Apollo Health & Social Care
The Apollo Project is a workforce programme designed to address recruitment and retention challenges faced within the health and social care sector. As part of this, we offer employability support, courses in Health & Social Care, mentoring and events.
If you are looking for a career in Health and Social Care, or are currently in a volunteer role and would like to progress, we are able to offer the following:
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Practical, individual mentoring
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Free places on our hands-on Essential Skills in Care Course, delivered face-to-face at City College Norwich
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Skill-building workshops for career readiness
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Personalised employment assistance including job interview support and bursaries
- Support and guidance from our experienced job coaches, helping to address any gaps in your skills by providing tailored support to find work in the health and social care sector
Want to find out more?
Have a question? No problem; get in touch with us via email to discover more: apollo@ccn.ac.uk
Essential Skills in Care Course Sessions include:
- Person-centred care
- Basic sign language
- Safeguarding
- Equality and diversity
- Understanding career pathways
- Practical workshops such as site visits, Q&A with professionals and presentations from potential employers.
Feedback from learners who have completed the course
The course is a very good starting point. It covers a lot in 4 weeks,” says Max White, who was part of the first group to complete the course.
The course has really deepened my knowledge and understanding of what it would actually be like to get into care in a professional sense,” says Kane, “I would definitely recommend it.”
Essential Skills in Care Course - Flexible Learning Structure:
- 8-week course, commitment of 6 hours per week.
Learners must attend one 3-hour lesson per week, either on a Wednesday morning 10am – 1pm or Thursday evening 6pm – 9pm. - Learners must also complete 3 hours of online learning per week in their own time.
- Optional drop-in sessions will be available for students who need support with online learning.
Essential Skills in Care Course - Guided Learning Structure:
- 4-week course, commitment of 12 hours per week.
Learners must attend 2 days per week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30am – 3:30pm. - Learners must complete 2 hours of self-directed learning and personal development activities per week in their own time, to include face-to-face meetings with a mentor.
Essential Skills in Care Course Dates:
Guided Learning
Information Session: Wednesday 19th June 10am – 1pm
Start: Monday 24th June
End: Wednesday 17th July
Autumn Cohort 1 - Flexible Learning:
Information Session: Monday 2nd September 10am – 1pm
Start: Wednesday 4th September 10am –1pm or 5pm-8pm
End: Wednesday 23rd October 10am –1pm or 5pm-8pm
Autumn Cohort 2 - Guided Learning:
Information Session: Monday 23rd September 10am – 1pm
Start: Monday 30th September 9.30am – 3.30pm
End: Tuesday 22nd October 9.30am – 3.30pm
Autumn Cohort 3 - Flexible Learning:
Information Session: Monday 4th November 10am – 1pm
Start: Wednesday 6th November 10am –1pm or 5pm-8pm
End: Wednesday 8th January 10am –1pm or 5pm-8pm
Autumn Cohort 4 - Guided Learning:
Information Session: Monday 11th November 10am-1pm
Start: Monday 18th November 9.30am – 3.30pm
End: Tuesday 10th December 9.30am – 3.30pm
Future dates to be added.