Apprenticeships are a way of developing new staff and providing new skills for existing staff by studying and learning through work.
Benefits
Apprenticeships can help employers to:
- meet the needs of your service using an adaptable structured learning programme.
- access funding resulting in minimum cost to your organisation
- offer confidence in the quality of learning due to the robust assessment process
- gain a competent workforce due to the mix of on and off-the-job learning.
Apprenticeship standards
Developed by employers - the apprenticeships currently available for adult social care occupations are:
Search for apprenticeship standards.
Getting started
Find out how to get started with apprenticeships.
Apprenticeship funding
An introduction to the funding available for apprenticeships.
Social work apprenticeship
We support employers and universities to develop an apprenticeship specifically for social work.