Adult Support Worker (Physical & Learning Disabilities) Apprenticeship
Voyage Care - 25 Scotney Street
25 Scotney StreetPETERBOROUGH (PE1 3NG)
Closes on Saturday 11 April 2026
Posted on 9 March 2026
Contents
Summary
Voyage Care are looking for a new Support Worker Apprentice. You will be studying toward your Adult Care Worker Level 2. You will assist with daily living activities, learn essential care skills, and contribute to creating a positive and inclusive atmosphere within our service whilst gaining a recognised qualification in health and social care.
- Wage
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£21,175.44 a year
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed. May include evenings, weekends and public holidays.
33 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 18 April 2026
- 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
As an Apprentice within Voyage Care, a leading care provider specialising in supporting adults with physical and learning disabilities, you will work alongside experienced care professionals to deliver compassionate, person-centred support to individuals with complex care needs. This apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a rewarding sector, supporting people to live fulfilling and independent lives in a safe and nurturing environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Communicating with people we support with learning disabilities using appropriate communication methods, including tact, empathy and diplomacy to foster good relationships. This may include using specialist communication methods for which the company would provide training
- Once suitably trained assist with people we support care, including personal care, while being appropriately supervised
- Assisting with bathing to maintain a high standard of hygiene. This may include people moving techniques, using hoists and repositioning service users as required
- Participating in the development and implementation of people we support’s care plans to encourage people we support to take an active role in all aspects of daily living and ensure the appropriate level of individual care and support is provided
- Participating in people we support daily outings, activities or recreational pursuits when required to assist people we support with aspects of their daily life
- Undertaking and/or assisting people we support with household activities such as cooking, mealtimes, laundering and cleaning to promote a healthy environment for the service users and the promotion of independent living
- Recording and completing any appropriate documentation to ensure that per records, observations or research results are accurate and informative
- Handling cash daily, e.g. grocery shopping, general household errands and service users’ monies to facilitate the appropriate management of service users’ finances
- Undertaking and completing the Apprenticeship Programme within an agreed timescale, including the induction criteria specified by the Education and Skills Funding Agency
- Undertaking any other training relevant to the needs of the service and the people we support according to relevant legislation to professionally develop and gain skills beneficial to the service users
- Ensuring all policies and procedures applicable in the service and the company are followed to comply with regulations and good practice
- Attending, participating and contributing to team meetings when required to ensure that all issues relating to the management of the service are fully understood, and to promote communication within the team
- Complying with the company’s Equal Opportunities Policy to ensure that no person is disadvantaged or discriminated against
Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:
- Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
- Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
- Wagestream – giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
- Funded Blue Light Card – hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
- 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
- Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
- Enhanced retirement leave
- Long service awards
Where you'll work
25 Scotney StreetPETERBOROUGH
PE1 3NG
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
Paragon Skills is an award-winning, Ofsted-rated ‘Good’, national apprenticeship provider inspiring over 10,000 learners annually and working with over 3000 businesses to deliver apprenticeships in a high-quality, consistent way. Our dedicated focus on the Care and Education sectors means we are deeply rooted within these sectors and have in-depth knowledge and understanding of what is required from a training perspective.
Upon completion of this 12 month Apprenticeship, you will have obtained your Adult Care Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Customer Care Skills
- Initative,
Other requirements
The closing date guidance, if a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
About this employer
With over 35 years of experience, we provide specialist care and support to over 3,500 people with a learning disability, autistic people, and those with brain injuries and complex needs across the UK.
After this apprenticeship
There is a possibility of being offered a full time role after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000019960.
Apply now
Closes on Saturday 11 April 2026
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