business admin apprentice Review

I am currently working as a business admin apprentice at Solent NHS trust in the occupational health department with the health and wellbeing team. My day to day jobs include organising the diaries for the health and wellbeing practitioners, booking peoples appointments, replying to emails, making surveys, writing the monthly newsletter and taking minutes.

During the first couple of months of my apprenticeship I have learnt so many skills. One of the main skills being minute taking as I had never previously done this and found it very hard at first but am getting better every time. Another skill that I have learnt is how to analyse data that I have collected from a survey.

I really enjoy my my day to day job as its very varied and interesting. I like that we get time put a side to complete a college work as well this is very helpful. I also find the college workshops enjoyable and very interesting. Although it has been virtual I have enjoyed meeting other people completing the apprenticeship.

The programme I am completing is very well structured. There is a workshop once a month on a Thursday morning that we go to and we get sent the presentation from that work shop and sent tasks. We also get time se aside for studying and are given the opportunity to have regular catch ups with our assessor.

I receive a lot of support from my employer. When I first started the role I would have a catch up with her everyday so that I knew what I needed to be doing that day and she could check everything was ok. We now have these twice a week but if I need anything everyone is very supportive.

I have received a lot of support from my training provider when working towards my qualification. We have regular catch ups with both our coach and our assessor and if we have an issues while completing a task we are able to text our assessor who answers with help really quickly.

I think my qualification (through my training provider) helps me to perform better in my role because it gives me background knowledge and a higher level of understanding to the day to day tasks that I have to complete. It also gives me something to aim for which keeps me motivated in my role.

at my work there are extra curricular activities that people can get involved in if they decide they would like to. There are lots of different groups people can join like the BAME resource support group or LBGT group. There are also fittness classes, yoga a book club and more.

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I would recommend NHS solent trust to a friend because they treat their employees really well and genuinely care about their wellbeing. I feel that it is a very supportive environment and they want the best for you and try their best to help you feel comfortable in your role.

I would tell them that they are making the right decision and that its a great organisation to work for. I would tell them to be prepared for the amount of college tasks we have to do and that they are challenging but also reassure them we get support and time to do it.