Adult Care Worker Apprentice
ASPIRES LTD
Norfolk (PE30 5DD)
Closes in 23 days (Wednesday 9 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 June 2025
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Summary
This is an opportunity to work for a growing and influential company. You will be working towards your Level 2 Adult Care Worker apprenticeship, while also gaining real-life knowledge and experience.
- Wage
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£12,955.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday - 9am to 3:30pm
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 16 July 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Working with adults with learning difficulties
- Assisting and helping directly with contracts in the morning
- Supporting to engage the group in the community
- 1-2-1 support and engaging service users with crafts and activities
Where you'll work
23 Horsleys Fields
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 5DD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
STEADFAST TRAINING LTD
Your training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Support individuals they are working with according to their personal care/support plan
- Ask for help from an appropriate person when not confident or skilled in any aspect of their role
- Provide individuals with information to enable them to have a choice about the way they are supported
- Encourage individuals to participate in the way their care and support is delivered
- Ensure the individual knows what they are agreeing to regarding the way in which they are supported
- Contribute to the on-going development of care/support plans for the individual they support
- Support individuals with cognitive, physical or sensory impairments
- Ensure dignity is at the centre of all work with the individuals they support, their families, carers and advocates
- Demonstrate all work is person centred, accommodating the individual’s needs, wishes and preferences
- Demonstrate empathy (understanding and compassion) for individuals they support
- Demonstrate courage in supporting people in ways that may challenge their personal/cultural beliefs
- Speak clearly and exhibit positive non-verbal communication to individuals, families, carers and advocates
- Use the preferred methods of communication of the individual they support according to their language, culture, sensory needs and their wishes
- Identify and take steps to reduce environmental barriers to communication
- Demonstrate they can check for understanding
- Write clearly and concisely in records and reports
- Keep information safe and confidential according to agreed ways of working
- Recognise potential signs of different forms of abuse
- Respond to concerns of abuse according to agreed ways of working
- Recognise, report and challenge unsafe practices
- Promote the health and wellbeing of the individual they support
- Move people and objects safely
- Demonstrate how to reduce the spread of infection, including use of best practice in hand hygiene
- Demonstrate the promotion of healthy eating and wellbeing by ensuring individuals have access to fluids, food and nutrition
- Demonstrate how to keep people, buildings and themselves safe and secure
- Carry out fire safety procedures when required
- Use risk assessments to support individuals safely
- Recognise symptoms of cognitive impairment, e.g. Dementia, learning disabilities and mental health
- Monitor and report changes in health and wellbeing for individuals they support
- Reflect on your own work practices
- Demonstrate the development of their own skills and knowledge, including core skills in writing, numbers and information technology
- Demonstrate their contribution to their development plan
- Demonstrate ability to work in partnership with others to support the individual
- Identify sources of support when conflicts arise with other people or organisations
- Demonstrate they can work within safe, clear professional boundaries
- Show they can access and apply additional skills required to perform the specific job role competently
Your training plan
The training will take place on a monthly basis, with our experienced trainers seeing you either face-to-face at Aspires, or over Teams.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
Aspires are unlike most day services in the local area as they offer sheltered work experience with real working contracts with real customers. They pride themselves in giving individuals an opportunity to feel valued, build their confidence and self-worth in a place they can express themselves through the world of work.
After this apprenticeship
There is an opportunity to keep progressing through the company, and go on a similar route to previous apprentices within Aspire.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
STEADFAST TRAINING LTD
Jamie Balding
jamie.balding@steadfasttraining.co.uk
01775513050
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314480.
Apply now
Closes in 23 days (Wednesday 9 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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