Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship

Those who want to start their career in the Health and Social Care sector. To work in care is to make a positive difference to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional or intellectual challenges. Apprentices will learn values, behaviours and skills to provide high quality compassionate care and support. Enabling adults with care and support needs to achieve their personal goals and live as independently and safely as possible

Topics include:

• Personal and Professional Development
• Communication
• Health and Safety
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Duty of Care
• Person Centred Approaches
• Safeguarding those in your team

Apprentices will need to be working towards and achieve the following job role requirements before their end point assessment:

• Support individuals to have control and choice in their lives
• Monitoring health
• Assisting with eating, mobility and personal care
• Supporting with social activities

Next steps: On completion you could progress on to the Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship.

Every employer is different and therefore the entry requirements can vary. As a guide you ideally need GCSE grade 4 or above in English and Maths. However, we will work with you and provide additional support in order to help you achieve the functional skills element or GCSE requirements of the Apprenticeship. Support can be delivered either prior to your Apprenticeship or during the delivery of your programme.

You need patience, understanding and a strong desire to work with people and good communication skills. You will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for your employer.

Our Learning Resource Centres (LRCs) give you access to a huge range of online books and resources to help you with your studies.

You may incur some costs, for example, textbooks required for the course. However you may find your employer has suitable texts, or you can borrow them from the College Learning Resource Centre (LRC).