Apprentice Team Leader

CARE GIVERS LTD
Colchester (CO1 2JS)
Closes in 27 days (Sunday 1 November 2026)
Posted on 2 October 2026

Summary

Join Care Givers as a Team Leader and make a meaningful difference every day. You will lead and support colleagues to deliver high-quality, person-centred care, coordinate support packages, oversee care plans and risk assessments, and promote the choice, dignity, independence and wellbeing of the people we support.

Wage £16,640 to £26,436.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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Pay rates will increase as the apprentice progresses through their qualification, subject to performance.

Training

Course: Lead adult care worker (level 3)
Hours: Working days: 5 days a week, covering a 7-day shift pattern. Alternative weekend and bank holiday working will be expected as part of the role. Working times: There will be a mix of shifts covering 7.00am to 10.00pm with regular breaks/lunch break. 40 hours a week
Start date: Monday 4 January 2027
Duration: 1 year
Positions available: 3

Work

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

Responsibilities / Overview of Role:

• Provide high-quality, person-centred care and outreach support
• Coordinate care packages, referrals and new opportunities alongside the Registered Manager
• Assess support needs, identify risks and maintain care plans, risk assessments and activity plans
• Manage a group of care packages and liaise with service users, families, Social Services and other stakeholders
• Allocate daily tasks to Support Workers and monitor delivery of care and support
• Ensure documentation and practices meet CQC, PAMMS and company requirements
• Complete quality audits and address concerns regarding staff practice or service delivery
• Uphold the rights, wishes and choices of the people we support
• Manage administrative duties, records, databases and confidential information in line with data protection requirements
• Handle telephone enquiries professionally and coordinate service user visits
• Maintain the organisation’s quality documentation, policies and procedures
• Participate in quality management meetings, including preparing minutes
• Support recruitment, staff induction, training and shadowing
• Conduct spot audits of service delivery

Where you'll work:
Unit 11, Colchester Business Centre
1 George Williams Way
Colchester CO1 2JS

Training

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

Training provider: COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
Training course: Lead adult care worker (level 3)

What you'll learn:

• Support individuals they are working with according to their personal care/support plan
• Take the initiative when working outside normal duties and responsibilities
• Recognise and access help when not confident or skilled in any aspect of the role that they are undertaking
• Implement/facilitate the specialist assessment of social, physical, emotional and spiritual needs of individuals with cognitive, sensory and physical impairments
• Contribute to the development and ongoing review of care/support plans for the individuals they support
• Provide individuals with information to enable them to exercise choice on how they are supported
• Encourage individuals to actively participate in the way their care and support is delivered
• Ensure that individuals know what they are agreeing to regarding the way in which they are supported
• Lead and support colleagues to understand how to establish informed consent when providing care and support
• Guide, mentor and contribute to the development of colleagues in the execution of their duties and responsibilities
• Demonstrate dignity in their working role with individuals they support, their families, carers and other professionals
• Support others to understand the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion in social care
• Exhibit empathy for individuals they support, i.e. understanding and compassion
• Exhibit courage in supporting individuals in ways that may challenge their own cultural and belief systems
• Demonstrate and promote to other workers excellent communication skills including confirmation of understanding to individuals, their families, carers and professionals
• Use and facilitate methods of communication preferred by the individual they support according to the individual’s language, cultural and sensory needs, wishes and preferences
• Take the initiative and reduce environmental barriers to communication
• Demonstrate and ensure that records and reports are written clearly and concisely
• Lead and support others to keep information safe, preserve confidentiality in accordance with agreed ways of working
• Support others, to recognise and respond to potential signs of abuse according to agreed ways of working
• Work in partnership with external agencies to respond to concerns of abuse
• Lead and support others to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and duty of care
• Recognise, report, respond to and record unsafe practices and encourage others to do so
• Lead and mentor others where appropriate to promote the wellbeing of the individuals they support
• Demonstrate the management of the reduction of infection, including use of best practice in hand hygiene
• Promote healthy eating and wellbeing by supporting individuals to have access to fluids, food and nutrition
• Carry out fire safety procedures and manage others to do so
• Develop risk assessments and use in a person centred way to support individuals safely including moving and assisting people and objects
• Manage, monitor, report and respond to changes in the health and wellbeing of the individuals they support
• Take the initiative to identify and form professional relationships with other people and organisations
• Demonstrate, manage and support self and others to work within safe, clear professional boundaries
• Take the initiative to evaluate and improve own skills and knowledge through reflective practice, supervision, feedback and learning opportunities
• Demonstrate continuous professional development
• Carry out research relevant to individuals’ support needs and share with others
• Demonstrate where necessary mentoring and supervision to others in the workplace
• Demonstrate good team/partnership working skills
• Demonstrate their contribution to robust recruitment and induction processes