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There are many challenges that are facing
the sector at the moment.
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One of the biggest challenges
we've got is actually challenging perceptions
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of coming into working in social care.
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We can teach them
the specific skills of a role,
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but we absolutely need someone
with the right values
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to be able to provide the best care
possible for our residents.
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In 2019, we launched the Social Care
and Health Apprenticeship Scheme
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within Monmouthshire County Council.
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The aim of this was really to provide
people with a career pathway
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when entering into the care sector.
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We had six apprenticeships and
they were aged from 17 to just under 40.
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By having people with that range of different
backgrounds, people bring different skills
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and have different experience
and different values.
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We're able to train them in a way that we would
really like to support our residents in Monmouthshire.
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Five out of the six
apprentices have gone and working in social care.
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So we've had real success.
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If you can provide people
with that career pathway,
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then they're more likely to stay working
within the sector.
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Absolutely key to
that is the fact that it will
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then provide continuity of care
for the people that we're looking after.
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I absolutely love my job to be able
to give people the opportunity
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to develop and to be able to provide
the best care possible is so rewarding.