Grow your own workforce with apprenticeships built for health and care
An Ofsted-inspected apprenticeship training provider, working with the NHS, local government, charities and general practice since 2010. Programmes from Level 2 to Level 4, fully funded through the apprenticeship levy or a levy transfer.
“Employers value greatly the progress that apprentices make in the workplace.”Ofsted inspection report, February 2026
Apprenticeships designed around the roles you need
Every programme is mapped to a government-approved standard and then tailored to the realities of your organisation.
Administrative Assistant
A fully funded entry route for new recruits aged 16 to 24, designed for primary care: data entry, patient communication, appointment booking and inbox management. Progresses to Level 3.
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Business Administrator
Trains people in the business operations that keep an organisation running — from managing communications to designing the administrative processes that drive productivity.
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Community Health and Wellbeing Worker
For Community Champions, link workers, social prescribers, health coaches and care navigators: the skills to promote health, tackle inequalities and connect people to support.
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NHS Transformation and Associate Project Manager
For managers and aspiring managers leading local change: project planning, stakeholder engagement, business cases and change management, built around the realities of the NHS and primary care.
For employers →Working in general practice? Our General Practice Business Administrator programme tailors the Level 3 standard to primary care. Running projects rather than leading change? See our Associate Project Manager apprenticeship. Compare all programmes →
In most cases the training costs you nothing
Apprenticeship training is paid for by the government through the apprenticeship levy. How it reaches you depends on the size of your organisation:
- Levy payers (pay bill over £3m): training is paid from your levy account.
- Non-levy employers, apprentice aged 16–24: 100% government funded, plus cash incentives worth up to £6,000 and no employer National Insurance.
- Non-levy employers, apprentice aged 25+: 95% government funded, and we can support you to arrange a levy transfer to cover the remaining 5%.
A specialist provider that responds to your needs
Health and care expertise
More than fifteen years of workforce planning and development in the NHS, local government and the voluntary sector. Our programmes use specialist sector information such as EMIS, QOF, ICBs and integrated neighbourhood teams to enrich the curriculum.
Support at every step
From your first enquiry to apprenticeship assessment, a named assessor for each apprentice, face-to-face and online workshops and regular progress reviews.
Tailored to your organisation
We add sector-specific modules to national standards and can run closed cohorts for a single Trust, ICB, council or PCN.
Supporting sustainable workforce planning
We can work with you to understand your business needs, and help you map the apprenticeship standards most suited to create a suitable workforce structure.
From first conversation to a qualified apprentice
Tell us what you need
A 20-minute call about the roles you want to fill or develop. We'll confirm funding and suggest the right programme.
Choose or recruit your apprentice
Enrol an existing member of staff, or use our recruitment service to find a new starter, with incentives for 16–24 year olds.
We help with the set-up
Apprenticeship Service account, levy transfer if needed, training plan and commitment statement, all with our help.
Learning that shows at work
Around six hours a week of structured learning, workshops and work-based projects, with progress reviews for you and your apprentice.
What employers have achieved with us
Turning Community Champions into a qualified public health workforce
How two London councils used the Community Health and Wellbeing Worker apprenticeship to turn volunteer Community Champions into a trusted, qualified, locally rooted workforce.
Building a new generation of support workers at Evolve Housing + Support
A London homelessness charity wanted a relevant curriculum and excellent teaching to help new recruits grow into support worker roles. Two apprentices tell their stories.
What our apprentices say
The biggest compliment I can give the course is that I only wish I'd discovered apprenticeships earlier! For me, it's a far more engaging and effective way to learn than traditional higher education — and it's helped me thrive both professionally and personally.
I hadn't been in formal education since I was a teenager, so I was a bit nervous at the start. But the structure of the programme, the support from my workplace, and the quality of my tutor quickly put my mind at ease.
The support I received from Community Matters throughout the apprenticeship has been exceptional. The tutors helped me a lot, and I am so proud of the professional skills and knowledge I applied to achieve some really good results.
Watch our employer information session
Missed the live session? Watch the recording of our October 2026 information session for employers in your own time. If it raises questions about your own team, we're happy to talk them through.
Latest from Community Matters
Employer information session, October 2026: watch the recording
Missed our information session for employers? The full recording is now available to watch in your own time.
Read more →Recruitment Support for Employers
We now offer a recruitment service that helps GP practices find, onboard and train new talent through tailored apprenticeship programmes — with stackable government incentives of up to £6,000 for hiring 16–24 year olds.
Read more →Growth and Skills Levy 2026
If your wage bill is under £3 million you don't pay the levy — and the new Growth and Skills Levy reforms put SMEs in the driving seat, with 100% funded training for under-25s, cash hiring grants and levy transfers.
Read more →Accreditations and frameworks
Let's talk about your workforce
Tell us what roles you're trying to fill or develop and we'll come back within two working days with a funding check and a suggested programme.