Free webinar series – English, maths and digital skills in training and apprenticeships
There is an opportunity to join a live webinar series exclusively for Training and Apprenticeship providers. These will be run by Jai Atwal and…
February 2021
HEE funded Functional Skills Exams pilot
From 1st February – 31st March 2021, HEE are running a pilot project to fund access to functional skills exams, through awarding body Open…
Senior Healthcare Support Worker (Theatre Support option) – Call for volunteers
We are currently looking for a handful of volunteers to join the sub-group revising the Theatre Support option in the Senior Healthcare Support Worker…
EPA revisions – 6 fully integrated EPAs published
Further to the announcement in October that IFATE is simplifying how end-point assessment (EPA) is carried out for regulated occupations, a range of EPA…
Community Health & Wellbeing Worker – Call out for training providers
Public Health England (PHE) are working with a Trailblazer Group of employers to develop a Community Health & Wellbeing Worker apprenticeship standard at level…
Meet the Chairs – Midwife Trailblazer
This month we are introducing the Chairs of the Midwife Trailblazer group – Gloria Rowland and Sally Ashton-May. We asked them what it was like…
Health and Care Support Worker Trailblazer call for adult care employer representatives
The Health and Care Support Worker Trailblazer is delighted to announce that it has met for the first time to consider ways to take forward the recommendation to develop…
Care Certificate
Many apprenticeships include the completion of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate materials have recently moved location on the Skills for Health website so please use…
RoATP – Reapplication from May 2021 for all providers
The ESFA have confirmed that they will be implementing a series of changes to the register of apprenticeship training provider, this includes existing RoATP…
National Apprenticeship Week Resources
Last week was National Apprenticeship Week, and to celebrate it we published case studies and resources on our HASO Twitter account. The case studies featured…
HEE Skills for Life Progress Review Report
HEE commissioned the Skills for Life in Health and Care research with the aim of leading the UK in upskilling the workforce in essential…
Apprenticeship Tips – 5 resource packs published
To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week this year, we have put together 5 resource packs for managers to use with their staff/apprentices. Download below:
Supporting ESOL colleagues?
As part of HEE’s continued work to support colleagues for whom English is an additional language, they are forming an ESOL practice group of…
Higher Development Award – Meet Holly Leech
This week we are introducing to you Holly Leech a Nursing Associate Apprentice at Harefield Hospital part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS…
Assistant Practitioner (Health) – Consultation open
The Assistant Practitioner apprenticeship standard is now due for revision and the trailblazer is pleased to announce that a survey has been set up…
From Care Certificate to Apprenticeship – Meet Clare Fowler
This week we are introducing to you Clare Fowler a Registered Nurse Degree apprentice at West Middlesex University Hospital (WMUH) who has completed…
Association of Apprentices
The Association of Apprentices (AoA) is a UK-wide membership organisation that supports apprentices by creating a community that helps them…
Healthcare Science Apprenticeships Survey
A survey has been developed by the Healthcare Science Trailblazer group to explore if the current healthcare science apprenticeships: meet employer needs support career…
Functional Skills Webinars
Please join us to find out how to access support for functional skills learners – both online learning support and funded access to exams….