Apprenticeship in Adult Care Worker
Level 2 Diploma in Care
Level 2
Apprenticeships
12-15 months
September 2024
Full-time
Workplace
Overview
Providing frontline care for vulnerable adults to within their own homes, daycare centres, residential and nursing homes and other healthcare.
Adult Care Workers are the 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.
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. Adult Care Workers need to have the right values and behaviours developing competences and skills to provide high quality compassionate care and support. They are the 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 which is at the heart of person centred care. Job
roles are varied and determined by and relevant to the type of the service being provided and the person supported.
Key Info
You will develop skills in:
- Care – is caring consistently and enough about individuals to make a positive difference to their lives
- Compassion – is delivering care and support with kindness, consideration, dignity and respect
- Courage – is doing the right thing for people and speaking up if the individual they support is at risk
- Communication – good communication is central to successful caring relationships and effective team working
- Competence – is applying knowledge and skills to provide high quality care and support
- Commitment – to improving the experience of people who need care and support ensuring it is person centred
An Adult Care Worker must know and understand:
- The job they have to do, their main tasks and responsibilities
- The importance of having the right values and behaviours
- The importance of communication
- How to support individuals to remain safe from harm (Safeguarding)
- How to promote health and wellbeing for the individuals they support and work colleagues
- How to work professionally, including their own professional development
An Adult Care Worker must be able to:
- The main tasks and responsibilities according to their job role
- Treating people with respect and dignity and honouring their human rights
- Communicating clearly and responsibly
- Supporting individuals to remain safe from harm (Safeguarding)
- Championing health and wellbeing for the individuals they support and for work colleagues
- Working professionally and seeking to develop their own professional development
GCSE grades 9-4 / A-C or equivalent in Maths and English.
Individuals without a Level 1 will need to achieve this prior to taking the end-point assessment. The individual must meet the 15 standards as set out in the Care Certificate.
Apprenticeship Course Fees will be paid by your employer.
This is representative of the most common fees scenario, but actual fees can vary depending on a number of factors. Please contact us if you need more guidance.
Where it can lead
If you have any questions or require any additional information, please contact [email protected]
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