Scottish Care - Highland

08/06/2026

Jen MacDonald, Manager at CrossReach Oversteps in Dornoch has been nominated for the Stars of Social Care Awards, which takes place this weekend in London! 🤩

Good Luck Jen!! 🤞

12/05/2026

Today on International Nurses Day, we’re celebrating the incredible nurses working in our care homes across the Highlands 💙

Care home nurses bring a unique blend of clinical expertise, compassion, and leadership—supporting residents with complex needs while building meaningful relationships every single day.

They are:
✨ Exceptionally skilled clinicians
✨ Advocates for residents and families
✨ Leaders within care teams
✨ A constant source of comfort and reassurance

Their work often goes unseen and its an area of nursing that is often overlooked—but its impact is truly life-changing.

Thank you to every care home nurse for the incredible care, dedication, and kindness you show daily. You make such a difference 💫

06/05/2026

23/04/2026

STUDENTS and members of the public seeking to begin or advance a career in the social care sector will be able to connect with local employers and lecturing staff at a campus careers event next week.

15/04/2026

If you’re considering a career in social care, or already working in the sector and want to upskill, come along to our Social Service Careers event. It’s open to anyone who wants to know more about careers and study opportunities within the sector in Highland! 💚

📅 Tuesday 28 April
🕥 12pm to 2.30pm
📍 UHI Inverness campus

You’ll have the opportunity to:
➕ Connect with employers in child care & adult social care
➕ Explore routes into a variety of roles within social care, including nursing and social work
➕ Chat with UHI teaching staff and discover course options

Open to all, no need to book, come and discover YOUR next opportunity! 🤩

UHI Inverness / Work Life Highland / Developing the Young Workforce Inverness & Central Highland / The Highland Council / NHS Highland / Care Home Careers - Highland

Discover career pathways and learning opportunities in social care with UHI Inverness and Scottish Care, covering childcare, mental health, learning disability, older adult care, nursing and social work.

23/03/2026

launches today!!

🌿 Today we are launching Care Creates!

We’re starting with the heart of social care: human rights.

They’re not just legal terms - they’re everyday dignity, connection and belonging.

Our CEO has shared powerful words and quotes from frontline workers, families and people supported across Scotland… each one showing how human rights shape real lives and real care.

If you want to understand why this campaign begins with human rights, you won’t want to miss our opening blog. 💛

Read the full blog 👉 https://scottishcare.org/news/human-rights-the-thread-that-holds-us-together/

10/03/2026

Brilliant watch - Inverness Golden Girls at Isobel Fraser Care Home 💚

06/03/2026

Their journey starts here - Real experience. Real purpose. Real opportunities. ✨

💬"Seeing the nurses here [in the care home] and the job that they do inspired me...that's what I want to do!" - Lexi, S6 Student and Foundation Apprentice.

🎥 In today’s video (part 3), shared as part of , S6 students share how their time in the care home has guided their next steps — from applying to Nursing, Paramedic Science and Radiography. The experience gained in their care home placements is giving them a real head start — boosting their confidence, strengthening university applications, and helping them shape their future careers in Health and Social Care 💚



Apprenticeships.scot / My World of Work / Developing the Young Workforce Inverness & Central Highland / Developing the Young Workforce North Highland / UHI North, West and Hebrides / Child, Health and Social Care UHI Inverness / UHI Inverness / Dingwall Academy

04/03/2026

⭐️Apprenticeship Week⭐

A care home placement offers rich, varied and meaningful experiences — something students say has shaped their understanding of what high‑quality care looks like 💚

From supporting daily routines to building meaningful connections with residents, they’re developing skills that will stay with them for life and help shape their future careers in Health & Social Care.

🎥 In today’s video (part 2), shared as part of , we explore the value of learning directly in a care environment as these S6 students consider their next steps in the sector.

If you missed Part 1, you can catch it here 👉https://bit.ly/40I4Dn6

Stay tuned for Part 3! 👀



Apprenticeships.scot / My World of Work / Developing the Young Workforce Inverness & Central Highland / Developing the Young Workforce North Highland / UHI North, West and Hebrides / Child, Health and Social Care UHI Inverness / Dingwall Academy / Scottish Care / Scottish Social Services Council

02/03/2026

Foundation Apprenticeship - Social Services & Healthcare🎓
✨Real Experience, Real Impact✨

If you, or someone you know, is heading into S5 or S6 and considering a future in health or social care, a Foundation Apprenticeship could be the perfect place to start...

💬 Hear from Dingwall Academy students, Abbie & Lexi, who are completing their Foundation Apprenticeship with UHI. They share how their work placement in a local care home is helping bring the theory from their coursework to life, giving them confidence, skills, and real hands‑on experience 🏠

Current S4 & S5 students across the Highlands can apply now for a place to undertake the Foundation apprenticeship either:
💻Online with UHI North, West and Hebrides 👉 https://bit.ly/4aKqcJM
🏢On campus with UHI Inverness 👉https://bit.ly/40EieMa



Developing the Young Workforce Inverness & Central Highland
Developing the Young Workforce North Highland
DYW West - Developing the Young Workforce
Scottish Social Services Council My World of Work UHI