Young Apprenticeships' Estates and Facilities Management Workshop 4'

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Young Apprenticeships.Estates and Facilities
Management Workshop 4.

• 16th January 2009
• Peter Davis
• The Britten Partnership

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The Britten Partnership

• Limited Company formed in November 2004
• Focused on schools improvement and development
• Track record in employer engagement.
• Supported several successful YA and Diploma bids.

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Young Apprenticeships

• Young Apprenticeships are a Vocational Course for
  14 to 16 year olds.
• In 5th Year of existence Cohort 5.
• Funded by the LSC but approved by Sector Skills
  Councils.
• They follow BTEC 1st Diploma to level 2.
• 50 days of work placement in their own time.

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Young Apprenticeships

• YAs relevant to Trusts Health and Social Care,
  Science, Engineering and Construction.
• Work placement has to be relevant to the course.
• Clusters of 30 to 40 students from several
  schools based at an FE College, 1 day per week.
• Interview process.
• 5 A-C capability, good behaviour and attendance.

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Young Apprentices

• Engineering YAs Bedford, Norwich, Great
  Yarmouth, St Albans, Bury St Edmunds,
  Peterborough, Lowestoft, Linton - Cambridgeshire.
• Construction Colchester, BSE,
• Health and Social Care Ipswich, BSE, Norwich.
• No charge to the employer.

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Young Apprentices

• Engineering supported a YA at BSE by writing a
  Work Placement Guide.
• Construction currently supporting BSE YA
  placement obtained at Colchester General FM team.
  Enquiries with Addenbrookes and WSH.
• Health and Social Care BSE found placements in
  Adult Social Care, Childrens Services and
  Health. Working with a Mental Health Partnership
  Trust to provide placements for 8 students across
  6 teams.

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Health Ambassadors into Schools.

• Work with schools to identify ambassador
  participation tasters Year 9, curriculum
  support, careers IAG, work placement induction,
  conferences.
• Discuss development of the curriculum with
  respect to the H and SC courses, SHD Diploma,
  Young Apprenticeships.
• Recruit and train both clinical and non-clinical
  Health Ambassadors.

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Summary

• Young Apprenticeship Programmes in Health and
  Social Care, Science, Construction and
  Engineering.
• Health Ambassador Programme.
• Contact Details
• Peter Davis peter_at_brittenpartnership.co.uk
• 07870 620273