About the Apprenticeship career pathway
As more Apprenticeship qualifications become available employees have more options for Learning and Development, whether this is moving into a management role or developing technical expertise there are now over 20 different qualifications on offer.
The Apprenticeship career pathway shows what is available for your current role, and what qualifications can help you to progress in your career.
Level 2: GCSE
| Job role | Summary of course | Entry requirement | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Care Worker | Adult Care Workers are the frontline staff who help adults with care and support needs to achieve their personal goals and live as independently and safely as possible, enabling them to have control and choice in their lives. | Level 2 English and maths | 12 months |
| Operative | Healthcare cleaning operatives support frontline colleagues in the provision of a hygienically clean healthcare environment at a standard that supports and promotes the recovery of patients and prevents the spread of infection and cross-contamination. Healthcare cleaning operatives additionally use their communication skills to make a positive contribution to the service user’s experience. an employee in this occupation will be responsible for routine and non-routine cleaning, operations including deep cleaning and rapid response cleaning to a hygienic standard of cleanliness set by organisational and policy guidelines. | Level 2 English and Maths | 12 months |
| Accounts / Finance Assistant | Maintaining an efficient and accurate finance function within a business | Set by employer | 12 months |
Level 3: A - Level
| Qualifications | Summary of course | Entry requirement | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Adult Care Worker | Lead Adult Care Workers are the frontline staff who help adults with care and support needs to achieve their personal goals and live as independently and safely as possible, enabling them to have control and choice in their lives. In addition, Lead Adult Care Workers have responsibility for providing supervision, frontline leadership, guidance and direction for others, or working autonomously, exercising judgement and accountability. | DBS check; The individual must meet the 15 standards as set out in the Care Certificate; Level 2 English and Maths. | 12 months |
| Leadership & Management (CMI) | Level 3 Certificate in Management and leadership gives you the knowledge skills and behaviours required to support, manage and develop team members, manage projects, plan and monitor workloads and resources, deliver operational plans, resolve problems, and build relationships internally and externally. | Typically 5 GCSEs at Grade C or higher (Decided by each employer) Level 2 English and Maths | 15-18 months |
| Business Administration | Supporting and engaging with different parts of the organisation and interact with internal or external customers. | Level 2 English and Maths | 18 months |
| Customer Service Specialist | A professional for direct customer support within all sectors and organisation types | Organisations will set their own entry criteria and are more likely to select individuals with more advanced inter-personal skills, experience of working with customers in some capacity. You must achieve level 2 English and maths prior to taking the end point assessment. | 15 months |
| Public Service Operational Delivery Officer | Working in local and central government to ensure the public gets the services and protection they need. | Set by employer; Typically level two English and maths on entry | 12 months |
| Team Leader/Supervisor | Managing teams and projects to meet a private, public or voluntary organisation’s goals. | The entry requirement for this apprenticeship will be decided by each employer, but may typically be five GCSEs at Grade C or higher. | 12 months |
Level 4: Higher Education (Foundation / Degree)
| Qualifications | Summary of course | Entry requirement | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Practitioner in Adult Care | Undertake roles that will enable the carer to acquire knowledge and skills to lead in care needs assessments, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and enablement, telecare and assistive technology. | DBS Check Level 2 English and Maths, | 18 months |
| Data Analyst | Collect, organise and study data to provide business insight. | Set by the employer; might include five GCSEs and/or A levels; a Level 3 Apprenticeship; other relevant qualifications and experience; or an aptitude test with a focus on functional maths. | 24 months |
| Public Relations and Communications Assistant | Building, protecting and maintaining a positive reputation for brands, organisations and individuals. | Level 2 English and Maths | 12 months |
| Assistant Project Manager | Managing project work and teams for businesses and other organisations. | Set by the employer; or grade C or above in at least 5 GCSEs including English and Mathematics, and hold a minimum of 48 UCAS points, or eq | 24 months |
Level 5: Higher Education (Foundation / Degree)
| Qualifications | Summary of course | Entry requirement | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Leader in Adult Care |
Undertake leadership in a community or residential care setting to ensure that a service is safe, caring, effective, responsive to people’s needs and well-led, to ensure regulatory compliance of the care given and the values and training of staff with established standards and regulation. |
English and Maths minimum requirement is Entry Level 2 and a DBS check |
18 months |
| Leadership & Management (CMI) |
Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership gives you a broader knowledge of middle management skills while focusing on the specific leadership areas appropriate to you and your workplace. |
Set by the employer | 9-12 months |
| Operations/Departmental | Managing teams and projects in line with a private, public or voluntary organisation’s operational or departmental strategy. |
Five GCSEs at Grade C or higher | 30 months |
Level 6/7: Degree / Masters (Postgraduate)
| Qualifications | Summary of course | Entry requirement | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Leaders (level 7) | A leader who has senior management responsibility | Set by the employer; grade C or above in at least 5 GCSEs | 24 months |
| Chartered Manager (level 6)> | Taking responsibility for long-term organisational success, managing people, projects, operations or services. | Set by the employer | 48 months |
| Social Work (level 6) | Working in partnership with adults, children, carers and families in a range of different settings to support and promote positive change in people’s lives in order to improve their wellbeing and independence. | Level 2 English and Maths | 36 months |
| Occupational Therapist Degree (level 6) | Undertake occupational therapy assessment and interventions that demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between occupation and health and wellbeing. | Typically 3 A levels or equivalent access qualifications. | 48 months |
| Project Manager (level 6) | Delivering projects and taking on responsibility for the end-to-end delivery | Level 3 qualifications on entry e.g. 3 GCSE “A” Levels at Grades A to C, or a vocational equivalent. | 48 months |