Health and Social Care Foundation Apprentice
PossAbilities - Halton
Private Residence (WA8 3JJ)
Closes in 29 days (Wednesday 24 September 2025)
Posted on 26 August 2025
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Summary
You will be supporting adults with learning and/ or physical disabilities to live the lives they choose based on what they need and what is important to them. This covers lots of things such as assisting people with their personal hygiene, washing, dressing, and meals; through to helping people do whatever they choose to do in a day
- Wage
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£14,526.20 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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37 hours per week, shift work including early morning, evenings and weekends
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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8 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
Thinking About a Career in Care? Here's What You Need to Know
Working in care - especially supporting adults with learning disabilities - is one of the most rewarding jobs you can do. But it's also one of the most demanding. Before you apply, here's a reality check to help you decide if this path is right for you.
It's Not Just a Job-It's a Commitment
You'll be supporting real people with real needs. That means showing up on time, being reliable, and putting others first-even on tough days.
You'll Need Patience and Resilience
Some days will be challenging. You might support someone who doesn't communicate in typical ways, or who expresses frustration through behaviour. Staying calm, kind, and professional is essential.
It's Not All Smiles and Hugs
You might help with personal care, cleaning, or supporting someone through a medical appointment.
Shifts Can Be Long and Unpredictable
Care doesn't stop at 5pm. You might work evenings, weekends, or overnight. Flexibility is key.
But the Rewards Are Real
You'll build genuine relationships. You'll help someone achieve something they never thought possible. You'll go home knowing you made a difference.
With PossAbilities you will:
Deliver excellent care and support to each individual you work with. Excellent means that it is safe, personal to each individual, is respectful, maintains their dignity, and is carried out according to their needs and preferences.
Provide each individual with excellent quality personal care. This includes helping people maintain good personal hygiene, washing, dressing, oral hygiene and nail care.
Manage medication according to the person's needs. You ensure that the individual receives the right medication, in the right dose, at the right time, and support them at the appropriate level.
Prepare meals and help people to eat where they need this according to individual dietary requirements.
Help with household tasks such as cleaning, laundry, ironing, shopping.
Support people to have a social and active lifestyle according to what they want.
Provide companionship, helping people to feel less isolated.
Work closely with our Support Officers to help plan and review care and support needs and activities in line with each person's needs and aspirations.
Record the care and support you provide, the feedback from the people you support, and any important information that helps your peers and manager continue to deliver excellent care and support.
Report and record any concerns you have about a person's well-being.
Where you'll work
Private Residence
WA8 3JJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
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
Training schedule
Health and Social Care Level 2 Foundation including Functional Skills in Maths and English if required
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Team Working
- Organisation Skills
About this employer
We are a social enterprise and we support vulnerable people so that they can 'Live the life they choose'. Mostly we support people with learning disabilities, young people leaving care and people with dementia...though we do lot's of other great things too.
After this apprenticeship
At PossAbilities you will complete a wide range of interesting and valuable training, such as the care certificate, to help you deliver your role and support you to pursue a career in care. Provided that you successful complete your apprenticeship and have met our expectations around the level of performance that we expect then you will offered a permanent role at PossAbilities.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338747.
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Closes in 29 days (Wednesday 24 September 2025)
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