Title Title Apprentice Transition Plan Staff Briefing Subtitle Subtitle
What is the Apprentice Transition Plan? What is the ATP? A new, co-created service which will offer enhanced support for apprentices who have been made redundant or unemployed as result of the economic impact of Covid 19. Who will deliver? The offer will be delivered by SDS contracted Modern Apprenticeship Providers. Providers are expected to continue to help the apprentice find alternative employment to allow them to complete their apprenticeship. How is it structured? There are 5 stages of support. Support is individualised according to an assessment of needs. What are the timescales? The service will go live from 1 December 2020. Essential training for Providers from November 2020 Communications start w/c 19 October 2020
How will the Apprentice Transition Plan service benefit apprentices? Produce a record of skills and experience to optimise success in gaining alternative employment Enable some apprentices Provide a complete record Recognise their of all their certificated to complete their transferable skills (SCQF learning apprenticeship benchmarking) Receive a statement of Information, guidance and technical competence for support to help plan next skills not assessed steps
The five stages of the ATP Stage 1, 4 and 5 within 12 weeks. All 5 stages within 26 weeks. Maximum of 16 hours per week. Stage 5: Guidance on Stage 4: next steps RPL Stage 3: benchmarking Implement revised Stage 2: assessment Design plan alternative assessment Stage 1: plan Assess achievements and gaps
Stage 4 – Output from RPL process Apprentices will receive a Record of Achievement document containing: A record of all Technical skills Benchmark Statement certificated learning statement of for SCQF Level competence for non for Transferable Skills certificated learning
Stage 4 – What is involved? The assessment process: Transferable Skills - Professional discussion to summarise competence in technical or core skills which have not been formally 1. Scope of 2. Degree of assessed. autonomy work - ‘ Describing Your Skills’ activity: enables the apprentice to 4. Contribution 3. Processes to quality recognise the transferable skills they have developed through experience. 5. Skills 6. Knowledge - Assessor led professional discussion: allows their skills to be 7. Personal identified and measured against the SCQF Employer levelling Development toolkit.
Training and support for providers • Learning providers must complete training on Stage 4 of the Process. • online training in the RPL process in November. • pre-course work on SCQF resources, participation in a 90-minute webinar and a short test. • written guidance and practical resources/activities they can use with the apprentice. • guidance on our quality assurance requirements. • SDS will provide guidance and some training to support learning providers to deliver information and guidance services (Stage 5 ). We will also signpost to readily available tools and resources.
Apprentice eligibility Apprentices must: • be registered in the FIPS system; • have lost their employment since 1 April 2020; • have been made redundant or are unemployed due to employer ceasing to trade/lack of work Apprentice eligibility • Apprentices will participate on a voluntary basis and will not receive any allowance. Apprentices should be advised to check with DWP that they can participate without comprising their entitlement to benefits. Apprentices may continue with training and assessment before the new scheme starts in December depending on two key things: 1. Whether it is permissible to deliver learning and assessment services in accordance with the relevant awarding body’s assessment strategy. Assessment 2. How close to completion the apprentice is. They must be able to complete within 26 Arrangements weeks. (using expected end date to monitor this)
Funding and expectations of providers • A single payment of £400 per apprentice will be paid to learning providers on successful completion of Stage 1, Stage 4 and Stage 5. • For apprentices who can complete Stage 2 and Stage 3, the learning Provider can claim the remaining milestones and the outcome-based funding of the original apprenticeship payment plan. • Providers must hold the appropriate evidence to support claims in accordance with the MA Contract Conditions. • Looking at an Access Fund. For Providers unable to deliver: SDS will ensure apprentices can still access the services. We will have a register of learning providers who can take apprentices from other providers who are unable to deliver ATP- (procuring this within a framework exercise)
Administration of ATP Registration: • ATP mandatory document with guidance notes. • We are in the process of agreeing the FIPs process. Compliance: • Requirements will be added to the Modern Apprenticeship Contract Specification and Conditions. Oversight within SDS ATP Adviser role to sit External Quality Assurance through within Programme Enhancement Team external contractor
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