Exploring careers within social care: Complex Domiciliary Care
Navigating your nursing career: from graduation to employment
16 Apr 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
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Exploring careers within social care: Complex Domiciliary Care
Explore careers in social care including disability nursing, mental health and complex domiciliary care.
Are you passionate about making a difference in peoples' lives? A career in social care can be incredibly rewarding, offering you the opportunity to positively impact individuals and communities.
Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy CBE, shares insights into the skills and personal traits needed to succeed in social care.
We'll also be joined by:
- Patricia Conteh, Head of Clinical Services
- Andrea Fitzpatrick, early career nurse in social care.
Why attend?
- Hear from experienced professionals about the day-to-day challenges and rewards
- Learn about the qualifications and career pathways available
- Explore how you start your career
- Practical tips that you can implement immediately
- Give yourself the chance to position yourself as the top candidate for your dream job.
About Deborah Sturdy RN MSc (Econ), CBE
- Deborah was appointed as the first Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care in 2021. She has held a number of previous roles including senior posts in practice, research and policy, in both social care services and the NHS. She was appointed the expert nurse on the Gosport Independent Panel; the report of which was laid before Parliament in 2018.
- She is a passionate care sector advocate and believes the workforce is its greatest asset. Developing careers, opening new pathways of opportunity and boosting recognition of care colleagues’ skills, value and expertise are, in her view, vital to the future success of the profession.
- She holds two Visiting Chairs in Nursing at Manchester Metropolitan and Buckinghamshire New Universities. Deborah has written numerous papers for publications and presented at national and international meetings.
- She was awarded a CBE in the 2023 Honours list and an OBE in the 2017. She is a Fellow of the QNI and RCN and received the British Geriatric President’s Medal for her contribution to older people nursing; the first nurse to receive this.
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Page last updated - 08/04/2025
