Apprenticeship Central, the apprentice recruitment and retention specialist serving the automotive aftermarket, has launched ENSURE, a unique safeguarding service for businesses who employ apprentices.
With over two years’ working knowledge of helping support their existing employer clients with their apprentice strategies, Apprenticeship Central has a track record of working with young apprentices and reports that over 25% of those on its programmes have required some form of safeguarding support or guidance.
Through this activity, it has first-hand knowledge of the types of issues young people face in modern society and have a fully qualified team comprising of Morag Linwood and Mandy Gibson to deliver this increasingly important service.
Through ENSURE, the Apprenticeship Central team become the employer’s ‘Designated Safeguarding Lead’ and builds a trusted relationship with every apprentice in its care.
It deploys a range of proactive measures to regularly engage with the apprentices and is first in line if any issues arise that they need support with, both at work and in life.
In addition to becoming the employers Designated Safeguarding Lead, Apprenticeship Central authors all of the employers policies and procedures required when employing young people and apprentices.
