Agenda item

The Area Council Manager provided an update on the proposed ‘Home Grown Apprentices’ scheme.  The initiative would comprise of one supervisor and three apprentices, working specifically with the Parks Service in local parks. The contract would be for one year initially, with an option to extend for a further year subject to the satisfactory achievement of outcomes and outputs.  The initiative would be subject to a Service Level Agreement with the Parks Service, which was attached as an appendix to the report.

RESOLVED that

(i)         Members approve the Service Level Agreement with Parks Services for the Home Grown Apprentice Scheme, at a cost of £98,000 per annum.

(ii)        An established Barnsley MBC Service is used to deliver this initiative