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Join A1 Care as a Community Care Worker Apprentice and earn while you learn. Gain hands-on experience, qualifications, and skills for a long-term care career—all while helping people stay independent at home. No experience needed, just a caring attitude and a willingness to learn.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is new to care and wants to build a rewarding career while gaining a recognised qualification. You will receive training, guidance and ongoing support while developing practical skills in person-centred care, communication, safeguarding, medication support, infection control and promoting independence.
- Support individuals with their day-to-day care needs while promoting their independence, dignity and choice.
- Assist with personal care where required, including washing, dressing, grooming and continence support.
- Provide companionship and emotional reassurance, taking time to listen and build positive relationships with the people you support.
- Support individuals with preparing meals, drinks and maintaining good nutrition and hydration.
- Assist with medication in line with the individuals care plan and your level of training.
- Support people with mobility and moving safely around their home, following relevant care plans and risk assessments.
- Complete accurate care records and report any changes or concerns to senior members of the team.
- Follow safeguarding, health and safety, infection prevention and confidentiality procedures.
- Encourage individuals to participate in activities and maintain their interests, routines and connections within the community.
- Attend training, apprenticeship learning sessions, supervision and team meetings as required.
Benefits
- Earn while you learn and work towards a recognised qualification in Adult Care.
- Full induction and ongoing training provided.
- No previous care experience required.
- Support from experienced care professionals throughout your apprenticeship.
- Opportunities to progress within A1 Care following successful completion of your apprenticeship.
- Paid annual leave entitlement.
- Flexible working opportunities depending on the needs of the service.
- Varied and rewarding work where every day is different.
- Opportunity to develop valuable communication, care and professional skills.
- Work within your local community and make a genuine difference to peoples lives.
- Supportive office and management team.
- Opportunities for further training and career development within health and social care.
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Where you'll work
158 Richmond Park Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
England
BH8 8TW
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
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 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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Paragon Skills is an award-winning, Ofsted-rated ‘Good’, national apprenticeship provider inspiring over 10,000 learners annually and working with over 3000 businesses to deliver apprenticeships in a high-quality, consistent way. Our dedicated focus on the Care and Education sectors means we are deeply rooted within these sectors and have in-depth knowledge and understanding of what is required from a training perspective.
Upon completion of this 10 month apprenticeship, you will have obtained your Adult Care Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship qualification.
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Customer Care Skills
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Teamworking
- Communication Skills
Other requirements
The closing date guidance, if a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
As a Community Care Worker Apprentice with A1 Care, you will become part of our friendly and supportive care team, helping people to remain safe, comfortable and independent in their own homes across the local community.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
There is a possibility of being offered a full time role after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
Paragon Skills recruitment
apprentice.recruitment@pgon.co.uk
08007832545
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000052215.
Closes in 29 days (Tuesday 13 October 2026)
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