At TPC Health, we are dedicated to enhancing community health by equipping individuals with the skills necessary to address health disparities and promote wellbeing.
Our apprenticeships are perfect for organisations that aspire to address the causes of poor health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities, and support the people they work with to identify what matters to them, and build on their strengths to improve health and wellbeing. Having a holistic whole person approach regarding physical, mental and social health and wellbeing resilience, by understanding the local and accessible services and resources available to which people in your communities can be signposted to support their health and wellbeing needs.
The onboarding process plays a crucial role in setting the foundation for a successful apprenticeship. This process focuses on preparing you for both the academic and practical elements of your training, ensuring you understand the programme structure, expectations, and available support. Once you have confirmed you want to join our apprenticeship programme, we’ll support you through the onboarding process. At the outset, this involves completion of an Eligibility Form and Application Form (including ID checks).
You will then meet with one of the programme tutors to complete a Skills Assessment. This includes evaluating your existing knowledge, skills, and any prior qualifications to tailor your learning plan appropriately. We will also gather information about any additional learning needs, language support, or accessibility requirements to ensure you receive appropriate guidance and support.
You’ll be informed about safeguarding, equality and diversity, British values, and how to access support as well as information about Off The Job Training and an introduction to our learning platform.
Your responsibilities as a student:
Developing Knowledge, Skills and Confidence – our programmes include the following types of experiential learning activities:
Interactive Learning Methods:
Encouraging Reflective Practice:
Flexible, Applied Learning
Connecting with your Community
Assessment and Portfolio Support
To ensure every learner stays engaged and supported throughout the apprenticeship, we’ve partnered with Athena MIS — a leading digital platform for apprenticeship management and ePortfolio tracking. From the outset, apprentices receive access to a personalised online workspace where they can monitor progress, submit evidence, and complete learning activities with ease and clarity.
Athena acts as a central hub for communication, learning, and progress management. Apprentices can receive tutor feedback, schedule tasks, and access resources all in one place — helping them stay organised, motivated, and informed. The platform is designed to promote transparency, making it easy for learners to understand how they’re progressing and what’s coming next.
Employers also benefit from Athena’s intuitive interface. They can track their apprentice’s progress in real time, record off-the-job hours, and provide structured feedback. The platform even includes a built-in ESFA reporting dashboard, allowing employers to monitor funding usage and training compliance with minimal administrative burden.
Together, this integrated platform enhances the overall apprenticeship experience by keeping apprentices, tutors, and employers connected and aligned throughout the learning journey. Login credentials are issued upon enrolment, and full onboarding support is provided to ensure everyone can get started confidently and smoothly.
This centralised platform fosters effective communication between apprentices, assessors, and employers, ensuring a cohesive and transparent learning experience. Some of the fantastic features Athena has:
For apprentices:
For Employers
You will receive your login details for this when you are accepted onto the apprenticeship programme
Each Apprenticeship Standard requires you to undertake Off The Job Training (OTJT). There is a minimum number of hours required for OTJT which varies by apprenticeship (details will be provided when you apply). The OTJT can include training that is delivered at your normal workplace, but must not be delivered as part of your normal working duties.
Off-the-job training is structured learning during working hours that directly enhances workplace performance. This isn’t ‘time off’ – its time dedicated to building skills that benefit both the apprentice and the business.
This will include learning through work-based projects and training activities that align with real business tasks. We provide a mix of online modules, and ensure learning is not separate from work but integrated into it. Our approach means that apprentices can apply their new skills in their roles immediately.
We encourage apprentices to align their learning with business goals, use coaching techniques in their teams, share insights and best practices with colleagues and take ownership of their development.
Once you reach the end of your training, your employer (supported by TPC Health Apprenticeships) will decide if you’re ready to take your Apprenticeship Assessment – this process is known as the “Gateway to Completion”. You will participate in a Gateway to Completion review. You, your employer and TPC Health Apprenticeships will hold a meeting to agree that you have gained the required level of knowledge, skills and behaviours. Reports and evidence of on-programme achievements are required. This review confirms you are ready, based on consistent performance and progress against the required occupational standard.
A key part of preparation involves developing a portfolio of evidence — a carefully compiled collection that shows how the apprentice applies their knowledge and skills in practice, demonstrating professional judgment and critical thinking.All Apprentices must be independently assessed at the end of their programme – this is known as the Apprenticeship Assessment (formally known as the End Point Assessment or EPA). This is a crucial stage in every apprenticeship — a final opportunity for the apprentice to demonstrate how they’ve developed the knowledge, skills, and behaviours required for their role.
To ensure that the EPA is truly independent and assist separately to the learning that has taken place while on programme, this element is completed by an independent assessor from an Apprenticeship Assessment Organisation. Although this Assessment is delivered independently of our training, our programme is fully designed to ensure apprentices are well-prepared and confident when they reach this point.
The Assessment itself includes a multiple-choice knowledge test, a live observation by an independent assessor, and a structured interview supported by the portfolio. These elements ensure the apprentice meets the national standard and is equipped to progress confidently in their role. You must complete and pass achieve your Apprenticeship Assessment before your Apprenticeship certificate can be issued.
Throughout your programme, we will support you in many different ways. As well as your Tutor you will be assigned a Programme support advisor who will touch base with you and see how you are progressing and ensure you are keeping on track.
Our experienced Apprenticeship Team will be on hand throughout the programme to provide support as needed including:
You’ll have regular visits with your Tutor. These will consist of your Tutor discussing with you what skills, knowledge and behaviours you are developing as part of your programme and which of these areas require further development.
There will be planned activities such as observations, professional discussions and an opportunity for you to present evidence for you to be assessed by your Tutor. You will also participate in three-way feedback sessions between you, your manager/mentor and Tutor to review your overall progression towards completing your programme and to document off-the-job training that has taken place.
If you have any learning needs, disabilities or circumstances that may affect your training, your Tutor will always be happy to discuss your learning journey, including the additional support options which are available to you.
