PHORCaST - Public Health Online Resource for Careers, Skills and Training
Public health careers UK: delivering the health & wellbeing workforce of the future
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PHORCaST is a UK-wide website aimed at those working within public health, those wishing to enter public health and those responsible for public health education, development, training, planning and providing careers advice to the public health workforce. It aims to promote public health careers for the entire public health workforce in the UK, and to aid recruitment and retention.
You will find information on the six areas of practice at different levels within the public health workforce and career stories of people working in those roles, the variety of jobs available (e.g. health promotion specialist, health trainer, environmental health officer, public health manager), starting a career in public health, competence frameworks, the skills and qualifications required for public health roles, advice on accessing education and training, key public health websites and much more.