• If you are in a job and wish to become an Apprentice please discuss this with your employer and contact us if you need more information.

• If you are not in a job but wish to become a Modern Apprentice please contact us to find out what opportunities are available.

• See our frequently asked questions below or go to Apprenticeships.scot for general information about Modern Apprenticeships.

• Who is eligible to be a Modern Apprentice?
  To be eligible for an apprenticeship you must not be

• at school, college or university full-time
  an overseas national who is subject to an employment restriction or to a time limit on your stay in Great Britain – or both. (But if you’re a refugee or asylum seeker, you can apply.)
  already on an employment, training or enterprise scheme that’s funded by the government or SDS
  in custody as a prisoner, or on remand

• To be eligible for an apprenticeship you must not be

• at school, college or university full-time

• an overseas national who is subject to an employment restriction or to a time limit on your stay in Great Britain – or both. (But if you’re a refugee or asylum seeker, you can apply.)

• already on an employment, training or enterprise scheme that’s funded by the government or SDS

• in custody as a prisoner, or on remand

Completed applications should be signed by both the candidate and the employer and sent to Training for Care, Norton Park, 57 Albion Road Edinburgh EH7 5QY. Please contact us if you have any queries about applying.

Modern Apprenticeships are used by many employers to train staff. An Apprentice can be a new recruit or an existing member of staff who would benefit from significant new knowledge and skills.

If you are looking to recruit an Apprentice we can help you with this:

1    Provide work experience 
We run courses for people who are interested in a care or childcare career. Students attend a tutorial once a week to gain sector knowledge and employability skills, and attend a work placement four days per week for up to eight weeks. Employers who offer placements can assess the participant’s suitability for employment and, if things go well, may choose to offer employment as a Modern Apprentice.

2 Advertise on the Apprenticeship.scot website
Training for Care can advertise a vacancy for your organisation through SDS’s Apprenticeships.scot website. Once recruited, we will work with you to sign your new staff member up as a Modern Apprentice.

3 Advertise through your normal channels
Once a potential employee has been identified we will work in partnership with you and interview the candidate for our Apprenticeship programme. 

General information for employers is available on Skills Development Scotland’s website here or please contact us if you would like to discuss Apprenticeships for your organisation.

Working hours, annual leave and sickness leave will be in accordance the policies and procedures of the Apprentices workplace.

Most of our Modern Apprenticeships are fully funded however we may ask for a small employer contribution for Social Care awards depending on the age of the Apprentice.