About This Course
Our Level 4 Health and Social Care, Professional Practice Apprenticeship enables learners to develop and demonstrate their advanced knowledge, skills and understanding in the context of children’s settings.
This Apprenticeship has been developed in close collaboration with key sector stakeholders, including Social Care Wales and Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW). This qualification is practice-based and assesses learners’ knowledge and practice.
It is designed for learners in work-based learning, further education and higher education. This Apprenticeship provides progression for learners who have completed Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People) a legacy equivalent qualification or have relevant experience in the sector.
Learners will be required to undertake a mixture of mandatory units and optional units (we will work with you to decide what optional units are relevant to your role, and your business).
When you agree to undertake an Apprenticeship, you may be required to complete Essential Skills qualifications, depending on your previous qualifications, the Apprenticeship level you are completing and your own particular needs.
This qualification will primarily be delivered through 1-to-1 sessions with a member of our delivery team, using a mixture of face-to-face and remote learning sessions.
Upon enrolment, learners are also allocated an assessor. Throughout the qualification, the assessor will visit the learner either at their workplace or remotely (for example, via Microsoft Teams) on a monthly basis, to support progress, observe and set tasks.
Learners are supported and encouraged throughout their qualification to reach their full potential in their chosen industry.
Future employment opportunities include:
- Childcare Practitioners
- Childcare workers
- NHS Practitioners, School staff within ALN, Residential Childcare Practitioners
To start an Apprenticeship in Wales, you need to be:
- aged 16 or over (there is no upper age limit)
- living in Wales
- not in full-time education
- not accessing any other funding from the Welsh Government
You can search and apply for Apprenticeship vacancies here
If you’re looking to undertake an Apprenticeship qualification as a way of upskilling within your current role, you will also need to be:
- employed for a minimum of 16 hours
- supported by your employer to undertake the qualification
- committed to undertaking an average of 8-10 hours of study a week plus classroom
- working in a role that is relevant to the qualification
employed for at least 51% of your contracted hours in Wales
