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Adult Support Worker (Physical & Learning Disabilities) Apprenticeship
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£23.2k/yr
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Adult Support Worker (Physical & Learning Disabilities) Apprenticeship
Voyage Care is looking for a new Support Worker Apprentice to study for their Adult Care Worker Level 2 qualification. You will assist with daily living activities, learn essential care skills, and contribute to creating a positive and inclusive atmosphere within our service whilst gaining a recognised qualification in health and social care.
Requirements
- Initiative
- Non-judgemental attitude
- Patience
- Teamworking skills
- Desirable: Other qualifications in Health and Social Care (grade )
Responsibilities
- Communicate with people we support using appropriate methods, including tact, empathy, and diplomacy, to foster good relationships. Training will be provided for specialist communication methods.
- Once trained and supervised, assist people we support with personal care, including bathing, to maintain a high standard of hygiene. This may include moving techniques, using hoists, and repositioning service users.
- Participate in the development and implementation of care plans to encourage people we support to take an active role in daily living and ensure the appropriate level of individual care and support is provided.
- Participate in daily outings, activities, or recreational pursuits to assist people we support with aspects of their daily life.
- Undertake and/or assist with household activities such as cooking, mealtimes, laundering, and cleaning to promote a healthy environment and independent living.
- Record and complete appropriate documentation accurately and informatively.
- Handle cash daily for errands and service users’ monies to facilitate appropriate financial management.
- Undertake and complete the Apprenticeship Programme within the agreed timescale, including induction criteria.
- Undertake any other relevant training to professionally develop and gain skills beneficial to the service users.
- Ensure all applicable policies and procedures are followed to comply with regulations and good practice.
- Attend, participate, and contribute to team meetings to ensure understanding of service management issues and promote team communication.
- Comply with the company’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
- Work within safe, clear professional boundaries.
- Reflect on your own work practices.
- Contribute to your development plan.
- Work in partnership with others.
- Identify sources of support when conflicts arise.
- Access and apply additional skills required for the specific job role competently.
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- Wage: £23,150.40 a year
- Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply).
- Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply).
- Wagestream – flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay as it is earned.
- Funded Blue Light Card – hundreds of discounts at high street retailers.
- 24/7/365 doctor line for colleagues and their families.
- Access to cash plans for colleagues, which also covers their families.
- Enhanced retirement leave.
- Long service awards.
Application Process
- Closes in 31 days (Sunday 21 June 2026). If a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
- After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.
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About Voyage Care
With over 35 years of experience, Voyage Care provides specialist care and support to over 3,500 people with a learning disability, autistic people, and those with brain injuries and complex needs across the UK.
After this apprenticeship, there is a possibility of being offered a full-time role upon successful completion.
Contact
The contact for this apprenticeship is: PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000026977.
Training Information
- Training course: Adult care worker (level 2)
- Training provider: PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
- Duration: 1 year
- Start date: Sunday 28 June 2026
- Hours: 35 hours a week (May include Evenings, Weekends & Public Holidays).
- Apprenticeship details: Most of your apprenticeship is spent working with hands-on experience. Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
- What you'll learn (Course contents):
- Support individuals according to their personal care/support plan.
- Ask for help when not confident or skilled in any aspect of the role.
- Provide individuals with information to enable choice about their support.
- Encourage individuals to participate in their care and support delivery.
- Ensure individuals understand what they are agreeing to regarding their support.
- Contribute to the on-going development of care/support plans.
- Support individuals with cognitive, physical, or sensory impairments.
- Ensure dignity is at the centre of all work.
- Demonstrate person-centred work, accommodating individual needs, wishes, and preferences.
- Demonstrate empathy for individuals.
- Demonstrate courage in supporting people in ways that may challenge personal/cultural beliefs.
- Speak clearly and exhibit positive non-verbal communication.
- Use preferred communication methods of the individual.
- Identify and take steps to reduce environmental barriers to communication.
- Demonstrate checking for understanding.
- Write clearly and concisely in records and reports.
- Keep information safe and confidential.
- Recognize potential signs of different forms of abuse.
- Respond to concerns of abuse.
- Recognize, report, and challenge unsafe practices.
- Promote the health and wellbeing of the individual.
- Move people and objects safely.
- Demonstrate how to reduce the spread of infection.
- Promote healthy eating and wellbeing by ensuring access to fluids, food, and nutrition.
- Demonstrate how to keep people, buildings, and themselves safe and secure.
- Carry out fire safety procedures.
- Use risk assessments to support individuals safely.
- Recognize symptoms of cognitive impairment (e.g., Dementia, learning disabilities, mental health).
- Monitor and report changes in health and wellbeing.
- Reflect on own work practices.
- Develop own skills and knowledge, including core skills in writing, numbers, and IT.
- Demonstrate contribution to their development plan.
- Demonstrate ability to work in partnership with others.
- Identify sources of support when conflicts arise.
- Demonstrate ability to work within safe, clear professional boundaries.
- Show ability to access and apply additional skills required to perform the job competently.
- Training schedule: Paragon Skills is an award-winning, Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ national apprenticeship provider.
- Qualification upon completion: Adult Care Worker apprenticeship Level 2.
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Diplomacy
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