Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

I work as an analyst monitoring the budgets and activity of adult social care and support provided and commissioned by Kent County Council.

- Regular reporting of services with a current focus on mental health care and support
- budget monitoring
- quarterly submissions to central government focussing on health and social care integration
- providing data and analysis from work requests within KCC and externally in form of Freedom of Information requests

Providing insights and analyses to senior management and operational staff in order to effect change and improvements to the care and support that KCC provides and commissions and, ultimately, improving the health and wellbeing of the county population.

Discussing/presenting my analyses to difficult or challenging audiences, but I actually enjoy this aspect of my job.

Combined loved of data analysis, health & social care and the wish to effect change at population level.

MSc Public Health (Global Health)

After graduating I still planned to study medicine, so I worked at my local acute hospital as a healthcare assistant and phlebotomist for 18 months. However in this time I realised that medicine was not for me - I wanted to effect change at a population level and focus on prevention and improving populations' wellbeing and realising I (still) loved maths and demography, I embarked on a 6 month internship as a project research and support officer in the Public Health department of Kent County Council. I then moved to Southampton to study MSc Public Health (Global Health) where I graduated with Distinction in December 2016. After that I had a temporary job as a finance assistant back with PH department at KCC and then in July 2017 I accepted the post of Performance Officer in Adult Social Care & Health directorate of KCC where I have been working ever since.

I plan to progress to a more senior position and/or management either within my team, KCC or other health and social care public sector body.

Skills and experience in data analysis and via qualification or extensive experience is essential. Also an understanding of local government and health and social care system is greatly important.