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You will be able to complete the Level 2 Adult Care Worker at this Care Home based in Hoddesdon. You will be providing personal care to the elderly, while also gaining hands-on experience.
Wage
£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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The pay may be negotiated and may rise after a probation period has been successfully completed.
Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
Hours
- Monday - Sunday 7.00am to 2.00pm (one weekend or alternative weekend per month with 30 minutes lunch break).
- 30 hours a week
Start date
Saturday 17 October 2026
Duration
1 year
Positions available
4
What you'll do at work
- Support individuals with their daily routines while promoting independence, dignity, and respect
- Read and understand care plans, risk assessments, and guidance to provide safe and personalised support
- Help with personal care, including washing, dressing, grooming, and supporting with toileting where required
- Support with mobility, moving and handling, and safely using equipment
- Prepare meals and drinks, and support individuals with eating and drinking
- Support with medication in line with training, care plans, and company procedures
- Complete accurate care records using digital systems and report any changes or concerns
- Provide companionship, conversation, and social support to help reduce isolation
- Support with light household tasks such as laundry, shopping, and maintaining a safe environment
- Work closely with colleagues, families, and healthcare professionals to provide the best possible care
- Follow company policies, procedures, and confidentiality requirements at all times
- Attend training sessions, team meetings, supervisions, and reviews to continue developing your skills
- Wear the correct uniform and represent the organisation professionally
- Ensure personal transport requirements are met if driving between visits
Where you'll work
Unit 8, Parkside Business Centre
Plumpton Road
Hoddesdon
EN11 0ES
Training
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Training provider
STEADFAST TRAINING LTD
Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply national standards, organisational policies and procedures, codes of conduct and ways of working that apply to own role.
- Follow national legislation, policies and guidance in adult social care settings, relating to health and safety within the scope of own role.
- Consider the human rights of individuals in adult social care settings, in line with organisational policies relating to equity, diversity and inclusion to support an open culture.
- Demonstrate a duty of candour, and duty of care acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
- Apply a person-centred, co-produced approach when developing relationships with individuals to support their health and wellbeing.
- Assist with conducting risk assessments, which focus on positive risk taking, to ensure the safety of yourself and others.
- Apply the principles of positive and proactive care and support for those with lived experience to proactively avoid or reduce escalation, de-escalate, and manage conflict.
- Customise information, advice and guidance to individuals with or without capacity or their representative to make informed, independent choices and decisions.
- Adapt approach to care and support for individuals with lived experience to meet their current and evolving cognitive and physical needs and conditions.
- Recognise and respect how an individual's capacity determines their ability to make informed decisions about their needs.
- Identify and respond to signs and symptoms of changes in the physical and mental capacity, mental health and wellbeing of those with lived experience, and monitor, record and report changes.
- Use appropriate communication methods that are adapted to respond to the needs of individuals, stakeholders and family members in adult social care settings, including verbal, written, non-verbal and digital communication.
- Develop personal resilience and access support to maintain wellbeing of self.
- Use record keeping systems to maintain clear and accurate records of interactions with individuals, and others ensuring security of information and data.
- Apply methods of digital working and communication and new care technologies to support improvements in own work setting.
- Record learning opportunities in line with organisational policies that support lifelong learning and meet the relevant standards.
- Record, use feedback and supervision to improve own practice to identify and support the development of individual goals and career opportunities.
- Contribute and agree to the personal development plan demonstrating support required for new learning goals and reflection on actual practice.
- Monitors safe and effective administration of medicines in accordance with national and organisational policies and the limitations of own role.
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Training schedule
All training will take place at the workplace, with monthly visits with Steadfast Training as the training provider.
Desirable qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry.
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Full-time role for the right candidate
Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship Standard
The contact for this apprenticeship is: STEADFAST TRAINING LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000052925.
Closes in 26 days (Saturday 10 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
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