The apprentice ambassadors have
re-launched this year with new recruits and are gearing up to visit the Job
Centre, schools and colleges across the
city.
The new apprentices have joined the
existing team, making total of seven ambassadors, all of which are apprentices
at Brighton & Hove City Council, covering a range
of different sectors from the Register Office,
Adult Social Care to Media and Communications and are
all undertaking a nationally recognised qualification from level 2, advanced
level 3 to higher level 5.
Since starting in June 2014, the
ambassadors have reached 1,705 young people and 200 parents across Brighton
& Hove.
The ambassadors were brought together by Brighton & Hove City Education
and Inclusion department, to promote the importance and availability of
apprenticeships to young people and parents/carers, giving them the chance to
find out about other career options.
Councillor Tom Bewick, Chair of Children, Young People & Skills
Committee, said: “One of the biggest difficulties for
young people is getting their foot in the door entering the job market for the
first time and break the cycle of no experience.
“The apprentice
ambassadors are not only representing themselves but the council and it is
extremely important that we continue to provide this resource to young people
across the city to create the awareness of other opportunities that are
available to them.”
Kelly Butler, former Human Resourses Apprentice and Ambassador, said: “I have secured myself a full-time job with
Human Resourses Workforce Development team as an Administrator at Brighton
& Hove City Council.
“Being an Apprentice Ambassador was a great experience and helped
me to develop new skills which then led to permanent employment at the council.
Being an apprentice ambassador was definitely a contributing factor to getting
the job as I gained such valuable experience, knowledge and skills from being
part of the team.”
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