Level 3 Health & Social Care Apprentice
Lotus Home Care
Barnsley, Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Rotherham, Selby, Wakefield, WAKEFIELD
Closes on Thursday 6 November 2025
Posted on 2 October 2025
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Summary
As a Level 3 apprentice, you will take on greater responsibility in providing and coordinating care. You will be working towards the Level 3 Apprenticeship in Adult Care, preparing for senior roles such as Lead Care Worker or Supervisor.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
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Competitive apprentice wage (above the minimum apprentice rate – pay is reviewed based on experience and responsibility).
- Training course
- Lead adult care worker (level 3)
- Hours
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Shifts to be discussed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 17 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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5
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
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver high-quality, person-centred care tailored to individual needs
- Take an active role in creating and reviewing care plans
- Support with shadowing new starters
- Undergo training on our rota systems
- Administer or assist with medication (where trained and authorised)
- Liaise with families, healthcare professionals, and external agencies
- Record, monitor, and report on health and well-being
- Support individuals with complex needs such as dementia, learning disabilities, or physical impairments
- Uphold safeguarding responsibilities, acting promptly to protect vulnerable individuals
- Travel between clients’ homes (mileage reimbursed)
- Attend training, workshops, and complete off-job learning for your apprenticeship
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Barnsley Business & Innovation Centre, Innovation Way, Barnsley, S75 1JL
- Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre, Hopwood Lane, Halifax, HX1 5ER
- Woodland View House, 675 Leeds Road, Huddersfield, HD2 1YY
- Newlands House, Newlands Science Park, Inglemire Lane, Hull, HU6 7TQ
- Bizspace Business Centre Brooklands Court Tunstall Rd, Leeds, LS11 5HL
- Silkstone House, Pioneer Close, Wath-Upon-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7JZ
- Unit 4 Abbey Court Selby Business Park, Selby, YO8 8LZ
- Unit 2, Navigation Yard, Wakefield, WF1 5PQ
- HEADWAY BUSINESS PARK, DENBY DALE ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7AZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TRAINING WORKS (NW) LTD
Training course
Lead adult care worker (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Support individuals they are working with according to their personal care/support plan
- Take the initiative when working outside normal duties and responsibilities
- Recognise and access help when not confident or skilled in any aspect of the role that they are undertaking
- Implement/facilitate the specialist assessment of social, physical, emotional and spiritual needs of individuals with cognitive, sensory and physical impairments
- Contribute to the development and ongoing review of care/support plans for the individuals they support
- Provide individuals with information to enable them to exercise choice on how they are supported
- Encourage individuals to actively participate in the way their care and support is delivered
- Ensure that individuals know what they are agreeing to regarding the way in which they are supported
- Lead and support colleagues to understand how to establish informed consent when providing care and support
- Guide, mentor and contribute to the development of colleagues in the execution of their duties and responsibilities
- Demonstrate dignity in their working role with individuals they support, their families, carers and other professionals
- Support others to understand the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion in social care
- Exhibit empathy for individuals they support, i.e. understanding and compassion
- Exhibit courage in supporting individuals in ways that may challenge their own cultural and belief systems
- Demonstrate and promote to other workers excellent communication skills including confirmation of understanding to individuals, their families, carers and professionals
- Use and facilitate methods of communication preferred by the individual they support according to the individual’s language, cultural and sensory needs, wishes and preferences
- Take the initiative and reduce environmental barriers to communication
- Demonstrate and ensure that records and reports are written clearly and concisely
- Lead and support others to keep information safe, preserve confidentiality in accordance with agreed ways of working
- Support others, to recognise and respond to potential signs of abuse according to agreed ways of working
- Work in partnership with external agencies to respond to concerns of abuse
- Lead and support others to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and duty of care
- Recognise, report, respond to and record unsafe practices and encourage others to do so
- Lead and mentor others where appropriate to promote the wellbeing of the individuals they support
- Demonstrate the management of the reduction of infection, including use of best practice in hand hygiene
- Promote healthy eating and wellbeing by supporting individuals to have access to fluids, food and nutrition
- Carry out fire safety procedures and manage others to do so
- Develop risk assessments and use in a person centred way to support individuals safely including moving and assisting people and objects
- Manage, monitor, report and respond to changes in the health and wellbeing of the individuals they support
- Take the initiative to identify and form professional relationships with other people and organisations
- Demonstrate, manage and support self and others to work within safe, clear professional boundaries
- Take the initiative to evaluate and improve own skills and knowledge through reflective practice, supervision, feedback and learning opportunities
- Demonstrate continuous professional development
- Carry out research relevant to individuals’ support needs and share with others
- Demonstrate where necessary mentoring and supervision to others in the workplace
- Demonstrate good team/partnership working skills
- Demonstrate their contribution to robust recruitment and induction processes
Training schedule
- Training at the workplace
- Every 4 weeks
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Patience
- Listening Skills
- Compassionate and Patient
Other requirements
Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle. Previous care experience (Essential). Strong communication and organisational skills. Ability to work independently and take initiative. Empathy, professionalism, and commitment to high standards of care. DBS Checks.
About this employer
At Lotus Home Care, we recognise that being a carer is about more than just practical support. Great quality care comes from being a person to rely on emotionally, as well as physically. It is this understanding that has given us an outstanding reputation and enabled us to pass the ‘Me and Mum test’. With eleven offices based in Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, East Riding and the Humber, our committed and experienced group of compassionate individuals work hard to provide a positive experience for all service users, focusing on the unique needs of each person so that they can enjoy a full and happy life.
https://lotushomecare.co.uk/about/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Paid mileage for travel between visits (27p per mile). Blue Light Card – giving you access to discounts across retail, travel, food, and entertainment. Paid training and ongoing development. Holiday pay and pension.
After this apprenticeship
There is progression onto further levels of apprenticeship after completion.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TRAINING WORKS (NW) LTD
Chloe Mcilwaine
chloe@training-works.co.uk
01253478180
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344737.
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Closes on Thursday 6 November 2025
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