Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship Provider: LMP Education

Early Years Educators, and other roles such as nursery practitioners and childminders, are highly trained professionals who play a key role in ensuring that young children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. They work in a range of settings including full day care, children’s centres, preschools, reception classes and as childminders. They will be either working on their own, or supervising others, to deliver the EYFS requirements set out by the Government for the learning, development and care of young children from birth to five years.

Key knowledge, skills and behaviours:

• Meeting the care needs of individual children such as feeding, changing nappies and administration of medicine
• Developing strategies for support
• Working in partnership with other colleagues, parents/carers, and other professionals to meet the individual needs of each child
• Planning and supervising child-initiated and adult-led activities which are based around the needs and interests of each individual child
• Using appropriate technology to support learning
• Supporting children to develop numeracy and language skills through games and play

Cost: £6000 | Fully funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  16 Months | +2 months end point assessment

Assessment:  Knowledge Test | EPA Organisation: Ofqual

Apprenticeship Provider: LMP Education

The broad purpose of this occupation is to be a proactive and influential practitioner, working directly with children and skillfully leading day-to-day practice at an operational level. As active practitioners, they are effective role models of play-based learning, supporting others to develop their own practice. They are highly skilled professionals who take an operational lead for the care, learning and development of all young children, adapting to individual needs in order to facilitate an inclusive and holistic provision. They engage with sector developments both locally and nationally, with a commitment to developing their own professional and educational competencies.

Key knowledge, skills and behaviours:

• Promoting health and wellbeing, self-regulation, and resilience of all children through learning-rich environments, opportunities for challenging play, and a healthy attitude towards risk-taking
• To lead and manage across the area, aspect, or environment for which they are responsible
• Provide playful, sensitive interaction opportunities that reflect children’s needs, interests, and motivations in order to facilitate and extend deep-level learning

Cost: £8000 | Fully funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  18 Months | +6 months end point assessment

Assessment:  Portfolio, Observation and Q&A | EPA Organisation: BCS

Apprenticeship Provider: LMP Education

An accounts or finance assistant is an integral part of the team responsible for maintaining an effecient and accurate finance function within a business. The assistant is responsible for assisting a team of accountants with junior accounting duties. These vary depending on the team structure and size. The accounts or finance assistant’s work could include basic bookkeeping activities, working with sales and purchase ledgers, running calculations to ensure the records are correct, recording of cash, and data entry.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours:

• Understanding how accounting systems and processes allow a business to keep track of all kinds of financial transactions
• Develop an understanding of the differences between financial management and accounting
• Understand what makes an organisation successful through buying and selling products, or supplying services to a market
• Understand an organisation’s cost-recording system

Cost:  £6000 | Fully funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  12 Months | +3 months end point assessment

Assessment:  Portfolio | EPA Organisation: BCS

Apprenticeship Provider: LMP Education

An assistant accountant provides support to internal and external customers and will work predominantly as either an assistant accountant within practice or within the finance function of an organisation. Part of their role will involve assisting in day-to-day financial activities such as data entry, month-end management accounts, and year-end financial statements. Additionally, the assistant accountant may be involved in regulatory financial requirements such as the completion of VAT returns, or assisting in the preparations of tax computations

Key Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours:

• Understanding the transactional processes and support provided by accountancy firms, or the accounting function within an organisation
• Understanding the relevant Ethical Standards to protect their own, and their organisation’s, professional reputation and integrity
• Effectively recording and analysing financial data at the appropriate level using the organisation’s standard tools and processes
• Working both independently and as part of a team within the organisation’s needs

Cost:  £8000 | Fully funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  15 Months | +3 months end point assessment

Assessment:  Knowledge Test | EPA Organisation: AAT

Apprenticeship Provider: LMP Education

Individuals in the role of a professional accounting or taxation technician will have responsibility for creating, verifying and reviewing accurate and timely financial information within the organisation by which they are employed, or on behalf of another organisation. This will be performed in order to meet relevant ethical, professional and legal standards, and will utilise the individual’s knowledge of the business’ systems and processes, as well as standardised accounting and tax practices. This role may exist in an accounting practice, a professional services company, HMRC, or the accounting function of another business or organisation.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours:

• Develop knowledge and understanding of the core elements of double-entry bookkeeping and accounting standards, enabling the accountant to create and report financial information to the account users
• A professional taxation technician will have knowledge and understanding of the core elements of personal and business taxation and accounting principles. They will be required to prepare tax calculations, prepare government forms, understand and comply with filing deadlines, and document client paperwork.

Cost:  £8000 | Fully funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  18 Months | +6 months end point assessment

Assessment:  Portfolio | EPA Organisation: BCS

Apprenticeship Provider: LMP Education

HR professional in this role are likely either working in a medium to large organisation as part of the HR function delivering front line support to managers and employees, or are the HR manager of a small organisation. Their work includes handling day-to-day queries and providing HR advice. The contribute to a range of HR processes from transactional to relatively complex, recruitment to retirement, using appropriate systems and processes to keep records providing relevant information to their business and helping to implement changes. They typically provide advice to managers on a wide range of issues, informed by company policy and current law, giving guidance that is compliance and avoids errors that could expose the organisation to legal risk.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours:

• Providing HR advice
• Working on a range of HR processes, varying from transactional to relatively complex issues
• Working with the business on implementing HR changes
• Using HR systems to keep accurate records
• Handling day-to-day queries

Cost:  £4500 | Fully funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  15 Months | +3 months end point assessment

Assessment:  Consultative Project & Professional Discussion | EPA Organisation: CIPD

Apprenticeship Provider: LMP Education

Teaching assistants work in primary, special and secondary education settings across all ages encompassing special educational needs and emotional vulnerabilities. The primary role of the teaching assistant is to support the class teacher to enhance pupils’ learning, either in groups or individually, ensuring students understand are equipped to complete the work set. Promoting self-belief, social inclusion, and high self-esteem, plays an important part in ensuring the wellbeing of pupils, helping them to thrive in positive, nurturing and safe environments. TAs play an active role in supporting learners to access the curriculum.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours:

• Understanding how pupils learn and develop
• Using appropriate technology to support learning
• Working with teachers to understand and support assessment for learning
• Have appropriate knowledge of the curriculum and the context in which they work
• Keeping Children Safe in Education
• Developing strategies of support
• Communication and team work
• Problem solving and learning to motivate pupils

Cost:  £5000 | Fully funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  12 Months | +2 months end point assessment

Assessment:  Knowledge Test | EPA Organisation: Active IQ

Apprenticeship Provider: BeReady

The Wellbeing Champion Apprenticeship offers education professionals the opportunity to learn up-to-date, practical coaching and counselling skills, backed up by relevant research, in order to help support and coach colleagues and students. Underpinned by additional elective modules, the programme develops the necessary skills to promote wellbeing within your academy.

Predominantly online, the Wellbeing Champion Apprenticeship is particularly useful for those who want to hone their skills to actively listen, provide feedback and use coaching and counselling to support and signpost.

Learners are dual professionals who wish to use up-to-date professional knowledge and skills to support both colleagues and students across the education sector, or indeed in any employer setting, at any level. The programme delivers value to the organisation, its staff and its students. It can also be seen as a reward for those colleagues being asked to undertake additional responsibilities, as learners will gain new professionally recognised skills and qualifications.

Cost:  £7000 | Fully funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  14 Months

Target Audience: This course is suited to individuals tasked with wellbeing support for colleagues and students across their academy, who would benefit from education-focused, practical training and a recognised qualification in this area.

Apprenticeship Provider: LMP Education

In this role, you will ensure direction, alignment and commitment within your own practice, your team, your organisation, and across partnerships, to help children, young people and families aspire to do their best and acheive sustainable change. You will build teams, manage resources, and lead new approached to working practices that deliver improved outcomes, and put the child, young people and family at the centre of the work.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours:

• Understanding current research and developments in the health and social care sector
• Understanding the theories underpinning the learning, motivation and development of individual teams
• Understanding the role of the team and the internal and external environments in which it operates
• Maintaining and developing a leadership style that sets the ethos, aims and approach of the work
• Managing the application of professional judgement, standards, and codes of practice
• Creating a strong sense of team purpose

Cost:  £6000 | Fully funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  18 Months | +6 months end point assessment

Assessment:  Knowledge Test | EPA Organisation: Ofqual

Apprenticeship Provider: Education and Skills Training and Development

Cost:  Up to £9000 funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  24 Months

Apprenticeship Provider: Premier Pathways

Cost:  £20000, fully funded by the apprenticeship levy

Timeframe:  3 Years

Target Audience:  This is available to existing school support staff or school leavers that don’t already have a degree.