Amie's success story

Amie looked to start her career in social care by signing up to take part in our apprenticeship scheme pilot.

• What do you do?
  
  I am working with 'Turning Points' in a learning disability service for my apprenticeship.
  
  The work that I do is really varied, it is mostly about supporting people with their daily lives and helping them live as they want to live.
  
  This can be household tasks such as shopping and cooking and also going out in to the community and for day trips.
  
  

• What did you do before this?
  
  I thought that I wanted to work with children or go into teaching and had just started a full time childcare course when I was given the opportunity to become an apprentice.
  
  
• Why did you become an apprentice?
  
  I thought it was a good opportunity to learn while working and because it would give me better qualifications and more experience in the social care sector.
  
  
• What is the most important thing that you have learnt so far?
  
  I have learnt a lot about how to safely support people to experience new things.

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