Milton Keynes Council now offers Degree Apprenticeships in partnership with The Open University for Social Work and Occupational Therapy.

Anyone can apply for these positions. However, having been involved in supporting interviews last year, I can advise that typically those who start working for the council as SW or OT Assistants are successful in application and selection as they have the desirable work experience and knowledge.

Assistant roles are available at various points during the year.

Interviews for the degree apprenticeships were advertised in early September, the shortlisting process concluded at the end of October and Interviews are taking place in early November (this is the usual timeline each year).

Recruitment has only just started again. However, there are slowly more jobs becoming available as the weeks go by.

All job posts, including Assistant and Apprenticeship roles, are posted on the council website as they become available:

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