Education visit for ambitious Children's Care Students

A group of Early Years Care Students on a Level 2 programme with CWCT have recently attended ‘The Education Show’ at the NEC Genting Arena, together with the their Tutors and Training Advisers. 

CWCT is keen to ensure young people develop a wealth of knowledge within their chosen careers . The aim of the outing was to develop specialist knowledge within areas of childcare through the seminars available on the day and the wide range of exhibitors demonstrating the latest trends within the children’s care industry.  The students were tasked with gathering information from the show to take back to CWCT to discuss and use in their apprenticeship training and in the workplace in their day to day roles.

Some of the students who attended are aspiring apprentices being supported by “The Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), a programme that offers vocational taster opportunities that leads to employment.

Commenting Jan Ryan, Operations Director at CWCT said: “The Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) was launched in 2016 to provide support to young people living in the regions where youth unemployment was higher than 25%. It exclusively supports young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs) including unemployed youngsters or those not registered as job-seekers.

“It’s a really useful scheme as it supports the provision of apprenticeships, traineeships, job placements and further education leading to a qualification.  It also ensures that in parts of Europe where the challenges are most acute, young persons are able to benefit from targeted support.” Jan concluded.

Photo caption: Apprentices and YEI students arriving at the recent Education Show at the NEC.