The right values first. The skills are teachable.
An apprenticeship is a real, paid job. The apprentice works for an employer and trains with us at the same time, and comes out with a nationally recognised qualification and the experience to go with it.
The short answer
Individual employers will set the selection criteria for their apprentices. This is an academic and competency based qualification; good study skills are required along with the ability to work on projects.
The employer sets the real bar, so treat this as a guide. If somebody is close but not quite there, it is still worth the conversation.
Frontline care for adults facing physical, practical, social, emotional or intellectual challenges. Covers Adult Care Workers and Personal Assistants.
Helping adults with care and support needs achieve their personal goals, with as much independence and safety as the situation allows.
Covers personal goals, independence, safety, care and support needs
Person-centred care means the person keeps control and choice in their own life. That is the heart of the standard rather than a phrase at the top of it.
Covers person-centred care, control and choice, dignity
Residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres, a person's own home, and some clinical healthcare settings.
Covers residential and nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres, home care, clinical settings
The standard is explicit that the right values and behaviours come first, and that competence and skill are built on top of them.
Covers values and behaviours, compassionate care, developing competence
Every apprenticeship ends with an independent assessment of the knowledge, skills and behaviours learned on the programme, carried out by an organisation with no connection to us or to the employer. Everything before it exists to get the apprentice ready for it.
Work launched in class and completed in the job, building the evidence the assessor will look at.
The employer, the apprentice and the tutor. Half an hour. Progress, targets, and anything getting in the way.
Marked by a tutor who is not theirs, so the feedback is honest and the real thing holds no surprises.
Most of our apprentices carry on, usually with the same employer and usually into a wider role. Which route is right depends on the job being done, so it is worth a conversation rather than a guess.
Not sure what comes after this one? Tell us the role and we'll tell you honestly which of our apprenticeships, higher apprenticeships or university-level courses fits next.
It takes two, an employer and an apprentice. Pick your side.
Recruiting, or formalising the training of someone already in post? Start with a conversation. We'll check the role, sort the funding, and get them enrolled.
Speak to us today 0800 358 7979
Or advertise a vacancy through us and we'll handle the recruitment.
An apprenticeship is a job, so an employer has to take you on before you can start. Already employed in this kind of role? Your manager can put you forward directly.
No vacancy that suits? Register your interest and we'll tell you when one comes up.
