Health and Social Care Apprenticeship - Jarrow
BJSR LIMITED
Jarrow (NE32 3RT)
Closes in 26 days (Thursday 24 July 2025)
Posted on 26 June 2025
Contents
Summary
The Waves Group are looking for an Apprentice Care Assistant. You will be studying toward your Level 2 Apprenticeship. No experience required.
- Wage
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£13,741 a year
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Shifts TBC. They will range between 08:45-16:15 Inc. Weekend Working.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 5 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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8
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
As a Care Support Worker at Waves, you are a vital member of our care team, responsible for delivering compassionate, high-quality, and personalised support to individuals with learning disabilities and Autism. You will promote dignity, independence, and well-being in line with individual care plans. The role also involves contributing to a vibrant and supportive environment by assisting in activities and fostering strong relationships with service users, families, and the team.
Day-Day Responsibilities:
- Deliver exceptional personal care in accordance with individual lifting, handling, and care plans, including risk assessments.
- Ensure a consistently high standard of personal hygiene for service users.
- Review and familiarise yourself with care plans via our online software prior to undertaking any care tasks.
- Provide support in service users’ homes and, where required, within other departments, including domiciliary care and the challenging behaviour unit.
- Ensure daily activities run smoothly and contribute to the well-being and engagement of service users. Develop and initiate new activities tailored to the interests and abilities of service users to enhance their quality of life.
- Encourage participation and support social interaction amongst members.
- Utilise digital care tools to manage tasks effectively throughout the day.
- Take initiative in identifying operational challenges and contribute to service improvements.
- Maintain open and constructive communication with the Waves Senior Leadership Team regarding suggestions and concerns.
- Health, Safety, and Environment.
- Adhere to Waves’ Health and Safety policies, including fire safety and emergency evacuation procedures.
- Promptly report damaged or faulty equipment and any safety hazards via the online reporting system.
- Follow safe working procedures to ensure a secure and hazard-free environment for all.
Where you'll work
Waves Support Group, Taunton Avenue
Jarrow
NE32 3RT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
Your training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
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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
Paragon Skills is a leading national Apprenticeship training provider, supporting over 4,000 learners and 1,500 organisations. Paragon Skills has some of the highest success and achievement rates in the industry.
It has an Ofsted Grade 2 Good rating and an overall achievement rate of 71.4%, exceeding the national average of 65.6%. Using a blended approach, learners are always at the forefront of our priorities. All learners are assigned a Personal Tutor who will be their main point of contact.
This involves regular catch-ups, check-in emails and calls. Your employer will agree to give you 20% of your working hours solely towards your studies.
This will give you every chance to achieve the highest grade possible! On completion of this 12-month apprenticeship you will have gained; Adult Care Worker - Level 2 Apprenticeship.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
- Driving License (grade Pass)
- Health and Social Care (grade Pass)
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
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Initiative
Other requirements
The closing date guidance, if a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
About this company
At WAVES, well-being is at the forefront of what we’re working together towards. Learn more about the positive impact we have and join us in bringing about positive change. WAVES is an Additional Needs Support Group, run by a group of dedicated volunteers who are all parents of children with "Additional Needs." We are based at Bilton Hall CIO, Taunton Avenue in Jarrow, South Tyneside. We offer a wide range of activities to help build and promote social, emotional and physical skills among our children and young adults, as well as friendship, advice and support to parents and carer's.
After this apprenticeship
Possibility of a full-time role after the completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000328392.
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Closes in 26 days (Thursday 24 July 2025)
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