Hospital Social Work Apprentice / Independent Living Assessor
Westminster City Council
London (SW1E 6QP)
Closes in 11 days (Monday 3 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 21 July 2026
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Summary
Launch your career with Westminster City Council through our Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 Apprenticeship. Gain hands-on experience supporting adults to live independently, work alongside experienced professionals, and develop the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to build a rewarding career .
- Wage
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£28,260 a year
- Training course
- Lead adult care worker (level 3)
- Hours
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This role is based in an agile, supportive hybrid working environment, combining office and remote working. Occasional flexibility may be required to meet service needs.
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 18 September 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
- Support adults with complex health and social care needs to promote independence and safe hospital discharge.
- Screen and process referrals, gathering information from healthcare professionals and partner organisations.
- Assist with reviewing care packages and developing outcome-focused support plans.
- Attend meetings with health and social care professionals to support discharge planning.
- Help complete assessments, maintain accurate records, and prepare reports and referrals.
- Communicate with customers, carers and partner agencies by telephone, email and in person.
- Support customers to access appropriate services, equipment and community resources.
- Assist with risk assessments and help monitor and review customer support plans.
- Maintain accurate case records and contribute to service performance monitoring.
- Develop knowledge of adult social care, safeguarding and hospital discharge while working towards a Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 Apprenticeship.
Where you'll work
Westminster City Hall
64 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BLUE SKY ASSESSING & CONSULTANCY LTD
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
Training will take place through a combination of workplace learning and remote training sessions. The apprentice will attend one remote training session each month with the training provider, alongside on-the-job learning and support in the workplace.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
Westminster City Council is committed to making the city fairer and improving the lives of everyone who lives, works and visits Westminster. We value people who are caring, collaborative, enterprising, resilient and committed to achieving the best outcomes for our communities. We foster an inclusive and supportive culture where colleagues are encouraged to learn, develop and make a meaningful difference through the Westminster Way.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Following successful completion of the apprenticeship, you can progress into roles such as Independent Living Assessor, Social Care Practitioner, Adult Social Care Officer, or other positions within Adult Social Care and Health services. There may also be opportunities to undertake higher-level qualifications and apprenticeships to further develop your career.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BLUE SKY ASSESSING & CONSULTANCY LTD
Bita Mofidian
bmofidian@diversefutures.com
07852219004
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000043796.
Apply now
Closes in 11 days (Monday 3 August 2026 at 11:59pm)