Rathbone offers Intermediate and Advanced Apprenticeships in Health and Social Care to new or existing staff. This equips them with the skills and knowledge to work efficiently, confidently and competently in a health and social care setting.

Rathbone provides all the training, advice, support and guidance an Apprentice needs to get ahead.

How Rathbone supports your business

We provide support to you through our employer engagement team who are experienced in your sector – they understand your business. We’re here to help.

From recruitment to achievement, Rathbone handles all the training and administration.

We deliver the training to a plan agreed with you and provide regular updates on progress and achievement.

What’s in the Apprenticeship?

Most learning happens on the job, learning from experienced work colleagues. There’s some time away from work to learn and practice new skills.

What’s required from an Apprentice:

Rathbone emphasises employment skills so Apprentices understand they need to be smart, well presented, punctual and to behave in a professional manner to get ahead.

They’ll need to enjoy working with people – they’ll need lots of patience, be good at listening and be able to keep calm under pressure.

How long does an Apprenticeship last?

People must be able to perform the job to national standards so it depends on how fast someone learns.

If someone left school with no other experience in health and social care, they could achieve their Apprenticeship in around 14 months.

What qualifications can be achieved?

• A Certificate in Health and Social Care at Intermediate Level proving they’re skilled, or a Diploma in Health and Social Care at Advanced Level that shows they have the knowledge they need.

• Practical work skills in communications, using numbers and ICT.

By law, people must have an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check before they can start work. Rathbone will arrange this for Apprentices.

Apprentices will also be provided with the employment skills to work in the sector and will understand employer rights and responsibilities.