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For Learners

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Learner Enrichment Calendar Aptem Access Off-the-job Training
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Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship- Generic Pathway

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Careers with heart, skills with purpose.

Career Builders

Apprenticeships and Diplomas

You tend to passion, we tend to progression.

Skill Builders

Top-up skills and knowledge

End of Life Awareness Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Medication Awareness Understanding Care Planning
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Careers with heart, skills with purpose

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tend-trained

tend-trained means quality as well as qualified

A byword for quality in health and social care training, tend-trained professionals offer much more than just practical skills and knowledge. 

That’s the easy part.  Instead, they also offer the rest of the package – things like teamwork, people skills and how to think creatively and strategically.  In other words, how to really excel in the real world of care: the world their trainer has come from.

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Careers with heart, 
skills with purpose

The Career Builders and Skill Builders approach is our signature way of simultaneously looking at the bigger picture, but with a laser focus on detail too.

Whether assessing a provider’s company-wide needs, planning a career-long pathway for an individual, or delivering quick wins with training in essential or niche skills, flexibility is where tend excels. The result? A compelling blend of deeper knowledge and broader competencies in your organisation, enabling better performance, and exceptional care.

Training that’s relevant to your needs, not ours

Expertly tailored training creates highly personalised pathways, providing the major building blocks for progressing careers and fulfilling potential. 

Meanwhile, shorter courses fill the gaps in between, delivering the specialist niche skills a particular remit relies on. Learner to leader in every sense, whether you’re a social care support worker, the organisation’s CEO, or hoping to grow from one to the other.

Our sector expertise

This is opening up a world of possibility for our people, Team members can now enhance their skills and elevate the quality of care we’re able to provide to those who need it - all over the country.

Tom Corbett, ivolve Group

Career Builders

Career Builder courses give your people in-depth and longer-term training for really progressing their career. Typically, these are social care apprenticeships delivered over 16 – 18 months and carefully tailored to meet your specific organisational needs.

Level 2 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship

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Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker – Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Apprenticeship

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Level 5 Leader in Adult Care Apprenticeship

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Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker – Adult Nursing Apprenticeship

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Level 6 Service Designer Apprenticeship

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Level 3 Community Health and Wellbeing Worker Apprenticeship

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Skill Builders

Meanwhile, shorter courses fill the gaps in between, delivering the specialist niche skills a particular remit relies on. Learner to leader in every sense, whether you’re a social care support worker, the organisation’s CEO, or hoping to grow from one to the other.

CPD Nutrition and Hydration Course

This CPD-certified course supports healthcare and support workers to understand nutrition, hydration, and practical ways…

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CPD Diabetes Awareness Course

Designed for healthcare, support, and care workers, this Diabetes Awareness training covers the different types,…

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CPD Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Course

Create a more inclusive workplace by understanding protected characteristics and the different forms of discrimination.…

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ISEP Environmental Sustainability Skills For Managers

Develop the skills to manage sustainability effectively. The ISEP Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers course…

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CPD Health and Safety Awareness Course

Learn the essentials of health and safety at work, including legal responsibilities, risk assessment, and…

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Level 2 Certificate in Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

Develop the knowledge and skills to support individuals with special educational needs and disabilities. The…

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Taylor Stephenson – a tend Success Story

Learner Case Study: Taylor Stephenson

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tend Supports Home Instead with £400,000 Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Initiative

Levy Transfer Case Study: tend secures a £400,000 levy transfer for Home Instead

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