Level 3 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship
MRS J E MORGAN
ILMINSTER (TA19 0DH)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 8 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 April 2026
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Summary
Sweet Surprise is a day service for adults with learning disabilities, and we provide an extensive range of activities. Your job is to work along side our attendees to give them the best support possible.
We are looking for someone who is keen, enthusiastic and ready to learn!
- Wage
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£13,520 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Lead adult care worker (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 4.00pm.
A 12 month apprenticeship could be considered at level 2 for the right candidate.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 June 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
- Engage in activities to support attendee
- There may be cases that we will ask you to provide 1:1 care with an attendee
- Work in our cafe/shop, supporting our attendees to serve customers
Where you'll work
23 SILVER STREET
ILMINSTER
TA19 0DH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOUTH WEST ASSOCIATION OF TRAINING PROVIDERS LIMITED
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
The training will take place at Sweet Surprise, 5 days a week. We will assign you 1 day a week to complete any coursewok, and expect you to take full advantage of this.
At the end of your apprenticeship, you will have an Adult Care Worker qualification.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
We’re not just a day service for adults with learning disabilities and autism. It’s our mission to include everyone, patronise no-one and support people to be part of the town they live in.
Everyone who comes to Sweet Surprise is welcomed to our community hub. As a non-buildings based service that’s embedded in our community, our people can enjoy activities and outcome-based opportunities that are fulfilling beyond simply making trinkets to take home.
Since our start in 2009 we’ve grown naturally, meeting and supporting more people at our day service, through our work placements, and in our shop and cafe.
Humour is at the heart of what we do, and we’re proud of the vibrant atmosphere that comes alive here every day.
After this apprenticeship
To be discussed, if successful.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH WEST ASSOCIATION OF TRAINING PROVIDERS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000027776.
Apply now
Closes in 16 days (Friday 8 May 2026 at 11:59pm)