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Apprentice Care Assistant
This is a fantastic opportunity to begin a meaningful career in Health & Social Care as a Apprentice Care Assistant. You’ll earn while you learn, gain nationally recognised qualifications, and develop the confidence and practical skills needed to support clients in a warm and caring environment.
What you'll do at work
- Ensure the highest possible levels of care are maintained by supporting and assisting Service Users when required with all aspects of daily living.
- Assist clients in all aspects of their care needs, e.g. physical, emotional and spiritual. Provide supervision and attention when needed, ensuring service users retain their comfort and dignity
- Pay particular attention to assisting service users who have limited mobility, or physical, learning difficulties making the best use of aids provided
- Closely monitor service users who may be confused and/or who have behavioural problems
- Assist in the promotion of continence
- Assist in the delivery of care for service users who are dying or who have a progressive illness. Assist with last offices
- Observe care planning needs for service users and completed daily records as instructed and in line with the company’s policies and procedures
- Assist in framework of social activities by interacting with service users and helping them continue with hobbies and activities in the care centre
- Answer the Nurse Call System, giving assistance as required. Answer the door and telephone appropriately. Respond accordingly, and pass on messages promptly
- Report on the well-being of service users
- Carry out regular checks on service users at intervals determined by senior staff members
- Make visitors feel welcome. Provide refreshments. assistance as and when required
- Make and change beds, ensuring that rooms are clean and tidy, and commodes are empty, in line with the care centres disposal of waste policy. Ensure the care centres resources are used appropriately
- Clean and maintain the equipment used by service users and relatives e.g. wheelchairs, hearing aids, spectacles etc. Ensure the care centre is kept clean and tidy, in line with the company’s attention to detail philosophy
- If applicable, care for service users clothing and rooms as named and ensure that all clothing is recorded and clearly marked
- Ensure full privacy and dignity is maintained for the dying and the bereaved in line with the company’s policies and procedures
- Assist service users who need help during meal times, be aware of swallowing difficulties, dietary requirements etc. Assist with servicing of food/drinks as requested/required. Wash up as requested/required
- Escort service users travelling to and from the care centre e.g. on social outings, hospital visits etc
- Practice maximum integrity in all dealings with service users personal and financial affairs, and avoid abuse of the privileged relationship that exists with service users
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Where you'll work
Willington Care Village
Hall Land Willington
Crook
DL15 0PR
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.
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Training schedule
Training & observations to be delivered all in the workplace. Reviews to happen every 10 weeks in person.
More training information
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. Off-the-job training will follow the time allocations outlined in the Occupational Standard.
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- GCSE English (grade D/3 or above)
- GCSE Maths (grade D/3 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Opportunity to progress to the next level of qualification and full-time employment with the company.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EAST DURHAM COLLEGE
Craig Grimes
Craig.GRIMES@eastdurham.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000053327.
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