Apprenticeship News and Resources

A collection of information and resources around apprenticeships can be found on our website here

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News
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Apprenticeship Funding Guide

NHSE have worked to create a guide to funding apprenticeships in the NHS. Some of topics covered in this guide include:

• Apprenticeship Levy
• Funding Bands
• Funding end-point assessment
• Funding apprentice salary

Read or download the Apprenticeship Funding Guide here.

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A Managers Guide to Health and Care Apprenticeships

Find out how to recruit an apprentice to your team or develop your existing staff using apprenticeship programmes. NHSE have worked to put together A Managers Guide to Health and Care Apprenticeships. Some of the topics included are:

• What is an apprenticeship?
• Contract of employment
• Apprenticeship qualifications
• Off the job training
• English and maths functional skills
• Apprenticeships – employer implementation flowchart

Read or download the Managers Guide to Health and Care Apprenticeships PDF here.

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Understanding Apprenticeships – Return on investment

Wondering how to check if apprenticeships have provided a return on investment? Download the printable below to see a list of things you can measure.

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Skills England and IfATE

Skills England has been established in shadow form within the Department for Education, and is already taking on its important role in identifying skills gaps and talking to the key organisations that will need to work together to fill them, driving growth and providing opportunities to learners from all backgrounds, delivering outstanding skills for businesses of all shapes and sizes, right across the country.

The King’s Speech set out the Government’s intention to bring forward legislation to pass IfATE’s functions to Skills England. The important work employers and others have been doing with IfATE over the past 7 years to shape the skills system would then be taken on by Skills England.

https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/about/skills-england/

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The Prince’s Trust Health and Care Programme

The Prince’s Trust is working in partnership with NHS England to support, recruit and train young people aged 16 to 30 who are interested in pursuing a career in health and care.

The support package includes two pre-employment programmes, “Get Into” & “Get Started” as well as 1-1 mentoring. The programmes are tailored to fulfil organisations’ workforce needs and give young people a real understanding of the roles and career opportunities available in the sector.

• Get Into – This in-depth programme focuses on increasing young people’s chances of securing employment within the sector. “Get Into” lasts from four to six weeks and is a combination of class-based learning and hands-on work placements giving young people a real insight into what working in a Health and Social Care environment is like.
• Get started – A 2-3 day intensive programme designed for those who feel ready to start working now, combines employability skills and interview preparation training linked to live sector job opportunities.
• Mentoring – Young people are matched to a mentor for up to six months who will support them 1-1 as they prepare for and start employment.

https://haso.skillsforhealth.org.uk/princes_trust_health_and_care_programme/

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Learn to support adults with their confidence and skills in numeracy without having to teach maths

Join the national numeracy CPD accredited programme, which gives you the knowledge and understanding you need to support adults who have low confidence with numeracy.

The programme is not about teaching maths but focuses on helping adults who may feel anxious with numbers. You don’t have to be a maths specialist – just a supportive person to help others get started in improving their confidence and maths skills. This programme is suitable to those supporting others in their organisation or local community. Let’s talk about maths The programme runs across two 2-hour sessions. Participants are expected to attend both programmes. The online sessions are delivered on Zoom and participants will be sent joining instructions by National Numeracy.

Become a Numeracy Champion – Multiply | National Numeracy

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