Our dedicated programme to enhance the employability skills of our Apprentices consists of a mix of theory and practical application, and enrichment experiences designed to complement the formal Apprenticeship.
The sessions available to our current Apprentices focus on Communication Skills, Teamworking, Embracing Change, Creative Thinking and Problem Solving, Commercial Awareness, Democracy and Governance, and Growth Mindset & Work Ethic:
| Session 1 | Communication (11-1) Recap on employability skills Verbal, written communications, link with insights preferences | Teamworking Team roles, link with communication preferences, adapting to get task done as a team |
Session 2
| Embracing Change (11-1) Change and personality/life map, K-R curve, link to growth mindset, and having a frog for breakfast Meet Ipswich Borough Council, Head of Transformation
| Summer Networking Creative thinking and Problem Solving Activity to link openness to change with learning and meeting challenges positively. |
Session 3 | Meet Ipswich Borough Council Chief Executive, Commercial Awareness (10.00-11.00) Budget, law, companies | Business task activity Challenge: invent, promote and forecast |
Session 4
| Democracy and Governance | Spotlight on... How my Apprenticeship is going/where my Apprenticeship has taken my career |
Session 5 | Growth Mindset and Work Ethic (11.00-12.30) Link with learning and delivering on service plan objectives
| Christmas Networking Review of achievements/ celebrate our successes and plan for NAW 25, and Apprentice of the Year 25 |
Ipswich Borough Council,
Grafton House,
15-17 Russell Road,
Ipswich,
IP1 2DE
01473 432000
