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Foundation apprenticeships are introductory courses that help young people get started in an industry. You do not need to have any specific qualifications or experience to apply. Anyone between 16 and 21 can start a foundation apprenticeship. If you're between 22 and 24, you can start if you: have an EHC plan are in care or have been in care are in prison or have been in prison
You will be supporting adults with learning and/ or physical disabilities to live the lives they choose based on what they need and what is important to them. This covers lots of things such as assisting people with their personal hygiene, washing, dressing, and meals; through to helping people do whatever they choose to do in a day.
Requirements
- You do not need to have any specific qualifications or experience to apply for a foundation apprenticeship.
Responsibilities
- Deliver excellent care and support to each individual you work with. Excellent means that it is safe, personal to each individual, is respectful, maintains their dignity, and is carried out according to their needs and preferences.
- Provide each individual with excellent quality personal care. This includes helping people maintain good personal hygiene, washing, dressing, oral hygiene and nail care
- Manage medication according to the person's needs. You ensure that the individual receives the right medication, in the right dose, at the right time, and support them at the appropriate level
- Prepare meals and help people to eat where they need this according to individual dietary requirements.
- Help with household tasks such as cleaning, laundry, ironing, shopping
- Support people to have a social and active lifestyle according to what they want
- Provide companionship, helping people to feel less isolated
- Work closely with our Support Officers to help plan and review care and support needs and activities in line with each person's needs and aspirations
- Record the care and support you care, the feedback from the people you support, and any important information that helps your peers and manager continue to deliver excellent care and support
- Report and record any concerns you have about a person's well-being
- You will support individuals to take part in activities that are meaningful and enjoyable to them, based on their personal interests and choices. This may include activities that you would not normally choose yourself, a willingness to participate in a wide range of activities and provide person-centred support is an essential part of this apprenticeship.
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- Wage: £19,240 a year
- Hours: 37 hours per week, shift work including early morning, evenings and weekends.
- Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship.
- Provided that you successful complete your apprenticeship and have met our expectations around the level of performance that we expect then you will offered a permanent role at PossAbilities.
Application Process
- Anyone between 16 and 21 can start a foundation apprenticeship. If you're between 22 and 24, you can start if you: have an EHC plan are in care or have been in care are in prison or have been in prison
- Closes in 23 days (Wednesday 29 July 2026)
- After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.
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About PossAbilities
We are a social enterprise and we support vulnerable people so that they can 'Live the life they choose'. Mostly we support people with learning disabilities, young people leaving care and people with dementia...though we do lot's of other great things too. https://www.possabilities.org.uk/
Contact
- LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
- recruitment@lifetimetraining.co.uk
- 01173703480
- The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000040579.
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