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Compare housing career paths and use a printable skills worksheet to organise real application evidence without an account or online submission.
Use these resources to turn reading into a practical decision. Everything can be read without an account. The worksheet is for your own offline notes; this site does not collect your answers.
Compare before you commit
The housing and support role comparison sets four role families side by side. Use it to compare the purpose of the work, likely evidence themes and questions for an employer. It is a starting point for investigating real specifications, not a substitute for them.
Make your experience easier to explain
The skills evidence worksheet helps you connect an actual criterion to a true example. It covers the situation, your action, the result, learning and what evidence you can legitimately refer to. Read the full HTML version, print the page or download the PDF worksheet.
The worked example is clearly fictional. Use it to understand the structure, then write about your own experience. Do not include names, addresses, case records or other details that could identify residents, service users or colleagues.
A useful sequence
- Compare roles and select a type of work to investigate.
- Read a real person specification and copy one criterion into your private notes.
- Use the worksheet to identify a suitable example and its limitations.
- Turn that example into a paragraph with the supporting statement guide.
- Prepare to discuss your decision-making with the interview guide.
Keep the employer's instructions beside you throughout. A resource is useful when it helps you explain relevant experience clearly; it cannot supply experience you do not have.