Level 2 Health & Social Care Apprentice
ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA SUPPORT SERVICES
Kent (DA11 8AE)
Closes in 15 days (Thursday 14 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 July 2025
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Summary
As a Level 2 Health and Social Care Apprentice, you will work within our Beacon Day Centre to provide practical and emotional support to individuals living with dementia. You will also play an important role in maintaining high standards of compliance, governance, and care quality, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the people we support.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08:30 - 16:30
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 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
- You will be driven by being part of an exceptional team that works tirelessly to improve the lives of people affected by dementia
- You will be passionate about providing emotional and practical support to people living with dementia, their carers, and families
- Creating a safe and inclusive environment for everyone, encouraging the people we support to contribute and engage
Support and Care Delivery:
- Assist with personal care, including toileting and mobility support, in a respectful and dignified manner
- Engage service users in stimulating and therapeutic activities tailored to their interests and needs
- Promote wellbeing, inclusion, and independence in a warm and welcoming day centre environment
- Support meal and hydration routines, including helping individuals to eat and drink where necessary
- Build positive relationships with service users, families, and carers to foster trust and continuity of care
Compliance and Governance:
- Accurately record observations, care notes, incidents, and communication logs in line with ADSS policies
- Adhere to safeguarding protocols and report any concerns promptly to the appropriate person
- Follow infection prevention and control measures, health and safety procedures, and risk assessments
- Support the implementation of internal audits, spot checks, and regulatory standards (e.g., CQC requirements)
- Work to uphold ADSS's commitment to quality assurance and continuous improvement
Where you'll work
Safeharbour Memory Wellbeing Centre Coldharbour Road Northfleet
Gravesend
Kent
DA11 8AE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
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
Training schedule
Adult Care Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required.
About this employer
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Services are Kent’s biggest independent charity, and an award-winning charity – Kent Charity of the Year 2024, who are dedicated to providing support to people affected by dementia. We have been working within the Dartford, Gravesham, and Swanley since 1991. Since the 1st April 2022, we have expanded our support to the following areas: Chatham, Strood, Gillingham, Rochester, Maidstone, Malling, Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Weald, Sittingbourne, Sheppey, and Faversham. We have a local reputation for providing excellence in dementia support and care which is testament to the hard work and dedication of our Board of Trustees, management, staff and volunteers. The charity was previously registered under charity number 1024385, prior to incorporation in 2017. We are the local specialist dementia service and we empower people affected by dementia to carry on their chosen lifestyle. We equip people with the knowledge and practical support to live with dementia. People affected by dementia are at the heart of everything we do and are encouraged to be involved with our services, at all levels, enabling us to offer unique and bespoke support. Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Services is a local charity which allows us to focus our support carefully to the needs of the local community and each and every person we support.
https://www.alz-dem.org/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Pension, Life Insurance, Medicash Health Plan, Blue Light Card, 25 days annual leave.
After this apprenticeship
- Permanant position in the Day Centre and further training available
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA SUPPORT SERVICES
Penny Barnes-Farnham
penny.barnes-farnham@alz-dem.org
01474 533990
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334061.
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Closes in 15 days (Thursday 14 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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