Busting ten myths about social care apprentices

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, Care UK’s corporate apprenticeships manager Jo Hesketh dismantles a few myths about apprentices in social care in 2022.

1. All apprentices are young and just leaving school

This is a myth which probably has its roots in memories of apprenticeships from a hundred years ago.

These days, if an employer has an apprenticeship scheme, it will probably be open to anyone who is employed in a role where there is an opportunity to gain another qualification to help the employee do their job better and to prepare them for their next role.

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