Apprenticeship Week Wales 2024
This week is Apprenticeship Week Wales, our chance to celebrate the achievements of our Cardiff and Vale apprentices, who play a huge role within our health and care system.
We launched our Apprenticeship Academy in conjunction with our signing of the pledge to the Cardiff Commitment which sees us working in partnership with schools and education providers to connect children and young adults to the vast range of opportunities available in the NHS. For many students leaving school, the traditional routes into further education are either not appealing or not possible, they are looking for opportunities which will allow them to gain ‘hands on’ paid work experience whilst completing a qualification which compliments their role.
A number of departments from the across the UHB have successfully appointed apprentices who have gone on to gain roles at the end. The feedback from line managers has been extremely positive, some remarking that this has been a rewarding experience and one which they would repeat if the opportunity arose. Please here from a selection of our apprentices on their achievements Faith Lloyd, Andrew Walton, Jazmine and Mia Hodges.
As finalists in the Apprenticeships Awards Wales 2024, we are looking to build on this success by significantly increasing the opportunities for apprenticeships across the service in 2024/25 to fill skills gaps, bring fresh perspectives and create a pipeline of talent for the UHB. Thank you to everyone involved in this programme of work, including our fantastic apprentices, for all your efforts.
If you are considering an apprentice in your department or looking to upskills your existing staff and want to find out more, please join our webinar which will be taking place on Wednesday 21st February 2024 on Microsoft Teams. You will have the opportunity to raise questions to our training provider and colleagues across the UHB.
If you would like further information please contact Emma Bendle, Apprenticeship & Widening Access Co-ordinator at emma.bendle@wales.nhs.uk or follow @CAVApprentice on Twitter.