Those highly motivated senior staff will be the catalysts for the changes businesses will need to make sure their organisations and workforce can respond to changes in the market place.
To support the next generation of leaders Skills for Care created the Higher Apprenticeship in Care Leadership and Management (England), a level 5 Apprenticeship that will support organisations to recruit, develop and retain high quality managers.
Care Leadership and Management is open to anyone employed in an appropriate job role in England who can be an existing or a newly recruited employee. It is designed as a natural progression for those who have completed the Advanced Level Apprenticeship or for those currently working in supervisory roles.
Expanding and rapidly changing businesses in the care sector need highly skilled leaders and these higher apprentices will be key in achieving succession planning.
Care Leadership and Management (England) has two pathways.
The General Adult Social Care pathway is based on the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services
As well as taking the general pathway, learners have the option to take the Specialist Adult Social Care pathway in an area of specialist care knowledge or in enterprise skills - and gain 120 higher education credits. Higher apprentices taking this pathway will gain a level 5 university qualification. Awarding universities undertake to recognise the 80 credits of prior learning in the level 5 diploma and offer a further 40 credits of knowledge units. They can then use the 120 credits gained to progress onto degree level and graduate level university qualifications.
Going to university was a pipe dream for some but not anymore. This represents good value for money for higher apprentices and their employers as a pathway that will open up lots of possibilities for career and personal development.
What will it cost?
The National Apprenticeship Service has approved Care Leadership and Management (England) for funding. Employers can also access Skills for Care's Workforce Development Fund and claim up to £1,470 to help pay for costs associated with supporting Higher Apprenticeships.
For more information on how to access the funding visit: www.skillsforcare.org.uk/wdf
For more information on the Higher Apprenticeship visit www.skillsforcare.org.uk/higherapps
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