Apprentice Adult Care Support Staff (36278)

ADAPTIVE E-LEARN SYSTEM (ADES) LTD

Manchester (M15 6LR)

Closes in 14 days (Friday 10 October 2025)

Posted on 26 September 2025

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Summary

A fantastic opportunity is available at Adaptive E-learn System (ADES) Ltd. This role involves providing Healthcare and Care Support for Adults within homes and community settings.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Wage is negotiable based on experience in line with the level of qualification.

Training course
Leader in adult care (level 5)
Hours
Shift patterns over 5 days

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 20 October 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

Please Note: You must hold a Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification
As an Adult Care Support Staff, your key responsibilities include:

  • Personal care for clients:
  • Cooking
  • Household chores
  • Assisting with medication
  • Encouraging social and physical activities such as shopping
  • Promote the clients' well-being and safety

Personal Care Support duties will include:

  • Assisting individuals with bathing
  • Dressing
  • Hygiene
  • Eating to maintain their personal well-being
  • Health Monitoring
  • Regularly monitoring vital signs (like temperature, pulse, and respiration) and recording information to report to other healthcare professionals
  • Social and Emotional Support
  • Providing companionship, engaging in conversations, and offering emotional support to individuals and their families
  • Activity Support
  • Helping people take part in activities they enjoy
  • Encouraging new skills
  • Supporting social and physical engagement within the community
  • Empowering individuals to maintain control and choice in their own lives, helping them to achieve personal goals and live as independently as possible
  • Working closely with other healthcare professionals, family members, and support staff to ensure a comprehensive and integrated care plan is provided
  • Accurately recording essential information in daily reports, including updates on health, care plans, and any incidents that occur

How you will be supported:

Full training and support will be provided by The Growth Company to help you achieve your apprenticeship and reach your full potential in your role

What will happen next:

  • New applicants to The Growth Company who meet any basic entry requirements of the role will be contacted within two working days to be invited to meet a member of our team. You will then have the opportunity to find out
  • More about this vacancy and any others you are suitable for
  • Any training you need to complete
  • What the next steps will be

How you could get there:

If you would be catching public transport for this role, visit the Journey Planner on www.tfgm.com to see how you would get there and how long it would take

Where you'll work

The Base Building
Manchester Science Park Greenheys Lane
Manchester
M15 6LR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED

Training course

Leader in adult care (level 5)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Develop and apply systems and processes needed to ensure compliance with regulations and organisational policies and procedures
  • Implement strategies to support others to manage the risks presented when balancing individual rights and professional duty of care
  • Develop and apply systems and processes that monitor and sustain quality of the service, including assessments, care plans and service delivery
  • Lead and support others to work in a person centred way and to ensure active participation which enhances the well-being and quality of life of individuals
  • Encourage and enable both staff and people who access care and support to be involved in the co-production of how the service operates
  • Manage all resources in delivering complex care and support efficiently and effectively
  • Develop and lead implementation of organisational practices to create and sustain a culture that actively champions dignity and respects diversity, inclusion and fairness in the workplace
  • Develop and lead a culture that values courage in working in ways that may challenge workers’ own cultural and belief systems
  • Develop and implement organisational processes to ensure that records and reports are written clearly and concisely and to keep information safe and preserve confidentiality
  • Translate policy and guidance into understandable information for a range of audiences including people who access care and support, carers and families and other colleagues
  • Implement systems to train and support work colleagues to enable them to recognise and respond to potential signs of abuse and or unsafe practices, following organisational policies and procedures
  • Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of organisational policies, systems and processes for safeguarding
  • Lead the implementation of policies, procedures and practices to manage health, safety and risk to individuals and others in health and social care to ensure compliance with legislation, standards and guidance
  • Implement health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices to create a culture that values health and well-being in the organisation
  • Monitor, evaluate and improve health, safety and risk management policies and practices in the service
  • Apply evaluated research and evidence-based practice in own setting
  • Take initiative to research and disseminate current drivers in the adult care landscape
  • Embed systems to improve performance of self and/or work colleagues through supervision, reflective practice and learning and development opportunities
  • Show a well-developed sense of their own behaviour and impact on others modelling a values-based culture
  • Create a supportive culture that values initiative and innovation and recognises the variety of skills of all within the service, both workers and individuals supported
  • Adopt a team approach, recognising contributions of team members and able to lead a team where required

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade A*-C/9-4)
  • Maths (grade A*-C/9-4)

Other in:

Health and Social Care (grade Level 3)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Patience
  • Thoroughness
  • Accuracy
  • Able to monitor conditions
  • Time management skills
  • Empathy
  • Calm
  • Understand reactions
  • Provide sensitive support

About this employer

Adaptive E-learn System (ADES) Ltd provides Healthcare and Care Support for Adults within homes and community settings such as respites; hospices, adventure playgrounds, as well as care for patients/clients, in domiciliary settings and healthcare centres.

After this apprenticeship

Possible progression within the company and progression onto the next level apprenticeship.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343487.

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Closes in 14 days (Friday 10 October 2025)

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