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Learner Loans from Skills2Care Changing Careers

JB Skills Training Ltd has launched a new division called Skills2Care to specialise in the provision of training and apprenticeships in the care industry.

Already there has been real successes, particularly in the accessing of Learner Loans for clients. These allow people to train when they can’t get the course for free, with a structured repayment scheme making the future better and affordable.

Two recent case studies are:

26-year-old Sarah Nicholson who is all set to change her career for the better since accessing this pot of funding.

Assessor Denise Ewart who works for Skills2Care in Sunderland met with Sarah and when she saw her passion to succeed she introduced her to the new route of funding.

Sarah, who works as a senior carer at Deneside Court in Jarrow is ready to take on more responsibility and build herself a career in management in the care industry, but to do that she needs her NVQ Level 4 in health and social care.

The cost of the course and exam was an issue to Sarah who lives in Hebburn with her boyfriend and grandma who she is looking after until she is well enough to return home.

24-year-old graduate Chelsea Robinson works in a similar environment and is all set to change her career for the better since accessing a pot of funding that is allowing her to study.

The Care Assistant works at Bowes Court, Bishop Auckland, which is part of Careline Lifestyles Group.

The home is a state-of-the-art neurological, learning and physical disabilities unit providing specialist nursing, care and rehabilitation for individuals with neurological conditions, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, behaviours that challenge and varying degrees of learning and physical disabilities.

Chelsea who has a degree in photography is ready to take on more responsibility and build herself a career in management in the care industry, but to do that she needs her NVQ Level 3 in health and social care.

The cost of the course and exam was a real barrier to Chelsea who lives in Hartlepool with her boyfriend, but now she is looking forward to completing her NVQ level 3 and to her future career.

Advanced Learning loans have been available since 2013 for any learner wishing to study a qualification at level 3 or 4. Skills2Care, which is part of JB Skills Training Ltd, support applicants through the whole procedure of online application and then deliver the training too.

More information on Skills2Care is available by emailing delivery manager Clare Macmillan on clare@skills2careacademy.co.uk

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Antonia Brindle .