Start your career in Care with our Adult Care Apprenticeship

Gain valuable hands-on experience supporting adults with their daily needs while earning, learning, and developing the skills needed for a rewarding career in health and social care.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work:

• Deliver safe, respectful and person-centred care to individuals in their own homes or supported-living settings.
• Assist with personal care, daily routines, mobility, meal preparation and hydration.
• Provide medication support where appropriately trained, competent and authorised.
• Encourage independence, well-being and involvement in social and community activities.
• Monitor individuals’ health and wellbeing and promptly report any changes or concerns.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date and confidential care records.
• Follow individual care plans, risk assessments, policies and procedures.
• Comply with safeguarding, health and safety, infection prevention and confidentiality requirements.
• Communicate effectively with individuals, families, colleagues and other professionals.
• Complete all apprenticeship training, attend scheduled learning sessions and work towards achieving the Adult Care Worker Level 2 apprenticeship.

Where you'll work:

Unit 6
Darby Close, Cheney Manor Industrial Estate
Swindon
SN2 2PN

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider:

E-TRAINING LIMITED

Training course:

Adult care worker (level 2)

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 individuals 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.