Start your career in care with our Level 2 Adult Care Apprenticeship

Gain valuable hands-on experience supporting adults with their daily needs while earning, learning, and developing the skills needed for a rewarding career in health and social care.

What you'll do at work:

• Report both verbally and in writing on service users general condition and well-being
• Maintain a clean and safe environment for service users and staff
• Assist in maintaining records and care plans on each shift
• Make beds and use pressure care aids as directed
• Assist in the collection of specimens and samples
• Act as a chaperone for medical and professional staff as may be required
• Assist service users in maintaining their personal hygiene, dressing and going to bed
• Report accidents and incidents to the senior member of staff on duty
• Assist in the care of all service users through the delivery of individual planned care programmes
• Promote independence and dignity of service users
• Assist in enabling service users to live their chosen lifestyle
• Talk to and listen to service users
• Participate in social activities directed at benefiting service users’ quality of life
• Report complaints directly to the senior member of staff on duty as soon as they are made

Where you'll work:

Station Road
Little Dunham
King's Lynn
PE32 2DJ

Training course:

Adult care worker (level 2)

Wage:

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

Hours:

Monday - Friday 8.00am - 2.00pm or 2.00pm - 8.00pm (30 minutes break). 37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date:

Thursday 20 August 2026

Duration:

1 year 1 month

Positions available:

1

Training provider:

LEARNING CURVE GROUP LIMITED

What you'll learn:

• 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.