Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship
Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship
Work as a member of frontline staff who help adults with care and support needs to achieve their personal goals and live as independently and safely as possible, enabling them to have control and choice in their lives.
- Course Type Apprenticeship
- Subject Area Health and Care
- Qualification Apprenticeship
- Study Mode: Day Release
- Course Level Level 2
- Location Hele Road Centre
- Course Length up to 18 months
- Start Date Flexible
- Overview
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Work as a member of frontline staff who help adults with care and support needs to achieve their personal goals and live as independently and safely as possible, enabling them to have control and choice in their lives.
You will:
- Develop your skills in communication
- Learn to put people at the heart of all strategies
- Learn about wellbeing, health and safety and safeguarding of individuals
- Learn about safe moving and handling, infection control, supporting those with either mental
health or a learning disability - Learn to exercise judgment and
accountability
- Entry Requirements
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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.
- Facilities
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You will have access to a Learning Resource Centre (LRC). There is a refectory in the Hele Building.
- Additional Costs
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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).
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What our students think?
“An Apprenticeship is a really beneficial route and definitely pays off in the long term. Exeter College has helped in every single way, particularly catering for my dyslexia, and my lecturer makes attending College a pleasure!” Read more >
“Our Apprentice, Kurt, has taught us valuable new skills – particularly how to utilise social media as a business. He really has a passion for cars, understands the market and how to reach our customer base. It really has been a two way relationship and we would encourage other businesses not to hold back.” Read more >
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