Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Training
Apprenticeship in Health

Number of Employees trained
40

The company line of business
Birmingham Children’s Hospital look after sick children from all over the UK. They moved into the former Birmingham General Hospital in 1998 and look after over 225,000 children per year.

The Training Package
The 2 year training programme is underpinned by an Apprenticeship in Health, the theoretical part of which is delivered by Bournville College. In addition, the cadets spend 3 days per week at Birmingham Children’s Hospital learning practical skills from their tutors and mentors. This flexible and highly individualised programme will not only enable the cadets to start a rewarding career but also experience employment for the first time.
In addition to the above, Bournville College offers other training packages such as Apprenticeship in Business Administration, AMSPAR, Customer Service and Theatre Cadets, NVQ in Management, Business Administration, Customer Service, Health & Social Care, ITQ and bespoke courses in IT, Miedical Terminology, Minute Taking, Train the Trainer and Dyslexia Awareness.

Business/Personal Improvement
‘I enjoyed studying health and social care previously and this training was an opportunity that I simply couldn’t miss. Working 10 shifts can be quite demanding at times but the rewards by far outweigh drawbacks. I now have a clear career plan and excellent training under way that will help me with achieving my ambition of working as an ODP’.
Sam Gardner, apprentice

‘It has been a challenge for us as a department taking on such a young work force and at first I think the cadets found it hard but they have all settled in and are enjoying their training. I would encourage other departments at BCH as well as other organisations to take up this challenge and help to develop the young workforce’.
Mary Tasewych, Theatres Manager at Birmingham Children’s Hospital