CYP Now - Good Idea: Course turns unemployed young people into carers

A council has set up a trainee scheme for young people not in education, employment or training in a bid to diversify the care sector workforce.

Provider: Hertfordshire County Council

Name: The Health and Social Care Trainee programme

Young people aged 24 and under make up just 10 per cent of the social care workforce in Hertfordshire, according to data collected by Skills for Care.

So in a bid to boost the number of young care workers in the area, Hertfordshire County Council has set up a trainee programme for young people aged 16- to 24-years-old who want to work in health and social care.

While the programme is open to all, the council decided to focus it particularly on young people who are not in education, employment or training (Neet).

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