Transcript What is an Apprenticeship?

Karen Parsons
Director Workforce and Skills
[email protected]
www.childrenslinks.org.uk
Apprenticeships and training !
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Over view of the Apprenticeship programme
How your organisation can be involved in
Apprentices
Qualification and Credit framework
Qualification Funding of the future
Context:
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Children’s Links is a national Children’s
Charity: frontline services and infrastructure
services
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National Training Provider: delivering SFA
funded Apprenticeships among other
Workforce and Skills services, including
training and qualifications.
What is an Apprenticeship?
• An Apprenticeship is an excellent way of gaining qualifications
and workplace experience.
• There are over 200 different types of Apprenticeships in more
than 1200 job roles including fundraising and volunteer
management through SSC- Skills – Third Sector
• An employee can earn as they learn and gain practical skills
from the workplace.
Apprenticeship = Level 2
Advanced Apprenticeship = Level 3
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All apprenticeships have a ‘framework’ of qualifications - each
apprenticeship framework is approved by the relevant sector
skills council and they will set down the requirements for their
specific area of work, this will include competence award,
technical certificate and functional skills.
Who can access an apprenticeship?
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Apprentices can be any age from 16 years +
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Eligibility is determined by Skills Funding Agency
Criteria
Currently 16 – 18 year old funding is 100%
19+ includes employer contribution of up to 50%, but
can be in kind
All training providers have their own selection process,
but this will usually involve an application form,
interview and /or induction session.
Incentive payments to hire an apprentice
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Apprenticeship frameworks
Apprenticeship
An apprenticeship takes up to 15 months to complete and leads to a Level 2
Diploma / Certificate ( under the new QCF, these were previously NVQ level 2),
technical certificate and functional skills (usually level 1).
There will also be the opportunity to progress to an advanced apprenticeship.
Example:
Children’s Care
QCF :
Functional Skills:
Technical Certificate
Level 2 Certificate for the Children and Young
People’s Workforce
Level 1 English
Level 1 Maths
Employment Rights and Responsibilities
Key skills: There may be an exemption from Key Skills if Level C or above has been achieved in GCSE, or equivalent, Maths or Literacy
Apprenticeship frameworks
Advanced Apprenticeship
As an advanced apprentice, a young person will be in full-time employment
with an appropriate wage, aiming for a technical, supervisory or junior
management role.
The training, which usually last up to 24 months, leads to a level 3 Diploma
(previously NVQ level 3), technical certificate and functional skills (usually level
2). For many an advanced apprenticeship can be a stepping stone to
university.
Example:
Children’s Care
QCF:
Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young
People’s Workforce
Key Skills:
Level 2 English
Level 2 Maths
Technical Certificate Employment Rights and Responsibilities
Key skills: There may be an exemption from Key Skills if Level C or above has been achieved in GCSE, or equivalent, Maths or Literacy
Payment?
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Employed status – apprentices are paid by their
employer and must have a contract of employment
Minimum wage for Apprentices is £2.60 per hour
Apprentices 19 years and over must move to
National Minimum wage for the age after 12 months
on programme
Apprentices can be existing employees under
their existing terms and conditions
How it works for us as an
employer
Case Study 1
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An existing employee at Children’s Links who
needed to undertake CPD in order to take her
desired career development
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Chose to do a Level 2 Apprenticeship in Play Work,
aged over 25 years old
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Remained in employment and undertook a Level 3
Playwork through Train to Gain
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Continues to work for Children’s Links
Case Study 2
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He joined Children’s Links as a new Level 2
Playwork Apprentice, Aged 17, in one of our Kids
Clubs in March 2009
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Progressed on to a Level 3 Apprenticeship and
finished in March 2011
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He now works in our Playwork and Early Years
settings in his local area.
Case Study 3
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Was a Children’s Links Apprentice (employed by
another employer)
Undertook Level 2 and Level 3 Playwork
Apprenticeships
Later become a Peripatetic Training Officer and
completed her Assessor Awards
Applied for a Training Officer post and is now an
assessor, tutor and internal verifier
Is undertaking a sector relevant Degree and her
Diploma in Teaching and Learning
Making the Apprenticeship model work
for you
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Different training providers deliver different models,
finding the right one for the employer and the learner
can overcome barriers
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Mentoring among employees (i.e. a colleague
undertaking Leadership and Management
qualifications mentoring a new Apprentice)
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Use the management systems you already have in
place: appraisals, performance planning and target
setting provide the framework for supporting an
Apprentice.
Benefits
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Staff retention
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Responds to NEET agenda
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Grow your own!
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New skills and ideas brought into your organisation
Qualifications and Credit framework
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Began in 2008
Over 11,00 qualifications in the QCF at
Levels 1, 2, 3 &4
Qualifications are Unit based and credit
bearing
Move to funding of units
Public funds will focus on the funding of QCF
registered awards
Are you looking for Training?
The skills Funding agency is committed to freeing the FE
sector ..so the sector can maximise its contribution to
economic recovery, deliver sustainable growth and
broaden social inclusion and social mobility’
October 2011
 Lifelong Learning Accounts – on line CPD advice to
develop your skills
 Professional and Career Development Loans – bank
loan for 18+ that will pay for learning that can help pay
for learning that either leads to work or will improve
employability
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Adult Entitlement to learning – all eligible adults aged
19+ chance to access a range of courses inc maths and
english and L2 qualifications
Adult Skills budget - Train 2 Gain current funding until
December 12
ESF funding – VCS specific programmes Workplace
learning for adults employed in VCS to upskill – M&E ,
L1,2 and 3
City Skills Fund – to boost the skills gaps needed by
local employers in 8 cities
CWDC update
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Ends 31.03.2012 however many areas of work will
continue wither by agencies or Gov departments
Early Years – Teaching Agency
Youth – NYA
Integrated working – Children's Improvement
Board
Social work, foster care, residential care, Poverty,
Disability and safer recruitment are all going into
the DfE
Further information
National Apprenticeship Service
http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/Employers
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Skills Funding Agency
skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/training
City skills fund
http://nds.coi.gov.uk
Apprenticeships incentive funds
http://nds.coi.gov.uk