Lead Adult Care Worker Apprentice
EGALITE CARE LTD
Worthing (BN14 0EP)
Closes on Tuesday 1 September 2026
Posted on 22 June 2026
Contents
Summary
Are you looking to progress an emerging career in adult care? This Lead Adult Care Worker Apprentice role with Egalite Care Ltd will help you do that whilst supporting young adults with learning disabilities, promoting independence through activity and leading by example while working towards a Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£20,475 a year
- Training course
- Lead adult care worker (level 3)
- Hours
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Start and finish times vary as shift hours vary. This can be discussed at interview. 6 hours per week will be assigned to work based learning towards the apprenticeship standard.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 October 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
What you will learn:
- How to make a positive difference to someone’s life when they are facing challenging circumstances
- How to provide supervision, frontline leadership, guidance and direction for others
- How to exercise judgement and accountability
- Egalite provides all the training for the role and actively encourages personal development towards a fulfilling career in care
Key Responsibilities:
- Person Centred Care for each client
- Chatting and spending time with clients
- Taking clients out for activities
- Record keeping
- Helping with household chores
- Encouraging clients to achieve their goals
- Organising birthday celebrates, Xmas, fireworks evening etc.
- Personal care if required, including intimate personal care, medication and support with eating if required
- Undertaking training
- Delegate responsibility and supervise the care work of other members of the team
Who you will be:
- Someone who is looking for career progression after taking their first steps into the adult care arena
- Someone who may already have achieved their Level 2 qualification (preferred but not essential)
- Someone with a caring and kind nature with a positive personality
- Someone who demonstrates a dynamic and creative approach
- Someone who has the courage to make the right choices for people and speak up if the person they are supporting is at risk
- Someone who has references arranged and has been DBS checked
Where you'll work
191 Findon Road
Worthing
BN14 0EP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP
Training course
Lead adult care worker (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Math (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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Reliable
- Kind and caring
- Self-motivated
- Leadership qualities
Other requirements
Things you need to know:
- This is a 18-month apprenticeship and applicants MUST BE free from full time education to be eligible to apply for it and have the minimum qualification level to apply for it
- The role will start in September 2026 with the Apprenticeship learning programme starting in October 2026
- Applicants MUST BE resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years prior to the start of learning and have work authorisation for the UK
- Applicants WILL NOT BE eligible to apply if they have already achieved a qualification which is equal to or higher thank the apprenticeship standard on offer
- Applicants MUST BE resident in the area local to the apprenticeship opportunity or be prepared to relocate in time to start employment and study
- Applicants MUST BE committed to the learning and stay to the end of the apprenticeship
- All positions are subject to references and DBS check.
- -Egalite are the only CQC rated OUTSTANDING Domiciliary Care Provider in Worthing/Littlehampton area.
- Recent winners of The Great British Care Awards and The Home Care Employer 2026 in recognition of the support provided to the team
- -Egalite have previously won other awards in relation to the care provided to and by the team
- Egalité Care prides itself on providing excellent support to our customers in the community and supported living settings. Egalite have supported a number of a apprentices over the years to develop their careers
- Company benefits include membership to the Blue Light Discount scheme
About this employer
Egalite Care Ltd is an award-winning care provider offering Health & Social Care in Worthing offering a range of services to support individuals with various needs. They provide Personal, Dementia, and Respite care, catering to the diverse requirements of their clients. The care is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC, indicating a high standard of care and service quality.
Egalite Care is managed by Egalite Care Limited and is part of the West Sussex local authority. The service is dedicated to promoting independence and enabling individuals to lead fulfilling lives, with a focus on person-centred and inclusive care.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- A Senior Support Worker can progress to Advanced Healthcare Worker, Deputy Team Leader and Team Leader
- Opportunity to develop into a management role and opportunities can be discussed on successful completion of the apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038451.
Apply now
Closes on Tuesday 1 September 2026