When Emma Jones left care at 16 to return home to live with her mum, she faced a challenging two years juggling A-levels, repairing family relationships and battling depression.
Unsure what to do next after completing her A-levels, she was referred to Catch22's Care2Work scheme (see below) where she secured an apprenticeship as a behavioural support learning assistant at a local school. By spring 2017, she hopes to complete her training and become a qualified teaching assistant.
"My adviser caught up with me every week, chatting to me about what I wanted to do and it made me realise that teaching assistant would be a good role for me as I wanted to help people," says Emma, who is now 19. "She helped me with interview strategies and what to wear as well as questions to ask the interviewers. As I result, I got the apprenticeship."
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