Barry girl makes her mark as an NHS apprentice:
An apprentice from Barry has been shortlisted for an award at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru.
Olivia Headley-Grant, 18, from Barry, is an apprentice trained by Cardiff and Vale College and now employed by the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
Olivia has been shortlisted for ‘Foundation Apprentice of the Year’ at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru for her work with the Regional Partnership Board’s team during the pandemic.
She completed a City & Guilds Foundation Apprenticeship in Business Administration at Cardiff and Vale College, in November last year.
Having secured a permanent post as an administration assistant, Olivia has been asked to provide diary management support to a director and she and her team have been nominated for the health board’s staff recognition awards.
Olivia has impressed everyone with her work for the Regional Partnership Board on a range of projects across the NHS, local authorities and third sector to help improve people’s experience of care through joined up services.
“Through the experience of my apprenticeship, I have become particularly interested in project management,” Olivia said. “I am planning to take a course in that area in the near future.”
The awards, organised by the Welsh Government and supported by the National Training Federation for Wales (NTfW), highlight the outstanding achievements, during unprecedented times, of employers, apprentices and work-based learning practitioners.
The winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony on 10th November.
Economy Minister Vaughan Gething said: “Apprenticeships make a huge contribution to our economy and will be crucial as Wales continues to bounce back from the pandemic.
“As part of our Young Person’s Guarantee, the Welsh Government will be investing £366 million over the next three years to deliver 125,000 all-age apprenticeships across Wales during the current term of government.”
🌟 This article first appeared in the printed edition of the Glamorgan Star on 20.10.22. Read it in print first!
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