High-calibre apprenticeships

About the course and qualification

Your apprentice will enrol on a FdSc Health Science degree as part of the 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

£14,000 (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

Employer nomination deadline: 4 July 2025

About the course and qualification

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

£18,500 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

Employer nomination deadline: 13 June 2025

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

Employer nomination deadline: 23 May 2025.

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 plus specific in workplace hours linked to the apprenticeship - a separate breakdown of structured hours based on contracted hours will be shared.

Subject to interest, the course can be delivered at both our Colchester and Southend Campuses.. Full-time block practice placements ‘away’ from the apprentice’s usual place of work are also integrated within the programme.

Subject to interest this apprenticeship can be delivered at both our Colchester and Southend campuses.

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

Employer nomination deadline: 11 July 2025.

About the course and qualification

Your apprentice will enrol on this 24-month course based at our Colchester campus to gain an undergraduate degree and gain eligibility to apply to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) to practise as a qualified Speech and Language Therapist.

This course is designed to follow on from the Healthcare Assistant Practitioner Higher Apprenticeship and direct entry to this course will require an applicant to demonstrate all of the skills and knowledge otherwise gained in this prior programme.

This apprenticeship is suitable for people with relevant backgrounds in health, social care, or education settings who have the ambition of becoming a qualified Speech and Language Therapist.

The role of the employer

Time away from their normal role to study will need to be given as part of the apprenticeship requirements. This is 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 Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).

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

The role of the apprentice

Apprentices will be employed in a setting relevant to Speech and Language Therapy and undertaking work meaningfully related to Speech and Language Therapy.

The course will offer an exciting but demanding route to professional qualification. Apprentices must be prepared to undertake practice placements in settings clinically and geographically diverse from their usual place of work.

The role of the University

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.

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

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

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

Employer nomination deadline: 16 May 2025.

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 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

Employer nomination deadline: CLOSED for October 2025 intake. Nominations for October 2026 will open in January 2026.

Please watch our Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences Webinar for further information:

 Physiotherapy Degree Apprenticeship Webinar - recorded December 2022

• 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 Levy Transfer

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. 

The service also helps SMEs to source a levy transfer for their apprentice(s).  By registering for free on their site, you can create an opportunity which will be shown to levy donors who are also registered.  Although there is no guarantee that a levy transfer match will take place, registering will mean that your requirements are given maximum exposure to potential donors.

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

Co-op Levy Transfer

How will this help my organisation to donate Levy?

Co-op Levy Share will allow large employers to utilise their levy to support smaller businesses, whether that be developing your supply chain, forming strategic partnerships or demonstrating corporate social responsibility. Large employers will have exposure to numerous opportunities that they wouldn't have known existed without the site

How will Co-op Levy Share help me if I am looking for a transfer?

By connecting with levy paying organisations you could benefit from fully funded apprenticeship training without needing to pay co-investment costs (funding criteria apply). You will be able to showcase your opportunity to a large national audience, in a straightforward forward simple way by registering on this site and creating your opportunity.

Find out more about the Co-op Apprenticeship Levy Transfer scheme