Health and Social Care Apprenticeship - Ringwood
THE LANTERN COMMUNITY
Ringwood (BH24 2NN)
Closes in 26 days (Tuesday 29 July 2025)
Posted on 1 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Are you looking for a meaningful career where you can truly make a difference in people’s lives? The Lantern Community are looking for an Apprentice Care Assistant. You will be studying toward your Level 2 Adult Care Apprenticeship. No experience required.
- Wage
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£24,570 a year
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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5 Days Per Week Including Early Mornings, Evenings and Weekends. Shifts Range between 7.00am - 9.00pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 5 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- 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
We are looking for a compassionate, dedicated, and enthusiastic apprentice to join our team at The Lantern Community, where we support adults with diverse abilities to live full, independent, and fulfilling lives.
Set in 15 acres of beautiful Hampshire countryside, The Lantern Community is home to 53 residents and welcomes over 20 day placements from the local area. With 9 unique workshops offering creative, practical, and therapeutic activities, our inclusive community is built on respect, choice, and the belief that everyone has something valuable.
As an Apprentice, you will:
- Support residents in daily living activities, helping them work towards greater independence
- Participate in activities that encourage creativity, skills development, and social engagement
- Facilitate activities that encourage personal development
- Implement tailored support and care plans through one-to-one or shared support
- Assist in areas such as relationship and emotional support, cooking, cleaning, and other daily living skills, promoting independence, confidence, and a positive self-image
- Encourage and enable Companions to maintain acceptable levels of personal and environmental hygiene
- Ensure all medical needs are met and support the Companions to advocate his/her own needs and wishes
- Maintain records and complete administrative tasks as required
- Communicating effectively and enabling Companions to make informed choices
- Contributing to a harmonious working environment and team culture
- Preparing for and attending festivals and celebrations
Benefits:
- Company pension scheme
- Free lunch
- On-site gym
- Employee and store discounts
- Free on-site parking
- Subsidised workplace counselling
- Generous holiday allowance
- A supportive, inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated
- Real Living Wage pay rate
Where you'll work
The Lantern Community Centre, Folly Farm Lane
Ringwood
BH24 2NN
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 study
- 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:
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
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
Other requirements
The closing date guidance, if a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
About this company
The Lantern Community is situated in Hampshire, just fifteen minutes’ walk from the nearest town of Ringwood, which has a great variety of shops and recreational facilities. We are on a direct bus route to nearby towns including Bournemouth, Poole and the medieval city of Salisbury. We are close to the beautiful New Forest National Park and the stunning Jurassic coastline offering visits to both natural and historic interests locally. The Lantern Community offers adults with diverse learning abilities the possibility of sharing life with others in a unique community environment. We ensure we embrace differences and diversity. The Lantern Community, inspired by Camphill principles, creates opportunities to realise the potential of each individual. An integrated cultural, social, domestic and working life enables every person to be an active participant.
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 VAC1000328989.
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Closes in 26 days (Tuesday 29 July 2025)
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