About the course and qualification

Your apprentice will enrol on a three-year IET-accredited BEng Electronic Engineering degree pathway that includes 28 weeks of teaching each academic year at our Colchester Campus. They will return to the workplace when not at university where you'll provide further vocational learning outcomes in line with the Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer Degree Apprenticeship Standard.

See our apprenticeship pages for more information on the course modules, course structure, entry requirements and School facilities.

Costs

£27,000 (80% divided monthly during practical training period and 20% at completion of End Point Assessment).

To find out more and to register your interest please contact: apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk

About the course and qualification

Your apprentice will enrol on a FdSc Health Science degree as part of the Healthcare Assistant Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard which has been designed to stretch and challenge your employees to develop both their academic and clinical skills. The length of the whole apprenticeship is 24 months.

There is the opportunity upon successful completion to progress onto our BSc Healthcare Practice or Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeship (BSc Nursing).

See our apprenticeship pages for more information on the course modules, course structure, entry requirements and School facilities.

Costs

£12,000 (80% divided monthly during the practical training period and 20% paid on completion of the End Point Assessment)

To find out more and to register your interest please contact: apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk

Ofsted rating

Essex is proud to be one of the first universities in the UK to have its Healthcare Assistant Practitioner Higher Apprenticeship Ofsted inspected and receive a “good” rating.

In their report, the Ofsted inspectors commented that employers valued the skills the apprentices learnt during their course at the University, which led to them becoming skilled and caring practitioners, to the benefit of their patients.

The Ofsted report said almost all the apprentices, many of whom have been out of education for long periods of time, completed their apprenticeship and achieved their qualification. With effective support from university staff, the apprentices also developed the skills they needed for their next steps in their health service careers.

To find out more about our Healthcare Assistant Practitioner Higher Apprenticeship come along to our online Information Event for Employers scheduled for 3 March 2022

About the course and qualification

The NMC have changed their professional standards for nursing and as such we are refreshing our curriculum for 2020 entry to meet these standards. This means that for October 2020 entry, this course is subject to NMC approval and University of Essex validation.

Your Apprentice will be able to enrol on either the BSc Nursing (Adult) or BSc Nursing (Mental Health) pathway as part of the Registered Nurse Apprenticeship Standard.

See our apprenticeship pages for more information on the course modules, course structure, entry requirements and School facilities.

Costs

£13,500 in total (80% divided monthly during the practical training period and 20% paid on completion of the End Point Assessment).

To find out more and to register your interest please contact: apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk

Information event

To find out more about our Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship come along to our online Information Event for Employers scheduled for 23 February 2022.

 About the course and qualification

Your employees will be able to study our Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Degree Apprenticeship at either our Colchester or Southend campus. We’ve carefully planned this apprenticeship to work flexibly around their professional needs and commitments to maximise the benefits to you both.

This apprenticeship is suitable for health care professionals from a range of backgrounds, including nursing and midwifery, as well as allied health professions such as pharmacy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy. Your staff may already be working in an advanced role but require professional qualifications, or you may be looking to develop their skills set to enable progression to an ACP role.

Time away from their normal clinical role to study will need to be given as part of the apprenticeship to fulfil the 20% off the job training hours.

Although ‘Advanced Clinical Practitioner’ is not currently a regulated title, it is expected to be in the near future using the national Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice as the criteria to be able to register on a data base of ACPs.

The apprenticeship is underpinned by the national framework for advanced clinical practice which means that as well as gaining the MSc Advanced Clinical Practitioner qualification, on completion, your employee/s will also be eligible to apply for ACP roles. Depending on the modules chosen they will gain skills in leadership, critical thinking and clinical decision-making, as well as enhanced knowledge of specific areas of specialist clinical practice.

See our apprenticeship pages for more information on the course modules, course structure, entry requirements and School facilities.

Costs

£12,000 in total (80% divided monthly during the practical training period and 20% paid on completion of the End Point Assessment).

To find out more and to register your interest please contact: apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk

About the course and qualification

Your apprentice will enrol on a Graduate Certificate in Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner as part of the Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship Standard.

The course will be delivered in lectures, small group tutorials and seminars and your apprentice will benefit from clinical simulations in our skills labs where we are able to rehearse telephone based support. Apprentices will be expected to complete guided reading and independent study alongside their role and on-campus study.

The length of the course is 12 months and is delivered from our Colchester Campus.

See our apprenticeship pages for more information on the course modules, course structure, entry requirements and School facilities.

Costs

£7,000 (80% divided monthly during the practical training period and 20% paid on completion of the End Point Assessment).

To find out more and to register your interest please contact: apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk

About the course and qualification

Your apprentice will enrol on this 24 month course at our Colchester campus. This apprenticeship is suitable for people with relevant health and/or care backgrounds, with the ambition of becoming a qualified Occupational Therapist. Note: Evidence of accredited prior learning and occupational therapy practice experience with current employment in an appropriate health and/or care setting with support from a work-based occupational therapist is required.

Time away from their normal role to study will need to be given as part of the apprenticeship requirements in order to ensure apprentices can achieve the required apprenticeship standards. This is a requirement not only to satisfy the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) funding rules but also to satisfy the criteria of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT).

The apprentices will require support from a registered Occupational Therapist as a work-based mentor within their workplace to support the development of Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours of the apprenticeship.

This course has been approved for delivery by the HCPC/RCOT in line with the occupational standards, as outlined by the Institute for Apprenticeship and Technical Education (IfATE). Failure to provide sufficient support / release of apprentice/s to achieve standard will jeopardise the ability for them to complete the apprenticeship and subsequent registration with the HCPC/RCOT.

For further information about the Occupational Therapist (Integrated Degree) Apprenticeship standards, see the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education website.

The course will be delivered in lectures, workshops, small group work/tutorials and seminars and your apprentice will benefit from simulation/skills based learning in our mock wards and community living clinical learning spaces. Full-time block practice placements ‘away’ from the apprentice’s usual place of work are also integrated within the programme and are a professional requirement for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council. See our apprenticeship pages for more information on the course modules, course structure, entry requirements and school facilities.

Costs

£15,000 in total (80% divided monthly during the practical training and 20% paid on completion of the integrated End Point Assessment).

To find out more and to register your interest, please contact: apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk 

About the course and qualification

Your apprentice will enrol on a Foundation degree Nursing Associate programme as part of the Nursing Associate Apprenticeship Standard which has been designed to stretch and challenge your employees to develop both their academic and clinical skills. The length of the whole apprenticeship is 24 months. Upon successful completion, the apprentice will be registered with the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery council).

The apprentices will require support from a Practice Assessor within their workplace to support the development of Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours of the apprenticeship. This course has been approved for delivery by the NMC in line with the standards.

The course will be delivered in lectures, workshops, small group work/tutorials and seminars and your apprentice will benefit from simulation/skills-based learning in our mock wards and community living clinical learning spaces. Full-time block practice placements ‘away’ from the apprentice’s usual place of work are also integrated within the programme.

There is the opportunity upon successful completion to progress onto our BSc Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeship (BSc Nursing).

See our apprenticeship pages for more information on the course modules, course structure, entry requirements and School facilities.

Costs

£15,000 (80% divided monthly during the practical training period and 20% paid on completion of the End Point Assessment)

To find out more and to register your interest please contact: apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk

The following have received full approval from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and their respective professional bodies.

• Speech and Language Therapy – start date of October 2022 (first two years) / October 2023 (“top up” final two years)

Please note – the Speech and Language Therapy degree apprenticeship pathway is a four year programme, delivered as a 2 + 2. The first two years of this pathway includes our Healthcare Assistant Practitioner (HAP), which is currently open for nominations / applications and will close end of July 2022, for October 2022 starts. This will serve as a direct entry into the ‘top up’ final two years of Speech and Language Therapy apprenticeship. It is anticipated that any direct entry in to the final two years will be open for October 2023 starts, subject to satisfying the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL).

About the course and content

Our mission is to empower physiotherapy students to transform lives. We do this by facilitating experiences which allow learners to thrive by recognising, developing and leading through an enhanced understanding of themselves and others.

Our Physiotherapy Degree Apprenticeship supports apprentices to make the most of their unique opportunities and develop enquiring minds through the combination of practice and research lead learning. 

Our apprenticeship programme is suitable for existing staff such as therapy assistants and support workers and people new to the health and social care sector. 

It usually takes 44 months to complete the programme which has been designed to be progressively demanding, professionally and academically, so that by the end apprentices can demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and skills specified in the level 6 national apprenticeship standard and those required to apply for Health and Care Professions Council registration and full membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

See our apprenticeship pages for more information on the course modules, course structure, entry requirements and School facilities.

Costs

£24,000

To find out more and to register your interest please contact apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk

• If your annual pay bill exceeds £3 million, you'll pay 0.5% of your pay bill less a £15,000 annual allowance.
• That money, plus a 10% top-up provided by the government, will go into a dedicated account for your company to use to pay for apprentice training - your Digital Apprenticeship Service account.
• Money in your account will expire after 24 months if it hasn't been used.

You can get more detail on the Apprenticeship Levy from the Education and Skills Funding Agency. We can help you plan your apprenticeship strategy and how to make the best use of your levy contribution. Contact us to find out more. We can also advise on other grants that may be available.

From January 2020 all employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy (those who have a pay bill under £3 million) are now able to create accounts on the apprenticeship service and are also able to:   

• Choose from a range of apprenticeship standards;
• Choose a provider from the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) to deliver apprenticeship training;
• Find an End-Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO);
• Reserve access to funding for apprenticeship training and assessment;
• Agree contracts with providers; and
• Benefit from collaborative relationships by delegating permissions to providers to service their accounts.   
•  Employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy are required to reserve funds through the apprenticeship service before an apprenticeship can commence.
• As a non-levy-employer you will be required to fund 5% of the training fee with the Government funding the remaining 95% of the fee.  

Essex County Council are striving to increase apprenticeships within the county. The Council's new Essex Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Service will allow levy payers to utilise levy to support the apprenticeship training costs for other organisations. This is an online service that allows companies interested in donating apprenticeship levy funds (maximum of 25%), to view details of opportunities created by other organisations looking for funding. Organisations can specify their objectives and based on these are matched with other appropriate organisations. The online system makes the process easy and there is also a dedicated team to support during this process.

Find out more about the Essex Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Service or contact the team directly.