Is it possible? (Health Care Experience)

I'm hoping to take a gap year 2006 - 2007. I'm in my AS year now, so I would be going to university initially September 2006. As I'm young (if I was born a week and a few days later I would now be in my final GCSE year), I feel like I have a chance, if I mess up my AS this year, to retake them. But if everything goes to plan and I complete my two year A Levels, I'd like to take a gap year.

Is it possible to do a year's experience (paid and trained) at a care home/day care centre? A person told me that they wouldn't want to employ someone if they're leaving for uni at the end of the year. I'd like to gain experience but I'd also like to earn money, and this is the only way I can think of where I can do both. If I work at a home part-time, I'd love to do a part-time course at my local college, maybe in BSL as I'm doing Introduction to British Sign Language in September.