Apprentice Care Assistant
MARMORA LTD
CLACTON ON SEA (CO15 1JN)
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 18 March 2026
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Summary
We have a exciting opportunity for a young individual to join our friendly and innovative team at Marmora Care Home. As an apprentice, you will be fully supported in your role to assist residents with all parts of their daily living, nutrition, mobility and activities.
- Wage
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£16,640 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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Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm
30 minute lunch break
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
The following are the core responsibilities of the Apprentice. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Assist residents in all aspects of their care needs (i.e. physical, spiritual, emotional, etc.) This will include carrying out resident's personal care, assisting during trips in the community and with continence care.
- Ensure that the home is kept clean, safe and well maintained. This will include making residents beds, laundering clothes and cleaning and maintaining equipment in the home.
- Assist residents with their nutritional and hydration preferences and requirements. This will include food and drink preparation, assisting and monitoring residents during meal times, washing up and carrying out regular tea trollies throughout the day.
- Answer the call bell system and providing assistance as required and answer the telephone and doorbell accordingly, responding to any queries as required.
- Complete all necessary documentation (i.e. food and fluid charts, daily records and behaviour charts).
Where you'll work
4-6 PENFOLD ROAD
CLACTON ON SEA
CO15 1JN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
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
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/4)
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
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Good Time-Management
- Reliable
- Adaptable
- Compassionate
- Kindness
- Empathy
Other requirements
Marmora Care Home is a very busy home and there will be times throughout the day where you may be standing for long periods of time.
Due to specialising in Dementia care, residents living at Marmora will sometimes experience behaviours that may be challenging to others. The successful candidate will be fully trained and supported with effective management of this, but this may be daunting in the first instance for someone that has not had any experience of these types of behaviours before.
Marmora Care Home is also a palliative care home and supports individuals at the end of their lives. Staff have full training on this but some can find this initially quite overwhelming and upsetting. On-going emotional support is provided to all staff members employed at Marmora Care Home.
As the apprentice becomes more confident and knowledgeable within their role, they will be expected to work weekend shifts and occasionally change their normal shift patterns in order to cover staff absences and in order to support the service where required.
About this employer
Marmora Care Home is a small friendly residential home specialising in supporting people with Dementia. The service employs between 30-35 staff of which many of these are long-serving staff members making it an ideal environment for someone new to care to venture into the care world.
After this apprenticeship
May lead to permanent position once the apprenticeship has successfully been completed and the opportunity to go on and gain a Level 3 Diploma in adult care.
Wage increases yearly and wage increases further once Level 2 qualification is gained.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Lisa Welsh
manager@marmoracarehome.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000021768.
Apply now
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 11:59pm)