children & lifelong learning scrutiny committee 4 th april 2011 phil warner
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Children & Lifelong Learning Scrutiny Committee
4th April 2011
Phil Warner
Subsidised Salary Apprenticeship Scheme
Background
• Funding from EPP• Applied for 85 placements (£243,100)• 50% Salary (£2,860/learner)• Originally ‘Public Sector’
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• Broadened to include local small businesses• Southend residents• 82 placements• 60 employers
Employability Skills
• Appropriate work ethic, • Time keeping, • Attitude to employers, • Poor communication, and • Low level functional skills
Willingness of employers to invest in apprenticeship
• Economic climate, • Two year commitment • Support for mentoring• Range of qualifications and frameworks, and • Quality of applicants
Pre-Apprenticeship programme
• £9,000 to support a pre-apprenticeship programme for vulnerable young people
• 21 learners• Manual Handling, First Aid, Food Hygiene,
Construction Skills Card, Literacy, Numeracy and personal learning and thinking skills
• Vocational qualification at level 1.
