Health Care Level 2 Apprenticeship
Woodlands Residential Home for Ladies
COLCHESTER (CO3 3SP)
Closes in 21 days (Friday 9 January 2026)
Posted on 18 December 2025
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Summary
Are you passionate and ready for a meaningful new role? An empowering and rewarding career is waiting for you. Join our dedicated care team as a Health Care Apprentice. Enjoy paid training, whilst learning with hands on experience to support residents in leading happy and fulfilled lifestyles – kindness and compassion is all you need.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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Salary will be dependent on experience and qualifications. Paid training regardless of age.
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Shift patterns are flexible. Weekdays and weekends required. Full or part time hours consist of 7.00am - 2.00pm or 2.00pm - 9.00pm. We also offer 6.00pm - 9.00pm. 30 to 40 hours per week.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 19 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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2
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
Day to day duties include, but are not limited to the following;
- Support ladies in all aspects of their daily lives, with a happy, calm, patient and kind approach.
- Ensuring ladies wishes and preferences are always taken into consideration and that their daily choices are always respected.
- Support ladies to maintain relationships and friendships within their local community and encourage new connections.
- Ensure care plans are inclusive and contain significant background history and daily lifestyle choices and preferences.
- Be responsible for informing the Senior Carer of any changes in their health care needs.
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of ladies at all times.
Where you'll work
76 LEXDEN ROAD
COLCHESTER
CO3 3SP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
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
- The apprentice will be working towards the Adult Care Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard including the City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Care.
- Apprentices will receive 1-to-1 tutor support from an assessor with tuition arranged on an individual basis.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
You will be based at the same address during your working day, in homely surroundings. You will not be expected to travel.
About this employer
Woodlands is a well established medium sized Care Home for elderly ladies, located in the heart of Lexden Road in Colchester, Essex. We have been providing care for 23 elderly ladies for over twenty-five years and pride ourselves in being a friendly, welcoming home, in comfortable surroundings, with a dedicated team of care and supportive staff.
https://woodlandsresidential.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Company pension scheme, free parking, complimentary meals, Blue Light Card for shopping discounts, paid training, staff uniform.
After this apprenticeship
Future prospects include developing skills to work towards a more senior role within Woodlands, such as being able to administer medication and liaise with Drs and other visiting healthcare professionals. Other prospects include a career in nursing or a specialist field within the private sector, or the NHS.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005766.
Apply now
Closes in 21 days (Friday 9 January 2026)
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