About the Role

Springs of Joy Care Solutions is a growing, values-led organisation providing high-quality care and support services. As an Adult Care Apprentice, you will join a friendly team, gain hands-on experience, and receive full training to develop the skills and confidence needed for a rewarding career in care.

Wage

• £15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
• National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Training Course

• Lead adult care worker (level 3)

Hours

• Monday - Sunday, shifts - to be confirmed at interview. 37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start Date

• Tuesday 18 August 2026

Duration

• 1 year 6 months

Positions Available

• 3

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

What you'll do at work

As a Lead Care Worker Apprentice at Springs of Joy, you will work alongside experienced care professionals while completing a nationally recognised apprenticeship. This role offers a rewarding opportunity to gain hands-on experience, develop essential care skills, and build a long-term career in the health and social care sector.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Under supervision and with ongoing training, your duties will include:

• Visiting clients in their own homes to provide care and support in line with individual care plans
• Assisting with personal care, including washing, dressing, and mobility support
• Carry out and update risk assessment
• Supporting clients with daily living tasks such as meal preparation, light housekeeping, and medication prompts
• Observing, recording, and reporting changes in clients’ physical or emotional well-being
• Creating, reviewing, and updating care plans to ensure person-centred care
• Promoting independence, dignity, and choice at all times
• Building positive, professional relationships with clients, families, and colleagues
• Following safeguarding procedures, health and safety guidelines, and company policies
• Completing training, coursework, and off-the-job learning as part of the apprenticeship programme

This role is ideal for someone who is caring, reliable, and passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives, with a willingness to learn and grow within the care sector.

Where you'll work

91 ISANDULA ROAD
NOTTINGHAM
NG7 7ER

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

Training provider

• NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

Training course

• Lead adult care worker (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• 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