--- title: "Young, or not so young, and looking for a rewarding career?" url: "https://en.cymrucaretraining.com/news/2019-09-09-young-or-not-so-young-and-looking-for-a-rewarding-career" school: "Cymru Care Training Limited" --- # Young, or not so young, and looking for a rewarding career? ![Image of Young, or not so young, and looking for a rewarding career?](https://files.schudio.com/cymru-care-training-limited/images/news/Screenshot_2019-09-20_at_14.01.45.png) 9 September 2019 More people are needed to join the care workforce in Wales if it is to have enough workers to meet the challenges of the future. Only around 11 per cent of the social care workforce in Wales is under 25, while 54 per cent of employees are over 50. It’s vital that more young people take up care as a career to help future-proof the workforce, as a large proportion of current employees are nearing retirement age. We need people of all ages to join the sector, as life experience provides useful skills that can be topped up with knowledge and qualifications that can be learned on the job. There are job opportunities in every part of Wales and to highlight the variety of care jobs that are available locally, the national recruitment campaign, WeCare Wales, is launching a week of activity from today. You can read more about this at: [ The benefits of arts in care homes](https://en.cymrucaretraining.com/news/2019-09-04-the-benefits-of-arts-in-care-homes) [Why social care thrives when users help design services ](https://en.cymrucaretraining.com/news/2019-09-20-why-social-care-thrives-when-users-help-design-services) **Cymru Care Training Limited** Unit 1 Cross Hands Business Centre Heol Parc Mawr Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, SA14 6RE Tel: 01269 833503 Email: Company Number: 2784901 © Copyright 2019–2026 Cymru Care Training Limited School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://en.cymrucaretraining.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)