This section has a range of resources to help you effectively implement apprenticeships at your organisation. This includes where to find up to date apprenticeship statistics, how to support care experienced young people, how to support apprentices with disabilities and guidance around sustainability.
Membership for Association of Apprentices (AOA) is funded by NHS England for all NHS apprentices.
The Association of Apprentices (AoA) is a UK-wide not-for-profit social enterprise that supports every apprentice to have a high-quality experience, fulfil their potential and progress to successful completion. They work with employers and providers to offer enhanced experiences for their apprentices through our community, with peer-to-peer networking, learning and support.
The AOA now have a new Partner Toolkit. The toolkit has been designed to support employers in spreading the word about AoA to their apprentices.
The toolkit will also be useful for Line Managers and teams, particularly the Get Ahead Guides and FAQ’s in the handbook.
The Partner Toolkit includes four sections which you can access below:
1.Get Ahead Guides for
2. AoA Logos:
3.Marketing Collateral including:
You can learn more about the Association of Apprentices here.
This section highlights resources for employers to help identify best practice when recruiting and supporting care experienced young people through an apprenticeship.
With the care leaver’s bursary increased to £3,000 from 1st August 2023 there has never been a better time to support care experienced young people into NHS careers and apprenticeships.
Access gov.uk’s –Support for Care Experienced Apprentices – Apprentice Support Centre (apprenticeships.gov.uk) which includes information on the Apprenticeships Care Leaver Bursary, including eligibility, how to claim and how and when payments will be made.
NHS England held a Recruiting & Retaining Care Experienced Young People webinar and the slides are now available for this webinar: Webinar slides (16/06/2023)
The Moving on Up Group held its inaugural wider group meeting on 1st August 2023. You can access a recording of this meeting here. Over 300 organisations have registered for the Moving on Up Group. Visit the Moving on Up website. Learn more about this project and access resources.
NHS Managers Toolkit – Recruiting and Retaining Care Leavers in Employment
The NHS Managers Toolkit, crafted through the lens of care leavers’ lived experiences, stands as a comprehensive guide for the NHS in championing the inclusion and success of care leavers in the workforce.
It aims to provide practical guidance for supporting care leavers during employment, ensuring their longevity in roles, and facilitating career progression. The insights presented here are not rigid directives but rather offer valuable options and considerations.
Please visit NHS Futures to access this Toolkit.
Case Study:
Useful resources:
Disabled Apprentice Network (DAN)’s 2023 Report: Speaking from Experience: Getting It Right for Disabled Apprentices
Access gov.uk’s Apprentice Support Centre: Support for Apprentices with a Learning Difficulty or Disability
Resource for Learners:
Click on the below links to learn more:
This toolkit aims to help employers put equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at the heart of the creation of occupational standards and apprenticeships.
Keeping track of all the learner data, securely and confidentially can be tricky. You must store data in line with GDPR. NHS Employers offers a range of resources and advice.
Organisations may use in-house databases or tracking tools but there are also external services you may need to link to.
Resources:
In October 2020 the NHS became the world’s first health service to commit to becoming carbon net zero. This section details where you can find resources and guidance on the progress made so far and how employers can contribute.
Greener NHS:
You can find updates, guidance and more on the Greener NHS site. There are several case studies here that will show you the amazing progress being made.
Read the Delivering a Net Zero National Health Service (July 2022) report. This report provides a detailed account of the NHS’ modelling and analytics underpinning the latest NHS carbon footprint, trajectories to net zero and the interventions required to achieve that ambition.
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE):
IfATE’s Sustainability at the Institute section details their:
Greener AHP
Visit the Greener Allied Health Profession hub to access guidance, examples of what others are doing and suggestions of how AHPs can contribute to environmentally sustainable practices.
Learn more about how to make a positive impact towards net zero.
HASO has a variety of employer and apprentice case studies to inspire you. Visit our case studies section, use the search tool to find relevant case studies or browse the pages.
