confidence to use it.
Everything you study is put straight into practice in your own workplace, with a tutor guiding you the whole way.
Sessions are planned around rotas, with one-to-one support and feedback between them.
Highfield qualifications and national apprenticeship standards that employers across the sector know and trust.
For employers
We work around your rotas and your service, keeping you informed on progress and giving you evidence of a well-trained workforce.
Safeguarding, dignity, infection prevention and person-centred care embedded in everyday work.
Workplace observations, portfolio evidence and progress reviews you can share with inspectors and commissioners.
A clear path from new starter through senior carer to registered manager, so you retain the people you develop.
Meet the team
Our tutors and Experts by Experience have spent their careers in adult care — supporting people, running services and now training the next generation of the workforce.
Health and Social Care Lead
I started working in Adult Care in a residential home at the age of 15 years as a Saturday job while still at school. I quickly realised this was the career for me but was unsure if I wanted to work with older people or children. After leaving college I trained in early years but soon realised I wanted to return to working in adult care.
Health and Social Care Tutor
I have worked in Adult Care since I was 18 years old, around 16 years. My background in care work started with me working in the homecare sector, delivering care to individuals' own homes. I specialised in caring and supporting the elderly during my initial start into the care sector and then progressed further, into caring for vulnerable young adults who have left the care system from childhood and then onto vulnerable adults with learning disabilities.
Health and Social Care Tutor
I began my career in adult care, following a short time spent supporting children with additional needs in mainstream schools some 30 years ago. My passion had always been learning disabilities and therefore when the opportunity came to work with adults in supported living, I jumped at the chance and developed my knowledge and skills in this sector. I progressed up the career ladder taking on the role of senior support worker, followed by service manager for three services and an outreach service. It was here that I gained the management skills which mapped out my future career.
Oliver McGowan - Expert by Experience
Mackenzie is an Expert by Experience on our Oliver McGowan training. Experts by Experience co-deliver every session, sharing their lived experience so learners hear directly from the people the training is about.
Oliver McGowan - Expert by Experience
Elizabeth is an Expert by Experience on our Oliver McGowan training. Experts by Experience co-deliver every session, sharing their lived experience so learners hear directly from the people the training is about.
Student testimonials
Private programmes
Choose full qualifications at Levels 2, 3 and 5, or specialist learning in dementia, end-of-life care, medication and autism. Oliver McGowan Stage 2 training is also available through its dedicated programme page.
Explore private programmesStandalone development from Level 2 care practice through to Level 5 management.
Focused qualifications in dementia, end-of-life care, medication and autism.
Remote or workplace learning with one-to-one personal tutor support.
Cohort options and possible Skills for Care support for eligible organisations.
Programme finder
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