Ultimate Independence Care Adult Care Apprentice

Ultimate Independence Care are looking for a new adult care Apprentice. You will be studying toward your Adult Care Worker (level 2) Apprenticeship. Full UK Driving Licence with access to your own vehicle is mandatory for this role.

As a Carer Apprentice, you'll work alongside our experienced care team, supporting individuals to live as independently as possible within their homes and community.

You'll gain hands-on experience in personal care, meal preparation, medication support, and promoting wellbeing. You'll also learn how to communicate effectively, follow care plans, maintain professional boundaries, and work as part of a compassionate, people-centered team. This role offers an excellent foundation for a long-term career in health and social care.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Support individuals with daily living tasks, including personal care, meal preparation, and household duties
• Promote independence, dignity, and choice in all aspects of care and support
• Assist individuals with community activities and encourage their social engagement
• Follow customised care plans and record accurate daily notes and observations
• Communicate effectively with service users, families, and colleagues
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to company policies and safeguarding procedures

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

Training provider:

PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS 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.