Workplace training at the Council

There are lots of ways we can help develop your career, by offering on-the-job training opportunities for staff and the community:

Work experience for students

If you are at school or college and you would like to get work experience, contact your school's work experience co-ordinator, or find out about opportunities at the County Council:

• Connexions360 – work experience

Or, if you are studying a social care degree and you are interested in getting work experience in adult social care, get in touch with one of our adult social care team.

• Adult social care – Who are we and how can we help you? (Information Leaflet IL1)

Apprenticeships

With more and more employers demanding on-the-job experience, our apprenticeship scheme gives young people a chance to learn real-life skills.

Apprenticeships are a great way to start your career. They give you the opportunity to learn and train while working alongside experienced staff. Plus, employers get to access a wealth of new workplace talent.

• Apprenticeships at East Sussex County Council
• Apprenticeships – national scheme

Secondments and job swaps

There is a Council scheme where existing employees can try out a different job (a secondment), or swap jobs for a set period. This helps us to improve services by developing the skills of our workforce and enhances cross-department working. While secondments and job swaps offer staff the:

• chance to develop new skills and knowledge
• opportunity to take on more challenging responsibilities
• potential for career development.
  

CIPFA Trainee Accountant

This three year programme provides trainees with support and combines studying for CIPFA (the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) qualifications with in-house training and work placements that provide practical experience across a range of financial functions.

To apply, applicants must provide evidence of meeting one of the following criteria:

• hold Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) membership
• be educated to degree level.

We recruit for CIPFA trainee accountants during September and October.

Further information on the programme can be found on the CIPFA website.

Teacher training

Find out about help and support to become a teacher or teaching assistant, through school-based training or university.

• Training to be a teacher
• Becoming a teaching assistant

Trainee rangers

Rangers provide practical habitat management and access work on countryside sites including woodland, grassland, wetland and sand dune systems. You can apply for a full-time voluntary trainee ranger placement working in our country parks.

• Becoming a ranger

Trainee social workers

There is no trainee scheme for external applicants but if you are interested in social care experience to enhance your chances of obtaining a place on a social work course you may apply for unqualified posts.

These posts include:

• personal advisors in youth support teams
• caseworkers in family support teams
• resource officers or assessors in mental health or adult care management teams.

If you are interested in Social Work qualifying training you may find the following websites helpful:

• General Social Care Council – to register as a qualified social worker and for standards and training and learning information
• Department of Health – providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications
• University of Sussex – admissions and research with the School of Social Work
• Universities and colleges admission service (UCAS) – apply online for full-time undergraduate courses at UK universities and colleges.