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Personnel Committee 24th March 2020

Apprenticeship and Work Experience Overview

Kevin Brewin Learning & Organisational Development Coordinator

New apprenticeship programme

• Introduced nationwide in May 2017
• The digital levy account is approx. £57k pa for CBC
• New standards introduced from level 2 to level 7
• All training providers are now reviewed by Ofsted
• Heads of Service - make business case / delegated

decision on potential posts and recruitment

• Salaries are met by local budgets not funded through the

digital levy account

• The L&OD Coordinator offers advice & support to Heads of

Service in addition to specific HR policies and guidance

Apprentices at Charnwood

• Charnwood currently has 14 people on various levy

funded programmes (figures as of 1st March 2020)

• Just prior to May 2017, CBC had 2 apprentices
• 6 are young people on apprenticeship contracts
• 5 are members of staff on career development
• 3 have been identified as future leaders as part of

succession planning

• 4 young people have completed the new programme.

All have been offered further employment with CBC

Apprenticeship potential future trends

• Business Admin will likely remain the most popular standard
• Construction apprenticeship numbers expected to increase
• Scope for development in areas like Improvement

Practitioner (lvl 4) and Town Planning (lvl 7)

• Further scope to develop existing staff, particularly to

address under representation and/or skills gaps

• 20% off the job training requirement works well for

inexperienced apprentices, but remains a challenge for existing staff particularly at higher levels.

Work experience

• The council offers a variety of work-placement opportunities

including volunteer projects & opportunities on request

• The L&OD Coordinator acts as a point of contact for schools

/ community organisation with requests

• Local Managers and Heads of Service make decisions on

whether we can meet specific requests for work-placements.

• Policies, procedures & guidance are provided on our HR site.
• We also offer placements for people with additional needs

through key partners subject to safeguarding and health & safety checks and individual requirements

Promoting CBC as an employer to young people

• Limited time and resources available
• Not part of our current HR contract
• L&OD Coordinator does work with local schools
• n careers events but it is limited in scope.
• We work with local colleges and training

providers to help recruit new apprenticeships

• Thank you - Any questions?