Med Learn Training Limited

Med Learn Training Limited Monitoring visit report

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Name of lead inspector: Kevin Williams, Ofsted Inspector

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Type of provider: Independent learning provider Address: Gibson House Gibson Road Caenby Corner Estate Hemswell Cliff Gainsborough DN21 5TL Monitoring visit: Med Learn Training Limited, 1 and 2 November 2023

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Context and focus of visit

Ofsted undertakes to carry out monitoring visits to all newly directly funded providers of apprenticeship training provision funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency and/or the apprenticeship levy. This monitoring visit was undertaken as part of those arrangements and as outlined in the ‘Further education and skills inspection handbook’, especially the sections entitled ‘Monitoring visits’ and ‘Monitoring visits to providers that are newly directly publicly funded’. The focus of these visits is on the themes set out below.

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Context and focus of visit

Med Learn Training Limited (Med Learn) is an independent training provider that specialises in pre-hospital education for ambulance providers across the East Midlands. Med Learn trains apprentices on the ambulance support worker standard at level 3. At the time of the monitoring visit, there were seven apprentices, all of whom were aged 18 or above.

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Reasonable progress

Leaders work closely with local employers to develop courses that prepare apprentices to work in the emergency, urgent and non-urgent care sector.

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Reasonable progress

Leaders structure the curriculum logically to help apprentices develop new knowledge and skills swiftly. Apprentices learn first about the basics of health, safety and diversity. This enables them to work safely and respectfully with patients. Apprentices then move on to learn more complex skills, such as how to deal with a cardiac arrest.

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Reasonable progress

Trainers are highly skilled and hold qualifications in teaching, assessing and quality assurance. They have extensive knowledge and expertise in the healthcare sector and as frontline emergency workers. Trainers benefit from regular professional development, such as in dealing with conflict and bereavement. They use their experience well in training workshops. For example, trainers share practical tips about how to deal with family members in distress during a patient emergency.

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Reasonable progress

Leaders ensure that apprenticeship principles are met well. Leaders work with employers to complete commitment statements and initial assessment for all apprentices. They jointly ensure that apprentices benefit from sufficient well-planned on- and off-the-job training. Monitoring visit: Med Learn Training Limited, 1 and 2 November 2023 Leaders have suitable plans in place for end-of-course assessments. However, apprentices are not always fully clear about the different components or the grades available to them.

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Reasonable progress

Leaders have basic arrangements in place to monitor the quality of training. They know about the strengths and weaknesses of provision. However, quality assurance processes are quite limited. Leaders plan to extend and further formalise the current arrangements.

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Reasonable progress

At the time of the visit, there was no formal governance in place, although leaders receive informal scrutiny from employers and external consultants. Leaders plan to enhance these arrangements.

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Reasonable progress

Leaders select suitable apprenticeship courses to meet employers’ needs. Apprentices develop the specific knowledge and skills they need for their job role as ambulance care or emergency care assistants. They know how to deal with both the technical and emotional pressures of the work, for example in how to perform an electrocardiogram while keeping patients calm.

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Apprentices benefit from additional training courses that ensure they have the skills they need to care well for patients, such as through courses in venepuncture and cannulation.

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Trainers teach a wide range of medical techniques effectively. They use industry- standard equipment, such as medical manikins, to demonstrate techniques. Apprentices then practise the correct techniques under trainer supervision.

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Reasonable progress

Once competent, apprentices undertake shadowing across various workplace departments. As a result, apprentices successfully gain the skills to work effectively and safely as part of ambulance crew or in a hospital setting.

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Reasonable progress

Trainers use an appropriate range of assessments to check apprentices’ understanding, such as questioning, simulations, multiple-choice questions, labelled diagrams and observations of practical tasks.

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Reasonable progress

Leaders ensure that apprentices have a thorough knowledge of the range of career options available to them. As a result, apprentices are well prepared for their future roles as ambulance technicians or student paramedics.

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Trainers conduct quarterly meetings with apprentices to review their progress and performance. Although employers do not attend these meetings, they receive timely Monitoring visit: Med Learn Training Limited, 1 and 2 November 2023 updates. Consequently, employers are informed well about apprentices’ progress and can intervene if issues do arise.

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Trainers undertake initial assessments of apprentices’ mathematical and English skills. However, they do not routinely use this information to inform teaching and learning. At the time of the visit, there were no requirements for functional skills teaching. Leaders are aware that they may need to provide this for future apprentices.

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Reasonable progress

Trainers use initial assessment such as skills scans to assess apprentices’ prior knowledge, skills and experience. However, this information is not always used to individualise apprentices’ training plans.

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Reasonable progress

Leaders take appropriate steps to ensure the safety and well-being of apprentices. They have appropriate safeguarding policies and procedures in place, including safer recruitment.

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Reasonable progress

Staff with responsibility for safeguarding are appropriately trained and qualified. They have links to external agencies, such as the local authority, should they need to make referrals.

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Reasonable progress

Trainers work effectively with apprentices and employers to promote safeguarding and welfare. Trainers teach safeguarding throughout the course and check apprentices’ understanding at progress reviews.

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Reasonable progress

Apprentices understand well the risks around radicalisation and extremism in relation to their workplace. For example, apprentices understand how patients may be vulnerable to a range of risks. Apprentices feel safe. They know whom to contact should they have any concerns in the workplace or during their training. Monitoring visit: Med Learn Training Limited, 1 and 2 November 2023 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children’s social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for children looked after, safeguarding

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