getting started - apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are an excellent way of gaining qualifications, skills and workplace experience all at the same time. As an Apprentice, you can earn as you learn while you gain practical skills in the real workplace and through training.
SfC&D has worked with many people in the sector to design Apprenticeships in:
- Health and Social Care (Scotland, Wales and England)
- Social Care (N Ireland)
- Children's Care, Learning and Development (Scotland, Wales and England)
- Early Years (N Ireland)
TAKING APPRENTICESHIPS AND GETTING CERTIFIED
Check out the links here to websites that give more details about how to gain Apprenticeships in different parts of the UK.
- Wales: http://www.ccwales.org.uk/
- Northern Ireland: http://www.delni.gov.uk/
- Scotland: http://ewd.sssc.uk.com/
- England (children and early years): http://www.education.gov.uk/
- England (adults): http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/
In England, Skills for Care, on behalf of SfC&D, currently issue completion certificates for the Health and Social Care framework, social care pathway on ACE.
- For more information please visit: http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/
- Or email: appcerts@skillsforcare.org.uk
As of the 2 April, Skills for Care will also be issuing certificates via ACE for the Children and Young People's Workforce apprenticeship framework. Please note that usernames and passwords for the CYP framework will not be issued until 2 April and thus we will being issuing certificates for the week beginning the 2 April. Until then, please use the old paper-based system for apprenticeships certification in CYP via http://www.skillsforjustice.com/.
Providers can sign up to ACE at any point, please use this link: http://ace.apprenticeships.org.uk/ .
If you have questions about apprenticeships which aren't answered on any of the sites above, please contact linda.currin@skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk.
Find out more information about Apprenticeships in general.