The programme is a partnership between the University and a number of employers of which Hampshire County Council is the lead. Although many prospective and existing students are interested in the apprenticeship in social work they have to already be working for a local authority in our partnership to be considered eligible. If you already work for a local authority you can check their website to see whether they offer an apprenticeship in social work. This new programme is an employer led course funded by the ‘Levy’ that local authorities must pay as required by central government.

 

For those working for Hampshire County Council they have to be working in a social care post for a minimum of one year. The University is unable to take any other interested candidates. They have to be employed by a local authority and selected as suitable for the apprenticeship. The government supports this route as it views apprenticeships as a direct way of recognising experience and talent in the workforce and retaining good staff by training them to become social workers.