WCC Apprenticeships and Work Experience
Warwickshire County Council provides a top class apprenticeship scheme – we are very proud to be one of only three local authorities nationwide named as one of the National Apprenticeships Service’s Top 100 Apprentice Employers, and we were also nominated for Best Apprenticeship Scheme at the 2014 Training Journal Awards, the 2015 PPMA Excellence in People Management Awards, and the 2016 CIPD Awards.
A Warwickshire apprentice is always guaranteed a genuine job role in a supportive working environment, where they will 'earn and learn' in service areas that provide real experience in specific professional sectors. These include Social Care, Civil Engineering, Environmental Conservation, IT, Accountancy, Project Management, Vehicle Maintenance and more – few other local employers can offer such a diverse range of vocational pathways that launch careers!
Along with employing, mentoring and supporting our apprentices, we also link with a college or training provider to deliver the qualification and off the job learning of the apprenticeship. We always link with a provider who we know and trust to deliver excellent training for our learners and who have a proven track record of delivering apprenticeships in specific sectors.
The Council doesn’t recruit apprentices just to deliver apprenticeships and job opportunities to school leavers – we do it to train our employees of the future. We endeavour to ensure that every apprentice we take on completes their apprenticeship and is retained wherever possible. Since September 2012, Warwickshire County Council has recruited 142 apprentices. Of those that have now completed their apprenticeships, 70% have been retained within the council and a further 23% have gone into employment elsewhere or gone on to study further at university. Currently there are 62 young people on apprenticeships within the county council.
Warwickshire also offers a work experience placement scheme; open to all who seek work experience as part of school, college, or simply to boost their CV. Most of our service areas offer work experience placements, and anyone who is interested in doing work experience with WCC need only look at our brochure and tell us where in the council they’d like to gain some experience. We will then seek to create a placement in that service area.